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chap, i.] THE TWO CUNIO, A. D. 1285.
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a branch of it, is spoken of by writers of undoubted credit in the
Xllth, the XHIth, and the XlVth centuries.* These circumstances,
therefore, far from furnishing any just motive of additional doubt,
* The indefatigable Zani, whose opinion
on the subject has been already noticed, after
having given the French writer's account of
the two Cunio, proceeds as follows:—
(Materiali, &c. p. 233.)
" Behold," says he, " that which Papillon
" has left us respecting the twins of the
" family of Cunio. Let the learned seri-
" ously consider the subject, that it may be
" determined whether this account is deserv-
" ing of being classed amongst the fabulous
" narrations of a writer of romance; or whe-
" ther it merits belief, and is worthy of the
" most scrupulous examination.
" In the mean time I will present them
" with certain notices that I have happened
" to find in two other writers, respecting the
" family of Cunio. Biondo F/avio (His-
" toriae ab inclinatione Romanorum Imperii
" decades ties.....Venetiis, 1483) men-
" tions this family in several places, saying, at
" fol. 85, that ' multos habuit belli Duces;'
" and he affirms that in 1380 he knew the
" famous Captain, Count Alberico Cunio,
" who was still living in 1401.
" Giulio Cesare Tonduzzi, in his Historie
" di Taenia, printed in 1675, makes mention
"at p. 191, under the year 1149, of the
" Count Guido Cunio; and, at p. 322, he
" relates that Onorius IV. of the family Sa-
" villi was elected Pope on the 2d of April
" iu year 1285, in which year there happened
* An order of knighthood then used in Italy, not
very unlike that of the Knights Templars. BettineUi
calls it the Order of Frati Gaudenti, " Risorgimento
" a memorable affair at Faenza between the
" two families of the House of Manfredi.
" The circumstances of this affair were as
" follow :—The Frate Alberico, Cav. Gau-
" dente,* having received a blow on the face
" from Manfredo, of the same family, pre-
" tended to be reconciled towards him, and
" afterwards invited him one day to dinner, in
" company with Alberghetto, his son. The
" dinner being ended, the revengeful Alberico
" called out: ' let the fruit come;' upon which
" signal, his two sons, Francesco and Ugolino,
" rushed forth; and, with the assistance of cer-
" tain domesticks, killed the two guests with
" their daggers. In consequence of which
'' affair, the enmity which had subsisted
'' between the murderers and the Count
" Alberico Cunio, son of the Count
" Bernardino di Cunio, in regard of
" Beatrice his wife, who was the daughter,
" and the sister of the two Manfredi who
" were killed, was renewed xvith increased
" acrimony.
" The same writer," adds Zani, " relates,
" at p. 441, that the family of Cunio re-
" moved in the course of time from Romagna
" to Lombardy; and that, when he wrote, it
" nourished, as it still continues to do, in
" Milan; ranking amongst the most noble fa-
« milies of that city, and known by the appella-
" tion of the Conti di Belgoioso. At p. 473,
" under the year 1419, he speaks of the Count
" d'ltalia dope- il Mille." torn. ii. p. 335, 8vo. Bas.
saw, 1736.
37
a branch of it, is spoken of by writers of undoubted credit in the
Xllth, the XHIth, and the XlVth centuries.* These circumstances,
therefore, far from furnishing any just motive of additional doubt,
* The indefatigable Zani, whose opinion
on the subject has been already noticed, after
having given the French writer's account of
the two Cunio, proceeds as follows:—
(Materiali, &c. p. 233.)
" Behold," says he, " that which Papillon
" has left us respecting the twins of the
" family of Cunio. Let the learned seri-
" ously consider the subject, that it may be
" determined whether this account is deserv-
" ing of being classed amongst the fabulous
" narrations of a writer of romance; or whe-
" ther it merits belief, and is worthy of the
" most scrupulous examination.
" In the mean time I will present them
" with certain notices that I have happened
" to find in two other writers, respecting the
" family of Cunio. Biondo F/avio (His-
" toriae ab inclinatione Romanorum Imperii
" decades ties.....Venetiis, 1483) men-
" tions this family in several places, saying, at
" fol. 85, that ' multos habuit belli Duces;'
" and he affirms that in 1380 he knew the
" famous Captain, Count Alberico Cunio,
" who was still living in 1401.
" Giulio Cesare Tonduzzi, in his Historie
" di Taenia, printed in 1675, makes mention
"at p. 191, under the year 1149, of the
" Count Guido Cunio; and, at p. 322, he
" relates that Onorius IV. of the family Sa-
" villi was elected Pope on the 2d of April
" iu year 1285, in which year there happened
* An order of knighthood then used in Italy, not
very unlike that of the Knights Templars. BettineUi
calls it the Order of Frati Gaudenti, " Risorgimento
" a memorable affair at Faenza between the
" two families of the House of Manfredi.
" The circumstances of this affair were as
" follow :—The Frate Alberico, Cav. Gau-
" dente,* having received a blow on the face
" from Manfredo, of the same family, pre-
" tended to be reconciled towards him, and
" afterwards invited him one day to dinner, in
" company with Alberghetto, his son. The
" dinner being ended, the revengeful Alberico
" called out: ' let the fruit come;' upon which
" signal, his two sons, Francesco and Ugolino,
" rushed forth; and, with the assistance of cer-
" tain domesticks, killed the two guests with
" their daggers. In consequence of which
'' affair, the enmity which had subsisted
'' between the murderers and the Count
" Alberico Cunio, son of the Count
" Bernardino di Cunio, in regard of
" Beatrice his wife, who was the daughter,
" and the sister of the two Manfredi who
" were killed, was renewed xvith increased
" acrimony.
" The same writer," adds Zani, " relates,
" at p. 441, that the family of Cunio re-
" moved in the course of time from Romagna
" to Lombardy; and that, when he wrote, it
" nourished, as it still continues to do, in
" Milan; ranking amongst the most noble fa-
« milies of that city, and known by the appella-
" tion of the Conti di Belgoioso. At p. 473,
" under the year 1419, he speaks of the Count
" d'ltalia dope- il Mille." torn. ii. p. 335, 8vo. Bas.
saw, 1736.