e king of Spain,
in August, 1486, to which the pope consented; for having found fortune
opposed to him he was not disposed to tempt it further. In this treaty
all the powers of Italy were united, except the Genoese, who were
omitted as rebels against the republic of Milan, and unjust occupiers of
territories belonging to the Florentines. Upon the peace being ratified,
Roberto da San Severino, having been during the war a treacherous ally
of the church, and by no means formidable to her enemies, left Rome;
being followed by the forces of the duke and the Florentines, after
passing Cesena, found them near him, and urging his flight reached
Ravenna with less than a hundred horse. Of his forces, part were
received into the duke's service, and part were plundered by the
peasantry. The king, being reconciled with his barons, put to death
Jacopo Coppola and Antonello d'Aversa and their sons, for having, during
the war, betrayed his secrets to the pope.

CHAPTER VII

The pope becomes attached to the Florentines--The Genoese
seize Serezanello--They are routed by the Florentines--Serezana
surrenders--Genoa submits to the duke of Milan--War between the
Venetians and the Dutch--Osimo revolts from the church--Count Girolamo
Riario, lord of Furli, slain by a conspiracy--Galeotto, lord of Faenza,
is murdered by the treachery of his wife--The government of the city
offered to the Florentines--Disturbances in Sienna--Death of Lorenzo
de' Medici--His eulogy--Establishment of his family--Estates bought by
Lorenzo--His anxiety for the defense of Florence--His taste for arts and
literature--The university of Pisa--The estimation of Lorenzo by other
princes.

The pope having observed in the course of the war, how promptly and
earnestly the Florentines adhered to their alliances, although he had
previously been opposed to them from his attachment to the Genoese,
and the assistance they had rendered to the king, now evinced a more
amicable disposition, and received their ambassadors with greater favor
than previously. Lorenzo de' Medici, being made acquainted with this
change of feeling, encouraged it with the utmost solicitude; for he
thought it would be of great advantage, if to the friendship of the king
he could add that of the pontiff. The pope had a son named Francesco,
upon whom designing to bestow states and attach friends who might be
useful to him after his own death, saw no safer connection in Italy
than Lorenzo's, and there