Violante's Later Life 107 



their running expenses, including" the cost of the necessary 

 measures of defense.*' 



The upshot of the whole matter is to be gathered from Frois- 

 sart, who declares that Galeazzo cleared himself by oath of the 

 imputation that he was in any way responsible for Lionel's death, 

 and that Amedeo of Savoy, the astute diplomat and indefatigable 

 negotiator, at length reconciled the contending parties (Kervyn 

 7- 252) : 



Li sires Despenssiers s'apaisa a yaux, parmy tant qu'il s'escuserent 

 de le mort le due de Clarense, et jurerent que par yaux, ne par leur 

 couppe, il n'estoit mies mors [en le fin, messires li contes de Savoie 

 s'en ensonnia et les mist a acord]. 



From an independent source (M. H. P., p. 1018) we learn that 

 Galeazzo was in possession of several of the contested towns at 

 the end of 1369 and beginning of 1370. 



Barnes' account is characteristic (cf. Higden, Polychr. 8. 371) : 



But the Lord Edward Spencer, who doubted some foul play had 

 been used towards him, tarried still in Italy, and together with Sr. 

 John Hawkwood, and his Englishmen, called the White-Company, 

 made fierce War upon the Dukes of Milain, in Revenge of his Masters 

 Death ; till at last he was fully satisfied of their Innocence as to that 

 point, and their great and unfeigned sorrow for the untimely loss 

 of so Noble a Kinsman. 



XIII. VIOLANTE'S LATER LIFE 



As we have seen, Violante was a widow before she was 14, 

 after four months of marriage.^ We hear nothing of marriage 

 again until 1374, when she was sought by the widowed Albert, 

 Duke of Austria, but without result, as the Pope had forbidden 

 that any princely house should intermarry with the Visconti.^ 

 On Aug. 2, 1377,^ at the age of 22, she was wedded to a youthful 



* See the original mortgage, R. L S. 23. 554-9. 



^ See p. 86. Cron. Monf. (M. H. P., p. 1228) conceives of her as 

 living for a time with Lionel in England, and then returning to her 

 father's house. 



' See Giulini 5. 567-8 ; 7. 243-4 ; Magenta 2. 38. 



^ So R. I. S. 23. 594 ( Azarius says May, R. I. S. 23. 597, and so M. H. P. 

 3. 1340). Negotiations to that end had been begun by Sept. 14, 1376, an 

 agreement had been reached by March or April, 1377 {R. L S. 23. 594; 



