State of the Family of the Medici at Florence--Enmity of Sixtus IV toward Florence
Giuliano de' Medici Slain--Lorenzo Escapes--The Pope and the King of Naples Make War upon the Florentines--Florence Excommunicated--Speech of Lorenzo de' Medici
The Florentines Prepare for War against the Pope--The Florentines Repulse their Enemies--They Attack the Papal States
The Duke of Calabria Routs the Florentine Army at Poggibonzi-- Lorenzo de' Medici Goes to Naples to Treat with the King --Peace Concluded with the King
New Occasions of War in Italy--Differences between the Marquis of Ferrara and the Venetians--The King of Naples and the Florentines Attack the Papal States--Lodovico Sforza
Affairs of the Pope--He is Reconciled to Niccolo Vitelli--The Colonnesi and the Orsini--Death of Sixtus IV.--Innocent VIII. Elected--Bank of St. Giorgio--The Lucchese Lay Claim to Pietra Santa
The Pope becomes Attached to the Florentines--The Genoese Seize Serezanello---Genoa Submits to the Duke of Milan--Osimo Revolts from the Church--Count Girolamo Riario Slain by a Conspiracy--Galeotto, Lord of Faenza, is Murdered by the Treachery of his Wife--Death of Lorenzo de' Medici--Establishment of his Family--The University of Pisa--The Estimation of Lorenzo by Other Princes
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