The magnanimity of the Medici was only equaled by the firmness of the monk.
Standing by the bedside of the dying man, who had confessed his sins, Savonarola said: 'Three things are required of you: to have a full and lively faith in God's mercy; to restore what you have unjustly gained; to give back liberty to Florence.' Lorenzo assented readily to the two first requisitions.

At the third he turned his face in silence to the wall.

He must indeed have felt that to demand and promise this was easier than to carry it into effect.

Savonarola left him without absolution.

Lorenzo died.[1] [1] It is just to observe that great doubt has been thrown on the facts above related concerning Lorenzo's death.