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Although lately some spark may have been shown by one, which made

us think he was ordained by God for our redemption, nevertheless

it was afterwards seen, in the height of his career, that fortune

rejected him; so that Italy, left as without life, waits for him

who shall yet heal her wounds and put an end to the ravaging and

plundering of Lombardy, to the swindling and taxing of the

kingdom and of Tuscany, and cleanse those sores that for long

have festered. It is seen how she entreats God to send someone

who shall deliver her from these wrongs and barbarous

insolencies. It is seen also that she is ready and willing to

follow a banner if only someone will raise it.