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Galeazzo's chief councilors,'^' and four of his vicars, arrayed hke 

 the preceding", but with behs of less value. Then five treasury- 

 officials {rationatores, ragionoti), also named, with their attend- 

 ants; these were similarly arrayed, but with belts of silver. 

 Finally, there was a bishop, with many clergy. 



As they entered the old and famous city, the attention of the 

 foreigners would naturally have been drawn to many a strange 

 or renowned building". The procession would first pass S. 

 Eustorgio, then lying outside the city-wall. Here, if any one had 

 had the curiosity, he might have seen the sarcophagus which, 

 until Frederick Barbarossa sent them to Cologne in 1164, had 



measured, and his temper mild ; his plans exhibited a blending of magnifi- 

 cence, firmness, and eagerness; he displayed an ardent love for the 

 beautiful and the sublime, and remarkable subtlety in divining the thoughts 

 of others. For his character, see pp. 21-2. 



"It may seem strange that one of these was Manfredo di Saluzzo. 

 What should a member of the reigning house of Saluzzo be doing here, 

 serving Galeazzo in the administration of his state? 



It came about thus. This Manfredo was the eldest son by a second 

 marriage of Manfredo IV of Saluzzo (d. 1340), whose heir, by his first 

 marriage, was Federigo I (d. 1336), who predeceased his father. The 

 latter had sought, at the instigation of his second wife, to supersede 

 Federigo by Manfredo, but the latter had been established by 1332-3 in 

 the succession to the marquisate, which he left on his death to his son 

 Tommaso. Meanwhile, Manfredo, on the death of his father, sought to 

 oust his nephew, Tommaso, from the marquisate. At the end of the first 

 six months Tommaso was deposed (April, 1341) ; Manfredo (now 

 Manfredo V) was in possession till March 27, 1344; then Tommaso till 

 May 13, 1344; then Manfredo till September 6, 1346; then Tommaso 

 till Aug. 15, 1357, when he died (Cappelli, Cronologia, p. 357), to be suc- 

 ceeded by his son, Federigo II. At some time after he had ceased to 

 reign (probably in 1354, or soon after; M. H. P., p. 99i), Manfredo 

 resorted to Milan, where he was made much of by Galeazzo, who appointed 

 him a councilor. At his own instance, or by his own fault, he retired from 

 Galeazzo's court, Azarius says in 1362 (R. I. S. 16. 405; cf. M. H. P., p. 

 968). He did not die till after Aug. 5. 1389 (M. H. P.); and he must 

 have been born, one would think, at least 70 years before, since his father 

 contracted his first marriage in 1303, and he himself was probably of age 

 when he contested his nephew's succession in 1340. If he were born (say) 

 in 1318, he would have been 50 years old at Lionel's marriage. How he 

 came to be councilor then, if Azarius is right, is difficult to see; either 

 Azarius is mistaken in the year, as seems most probable, or else Galeazzo 

 had taken him back. The chroniclers call him a handsome man, wise, 

 prudent, and upright. 



For Galeazzo's councilors in general, see R. I. S. 16. 403. 



