It would seem that these men were not of the stamp and caliber to be successful villans, and that Gian Galeazzo had reckoned upon this defect in their character.

Their violence caused them to be rather loathed than feared.

The whole of Lombardy was now prostrate before the Milanese tyrant.

His next move was to set foot in Tuscany.

For this purpose Pisa had to be acquired; and here again he resorted to his devilish policy of inciting other men to crimes by which he alone would profit in the long-run.