treachery of his uncle Giacopo and his cousin Francesco."

Renato, indeed, tried to escape, knowing that he was implicated,
although not engaged in the plot, but the garrison of Radicofani
discovered him and his hiding-place, and he was despatched under guard
to Florence. Giovanni de' Pazzi, Francesco's brother, who had married
Beatrice Buonromeo, hid, for a time, in the monastery of Degli Angeli,
and then, with his wife, was banished to the castle of Volterra, where
he died in 1481. It does not appear that he took any active part in the
plot, although his wronging by Lorenzo was the spark which fired the
whole conspiracy.

Guglielmo de' Pazzi, the husband of Bianca de' Medici, Lorenzo and
Giuliano's sister, was protected by _Il Magnifico_, and allowed to
reside in a villa twelve miles outside Florence.

Napoleone de' Franzesi, alone of all the conspirators, effected his
escape, but Piero de' Vespucci, father-in-law to "_La bella
Simonetta_"--"_Il bel Giulio's_" _innamorata_,--who assisted him, was
sentenced to two years' imprisonment in the Stinche, with a heavy fine.

Giovanni Battista da Montesicco's fate was, perhaps, the only one which
excited commiseration, even from the point of view of the Medici. A
soldier of fortune, his weapon was at your command, did you but fill his
pouch with ducats of Rome or florins of Florence. To him it mattered not
whether the adventure partook of romance and espionage, or of intrigue
and murder. Unlike many of his profession, he was a religious man, and
just. He drew back from his bargain as soon as he had experience of
Lorenzo's character, and he refused point-blank to slay him in a spot
"where Christ could see him," as he said. It does not appear that he