Already, under the reign of the Tribune, justice, peace, good faith, and security, were restored, and we saw vestiges of the golden age appearing once more.

In the moment of his most brilliant success, he chose to submit to others.

I blame nobody.

I wish neither to acquit nor to condemn; but I know what I ought to think.
That man had only the title of Tribune.

Now, if the name of Tribune could produce such an effect, what might not the title of Caesar produce!" Charles did not enter Italy until a year after the date of our poet's epistle; and it is likely that the increasing power of John Visconti made a far deeper impression on his irresolute mind than all the rhetoric of Petrarch.