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VALPERGA.
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On the same day, and at the same hour, Castruccio died at Lucca.
His enemies rejoiced in his death; his friends were confounded and overthrown. They, as the last act of gratitude, conducted the pomp of his funeral with princely magnificence. He was buried in the church of San Francesco, then without, now included within, the walls of Lucca. The ancient tombstone is still seen on the walls of the church; and its inscription may serve for the moral and conclusion of this tale.
En vivo vivamque
fama rerum gestarum
Italicæ militiæ splendor;
Lucensium
decus Etruriæ
ornamentum Castruccius
Gerii
Antelminellorum stirpe
vixi peccavi dolui
cessi naturæ indigenti
animæ piæ benevoli
succurrite brevi memores
vos morituros.
THE END.
