24/37 He escaped from the guilty city to implore the justice or compassion of the pope: the emperor was coolly exhorted to return to his station; before he could obey, he sunk under the weight of grief, shame, and impotent resentment. [39] [Footnote 38: Marinus Sanutus (Secreta Fidelium Crucis, l.ii.p. 73) is so much delighted with this bloody deed, that he has transcribed it in his margin as a bonum exemplum. |