Ryan, Sara Agnes · Chicago : The Mayer and Miller Co. · leaf 280
Lorenzo, mark!What you refuse, that Florence swift will take,When your magnificence shall lie entombed,And God arraign you for the right you filched,But could not carry with you, nor bequeath.Die, by my voice unshriven! Savonarola strove to steer clear and straightthe bark of Florentine affairs… … Savonarola Fra JSartolonil The Magnificent and the Monk. Piazza del Signoria, in 1498, on a spot nowmarked by a statue of him, and annually do theFlorentines scatter violets on the place of hisexecution and strive to wash away with theirtears and loving administrations these darkblood spots on her…
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