[334] Villani, vii. 132.
[335] Ammirato, bk. iii. ad annum.
[336] Vide Note B at the end of this chapter.
[337] Vide Note C at the end of this chapter.
[338] Originally published in the Politecnico of Milan; Nos. for June and July, 1867.
[339] Vide the Florentine edition of 1755, p. 133.
[340] This anecdote is related by the Friar of St. Gall, "De rebus bellicis Caroli Magni." Vide Muratori, Dissertazione xxv.
[341] Muratori, Dissertazione xxv. Vide likewise Pignotti, "Storia della Toscana," vol. iv. Saggio iii. Florence, 1824.
[342] We have already mentioned the probable derivation of this term.
[343] Vide Pagnini, "Della Decima," vol. ii. sec. 4 and 5.