Gardner, Edmund Garratt, 1869-1935 · London : J.M. Dent & co. · leaf 210
o di San Giorgio and BemboRomano. Last of all, in the tenth fresco, Pius is atAncona, come to head the crusade. He was dying,kept alive only by his indomitable enthusiasm, whenhe reached the city in July 1464, only to find thatthere were none to support him. In August the fleetof Venice appeared… … The Library of the Dtiomo ing before him, but who in reality never landed until thePope had passed away. So faded a heroic dream. Ithas pleased God, wrote the Senator of Rome, Guidodi Carlo Piccolomini, to the Signoria of Siena, onAugust 15th, this night, at the third hour, to call toHimself the…
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