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1 1 | Castruccio Castracani of Lucca was one of those men who
2 2 | among the noble families of Lucca, but in the days of which
3 2 | order of San Michele of Lucca, and for this reason was
4 3 | There lived in the city of Lucca a gentleman of the Guinigi
5 3 | excelled all other men in Lucca. He had often fought under
6 3 | leader of that party in Lucca. This gentleman resided
7 3 | This gentleman resided in Lucca and was accustomed to assemble
8 3 | Michele, the finest square in Lucca, and he had often seen Castruccio
9 4 | Guinigi family, but by all Lucca. When Castruccio had reached
10 5 | Castruccio, having returned to Lucca in far higher estimation
11 5 | amount of envy against him in Lucca in place of the former universal
12 5 | become the chief man in Lucca, but it seemed to him that
13 5 | and have him driven out of Lucca.~
14 6 | exiled Ghibellines from Lucca, with whom Castruccio held
15 6 | into his plans friends from Lucca who would not endure the
16 7 | restore the exiled Guelphs to Lucca. They assembled a large
17 7 | secure the free passage into Lucca. Upon this Uguccione assembled
18 8 | repute and abilities in Lucca, the murderer of whom fled
19 8 | who was the governor of Lucca, and commissioned him to
20 8 | once set out from Pisa to Lucca with four hundred horsemen
21 8 | Before Uguccione reached Lucca he heard of the occurrences
22 9 | became almost a prince in Lucca, and he carried himself
23 9 | this victory he returned to Lucca, and was welcomed by the
24 9 | himself created the lord of Lucca by the help of Pazzino del
25 9 | had left as his deputy in Lucca, Pagolo Guinigi, who was
26 10| the country districts. As Lucca had five gates, he divided
27 10| necessities to return to Lucca.~
28 11| There resided in the city of Lucca the Poggio family, who were
29 11| drive Castruccio out of Lucca. They found their opportunity
30 11| of what had happened at Lucca, at once put Pagolo Guinigi
31 11| was sufficiently secure at Lucca to leave him. He approached
32 11| attention to affairs in Lucca, and in order that he should
33 11| he raised a fortress in Lucca with the stones of the towers
34 12| strengthened his position in Lucca, he neglected no opportunity,
35 13| Pagolo Guinigi in command at Lucca, Castruccio set out for
36 17| either from the direction of Lucca or Pisa, nor could they
37 20| with the governorships of Lucca and Pisa. I should neither
38 20| insecure. Thou hast the city of Lucca on thy hands, which will
39 21| citizens of Pisa, Pistoia, and Lucca, who had been fighting at
40 21| buried in San Francesco at Lucca. Fortune was not so friendly
41 21| with difficulty held on to Lucca. This latter city continued
42 22| put to death a citizen of Lucca who had been instrumental
43 23| he should be born, not in Lucca, but in Macedonia or Rome.~ ~
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