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Renaissance in Italy, Volumes 1 and 2

CHAPTER V
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Nearly all the noble families of Lucca were connected by ties of blood or marriage with one or other of the culprits; and when the relatives of the accused had been excluded from the session, only sixty members were left to debate on further measures.

I will briefly relate what happened to the three outlaws.
Venice refused to give up Samminiati at the request of the Lucchese, saying that 'the Republic of S.Mark would not initiate a course of action prejudicial to the hospitality which every sort of person was wont to enjoy there.' But the young man was banished to Candia, whither he obediently retired.

Pietro, the painter, was eventually permitted to return to the territory but not the town of Lucca.

Dati surrounded himself with armed men, as was the custom of rich criminals on whose head a price was set.

After wandering some time, he submitted, and took up his abode in Sardinia, whence he afterwards removed, by permission of the Signory, to France.


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