FOOTNOTES:
[V] The marzoccho was the great stone lion of the Palazzo Vecchio.
[W] The Palle d' Oro, or golden balls, were the arms of the house of Medici, and "Palle, palle!" was their rallying cry.
[X] The Church of the Reparata, or Santa Maria Novella, in which Lorenzo the Magnificent was wounded and his brother Giuliano murdered, in the conspiracy of the Pazzi, in 1478.
[Y] Palleschi was the name given to the adherents and retainers of the house of Medici.
