Prognostication for the Year 1495

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¶ Regarding Tuscia Tuscany, I cannot feel anything but ill for certain placed parts. Although gatherings of peoples are to be in it, for certain things established with great losses will finally be overturned. Infidelity and fear will prevail, and powerful enmities will be harsh and troublesome to them. Furthermore, those citizens and nobles will be in danger in that part, with the repentance of some who are already acting, with some fugitives existing, and with the death of someone great; in the rest, there will be great extortions of money with little hope and less utility. Truly, Siena in the coming year will suffer that criticism: as we will say hereafter in explaining its adverse case and whirlwind: unless those governing nobles provide against the adversaries beforehand.

¶ Regarding certain powers of Italia Italy.

¶ The dominion of the Venetians and they themselves must be understood to be constituted in great ambushes of rivals with their state overturned, so that I may describe it thus from the enemies: since the rulers sometimes will have taken bad counsel for themselves: from which they will be burdened with great extortions of money and damages and impediments even in journeys: where they will be led badly, yet in some things they will stand strong and fortified with these, they will labor at great things through many places with great princes, and secretly they will move and arrange great things: with military preparation in this, and compelled in a certain way on account of princes, they will do certain things against their intention. They will appease or overturn certain enmities: laboriously, however, with expenditures of money. Truly, they will stand in great hesitation with arduous fear: barely able to discern good from non-good. And certain great ones among them will be gravely accused and condemned. However, regarding the diseases that they will suffer gravely in their state, I do not repeat: because they are under the general chapters.

¶ Many of the primates of Florentie Florence will be saddened by anxieties and the oppressions of some, and hated in many places without protection, nor will they be saddened by stability in their state: but hatred among those in power, suspected enmities, and quarrels will prevail and follow, and on account of this, finally, some great ones will perish and changes will be made in the state. The rulers will be friends neither to themselves nor to others: but very suspect and many will be hateful. Their profits will be impeded and their monies will be forced: they will be taxed/seized and will be so in the future even more. Wherefore let the Florentines practice diligence: because these adverse things can be mitigated with provision.