After accomplishing this deed, which gained for him the name of Brutus, he escaped from the city; and a distant relative of the murdered and the murderer, Cosimo de'Medici, was chosen Duke in Alessandro's stead.

One of the first acts of his reign was to publish a ban of outlawry against Lorenzino.

His portrait was painted according to old Tuscan usage head downwards, and suspended by one foot, upon the wall of Alessandro's fortress.

His house was cut in twain from roof to pavement, and a narrow passage was driven through it, which received the name of Traitor's Alley, _Chiasso del Traditore_.

The price put upon his head was enormous--four thousand golden florins, with a pension of one hundred florins to the murderer and his heirs in perpetuity.