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had thrown him ; but Barnabas, suspicious of all the nourishment 

 offered him, was on his guard, and did not sink under these repeated 

 efforts till the i8th of December of the same year." 



Bernabo Visconti. 

 (From Rosmini 2. 144; cf. Graevius, p. 316.) 



^ R. I. S. 15. 512; 16. 544, 800, 854; 17. 499; Corio, p. 509; Muratori 

 8. 416; Giulini 5. 659; Rosmini 2. 157; Leo 3. 329. Bernabo died, at 

 the age of 66, in the castle of Trezzo, a little more than half way (12 



