Excerpt from The History of Girolamo Savonarola, Vol. 2: And of His Times The affairs of Italy underwent a new alteration, which caused a great change in those of the Republic and in the condition of Savonarola, In the early part of the year, France had been marvellously favoured by fortune: the King had reached Naples without having encountered any obstacle; the Aragonese had fled; and the new Government had been established, as if by magic But very soon everything was overturned, and as rapidly as it had risen. It was not long before the French contrived to displease both the Governments and the people of Italy. No words can sufficiently condemn their conduct towards the Florentines; they made incessant demands for money, and were always making new promises, not one of which was ever fulfilled. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.