The History of Italy, From the Abdication of Napoleon I 2
The History of Italy, From the Abdication of Napoleon I 2
Isaac Butt
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Priests fled in vain to the churches — ^no protection was found in the monastery or the convent. All were put to the sword without regard to character, or sex, or age. Five thousand of the inhabitants were butchered ; F 2 212 HISTORY OF ITALY. [tol il the few wlio escaped are said to have owed their lives to the humanity of Hawkwood's adventurers, who con- tented themselves with the hooty of the houses, and aided their wretched inmates to escape." ^ "Lb cardinal aToo une atroce perfidie devoua ...Ceaene a un massacre uniTersel. Kon content de lacher aea ferooea Bretons dans la yille, U appela encore Hawkwood, qui ayeo les Anglais etait k Faenza; et comme oe capitaine heeitait a concurrer a ce crime, le cardinal lui dit : ' Je Teux du sang, du sang/ Pendant que le massacre durait» on I'entendit sourent crier, ' Tuez les tous.' En efi^t personne ne fut epargn^. Les Bretons saississent par les pieds lea enfknts a la mamille, et ils ecrasaient lenrs tdtes oontre les murs. Les prdtres, les religieuz, les yierges consacr^es aux autels, tout furent pass^ au fil de Tep^e: cinque milles personnes perirent dans oette horrible boucherie." — Simtmdi, vol iv.
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