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Jacopo fortified himself at the Florentine gate, Bastiano at that

of the Lucchese side of the city; both trusted more in Castruccio

than in the Florentines, because they believed that Castruccio

was far more ready and willing to fight than the Florentines, and

they both sent to him for assistance. He gave promises to both,

saying to Bastiano that he would come in person, and to Jacopo

that he would send his pupil, Pagolo Guinigi. At the appointed

time he sent forward Pagolo by way of Pisa, and went himself

direct to Pistoia; at midnight both of them met outside the city,

and both were admitted as friends. Thus the two leaders entered,

and at a signal given by Castruccio, one killed Jacopo da Gia,

and the other Bastiano di Possente, and both took prisoners or

killed the partisans of either faction.