Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · Boston, Ticknor and company · leaf 168
er father made a secondmarriage, after which be treated the children of his fir>t wife in abrutal manner; it is even reported that he hired desperate men tomurder two of his sons, who were returning from a journey to Spain.It is said that bis cruelty to Beatrice was such that she murdered… … BEATRICE CESTCI. (AFTER THE PAINTING BY GUIDO RESTI.) STORIES OF ART AND ARTISTS. 151 really guilty of the crime. But guilty or innocent, all three werecondemned to death, and were executed in 1599. Clement VII. wasthe Pope at that time, and would not pardon Beatrice and her com-panions in their…
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