History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy

by Niccolo Machiavelli

survivors were unable either to satisfy or restrain the ambition of

  Lodovico Sforza, tutor to the duke of Milan; and hence, soon after the

  death of Lorenzo, those evil plants began to germinate, which in a

  little time ruined Italy, and continue to keep her in desolation.

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