The three then prowled along the city wall of Monza, till they found a breach wide enough for exit.

Afterwards they took a path beside the river Lambro, and stopped for awhile at the church of the Madonna delle Grazie.

Here the sisters prayed for assistance from our Lady in their journey, and recited the _Salve Regina_ seven times.

Then they resumed their walk along the Lambro, and at a certain point Ottavia fell into the river.

In her dying depositions she accused Osio of having pushed her in; and there seems little doubt that he did so; for while she was struggling in the water, he disengaged his harquebuss from his mantle and struck her several blows upon the head and hands.
[Footnote 190: In ecclesiastical affairs the diocese of Milan exercised jurisdiction over that of Bergamo, although Bergamo was subject in civil affairs to Venice.