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CHAPTER IX
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Savonarola inscribed this octave stanza on the wall of the Consiglio Grande: 'Se questo popolar consiglio e certo Governo, popol, de la tua cittate Conservi, che da Dio t'e stato offerto, In pace starai sempre e libertate: Tien dunque l'occhio della mente aperto, Che molte insidie ognor ti fien parate; E sappi che chi vuol far parlamento Vuol torti dalle mani il reggimento.' [2] See Varchi, vol.i.p.

169.

Niccolo Capponi, in 1527, returning to the policy of Savonarola, caused the Florentines to elect Christ for their king, and inscribed upon the door of the Palazzo Pubblico:-- Y.H.S.CHRISTUS REX FLORENTINI POPULI S.P.DECRETO ELECTUS.
[3] The position of the Puritan leaders in England was somewhat similar to Savonarola's.

But they had at the end of a long war, the majority of the nation with them.


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