It was not Carli, but Massimiliano himself, who had engaged him; and he had assisted at the murder of Lelio, which was accomplished by two of the bravi, Ottavio and Pietro.

Coreglia said nothing to implicate Sister Umilia.

On the contrary he asserted that she seemed to lose her senses when she saw her husband fall.
[Footnote 192: Campanelia, who was tortured in this way at Naples, says that on one occasion a pound and a half of his flesh was macerated, and ten pounds of his blood shed.

'Perduravi horis quadraginta, funiculis arctissimis ossa usque secantibus ligatus, pendens manibus retro contortis de fune super acutissimum lignum qui ( ?) carnis sextertium ( ?) in posterioribus mihi devoravit et decem sanguinis libras tellus ebibit.' Preface to _Atheismus Triumphatus_.] The General Council, to whom the results of these proceedings were communicated, published an edict of outlawry against Massimiliano and his three _bravi_.

A price of 500 crowns was put upon the head of each, wherever he should be killed; and 1,000 crowns were offered to any one who should kill Massimiliano within the city or state of Lucca.