We may compare Pontanus, 'De Immanitate,' vol.i.

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318, 320, for similar cruelty in Ferdinand, King of Naples.
[2] This programme may be read in Sismondi, iv.

282.
Galeazzo died in 1378, and was succeeded in his own portion of the Visconti domain by his son Gian Galleazzo.

Now began one of those long, slow, internecine struggles which were so common between the members of the ruling families in Italy.

Bernabo and his sons schemed to get possession of the young prince's estate.