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1The Lord of Pisa at that time was Uguccione of the Faggiuola of Arezzo, who being in the first place elected their
2captain afterwards became their lord. There resided in Paris some exiled Ghibellines from Lucca, with whom Castruccio
3held communications with the object of effecting their restoration by the help of Uguccione. Castruccio also brought
4into his plans friends from Lucca who would not endure the authority of the Opizi. Having fixed upon a plan to be
5followed, Castruccio cautiously fortified the tower of the Onesti, filling it with supplies and munitions of war, in
6order that it might stand a siege for a few days in case of need. When the night came which had been agreed upon with
7Uguccione, who had occupied the plain between the mountains and Pisa with many men, the signal was given, and without
8being observed Uguccione approached the gate of San Piero and set fire to the portcullis. Castruccio raised a great
9uproar within the city, calling the people to arms and forcing open the gate from his side. Uguccione entered with his
10men, poured through the town, and killed Messer Giorgio with all his family and many of his friends and supporters. The
11governor was driven out, and the government reformed according to the wishes of Uguccione, to the detriment of the city,
12because it was found that more than one hundred families were exiled at that time. Of those who fled, part went to
13Florence and part to Pistoia, which city was the headquarters of the Guelph party, and for this reason it became most
14hostile to Uguccione and the Lucchese. As it now appeared to the Florentines and others of the Guelph party that the
15Ghibellines absorbed too much power in Tuscany, they determined to restore the exiled Guelphs to Lucca. They assembled a
16large army in the Val di Nievole, and seized Montecatini; from thence they marched to Montecarlo, in order to secure the
17free passage into Lucca. Upon this Uguccione assembled his Pisan and Lucchese forces, and with a number of German
18cavalry which he drew out of Lombardy, he moved against the quarters of the Florentines, who upon the appearance of the
19enemy withdrew from Montecarlo, and posted themselves between Montecatini and Pescia. Uguccione now took up a position
20near to Montecarlo, and within about two miles of the enemy, and slight skirmishes between the horse of both parties
21were of daily occurrence. Owing to the illness of Uguccione, the Pisans and Lucchese delayed coming to battle with the
22enemy. Uguccione, finding himself growing worse, went to Montecarlo to be cured, and left the command of the army in the
23hands of Castruccio. This change brought about the ruin of the Guelphs, who, thinking that the hostile army having lost
24its captain had lost its head, grew over-confident. Castruccio observed this, and allowed some days to pass in order to
25encourage this belief; he also showed signs of fear, and did not allow any of the munitions of the camp to be used. On
26the other side, the Guelphs grew more insolent the more they saw these evidences of fear, and every day they drew out in
27the order of battle in front of the army of Castruccio. Presently, deeming that the enemy was sufficiently emboldened,
28and having mastered their tactics, he decided to join battle with them. First he spoke a few words of encouragement to
29his soldiers, and pointed out to them the certainty of victory if they would but obey his commands. Castruccio had
30noticed how the enemy had placed all his best troops in the centre of the line of battle, and his less reliable men on
31the wings of the army; whereupon he did exactly the opposite, putting his most valiant men on the flanks, while those on
32whom he could not so strongly rely he moved to the centre. Observing this order of battle, he drew out of his lines and
33quickly came in sight of the hostile army, who, as usual, had come in their insolence to defy him. He then commanded his
34centre squadrons to march slowly, whilst he moved rapidly forward those on the wings. Thus, when they came into contact
35with the enemy, only the wings of the two armies became engaged, whilst the center battalions remained out of action,
36for these two portions of the line of battle were separated from each other by a long interval and thus unable to reach
37each other. By this expedient the more valiant part of Castruccio's men were opposed to the weaker part of the enemy's
38troops, and the most efficient men of the enemy were disengaged; and thus the Florentines were unable to fight with
39those who were arrayed opposite to them, or to give any assistance to their own flanks. So, without much difficulty,
40Castruccio put the enemy to flight on both flanks, and the centre battalions took to flight when they found themselves
41exposed to attack, without having a chance of displaying their valour. The defeat was complete, and the loss in men very
42heavy, there being more than ten thousand men killed with many officers and knights of the Guelph party in Tuscany, and
43also many princes who had come to help them, among whom were Piero, the brother of King Ruberto, and Carlo, his nephew,
44and Filippo, the lord of Taranto. On the part of Castruccio the loss did not amount to more than three hundred men,
45among whom was Francesco, the son of Uguccione, who, being young and rash, was killed in the first onset. This victory
46so greatly increased the reputation of Castruccio that Uguccione conceived some jealousy and suspicion of him, because
47it appeared to Uguccione that this victory had given him no increase of power, but rather than diminished it. Being of
48this mind, he only waited for an opportunity to give effect to it. This occurred on the death of Pier Agnolo Micheli, a
49man of great repute and abilities in Lucca, the murderer of whom fled to the house of Castruccio for refuge. On the
50sergeants of the captain going to arrest the murderer, they were driven off by Castruccio, and the murderer escaped.
51This affair coming to the knowledge of Uguccione, who was then at Pisa, it appeared to him a proper opportunity to
52punish Castruccio. He therefore sent for his son Neri, who was the governor of Lucca, and commissioned him to take
53Castruccio prisoner at a banquet and put him to death. Castruccio, fearing no evil, went to the governor in a friendly
54way, was entertained at supper, and then thrown into prison. But Neri, fearing to put him to death lest the people
55should be incensed, kept him alive, in order to hear further from his father concerning his intentions. Ugucionne cursed
56the hesitation and cowardice of his son, and at once set out from Pisa to Lucca with four hundred horsemen to finish the
57business in his own way; but he had not yet reached the baths when the Pisans rebelled and put his deputy to death and
58created Count Gaddo della Gherardesca their lord. Before Uguccione reached Lucca he heard of the occurrences at Pisa,
59but it did not appear wise to him to turn back, lest the Lucchese with the example of Pisa before them should close
60their gates against him. But the Lucchese, having heard of what had happened at Pisa, availed themselves of this
61opportunity to demand the liberation of Castruccio, notwithstanding that Uguccione had arrived in their city. They first
62began to speak of it in private circles, afterwards openly in the squares and streets; then they raised a tumult, and
63with arms in their hands went to Uguccione and demanded that Castruccio should be set at liberty. Uguccione, fearing
64that worse might happen, released him from prison. Whereupon Castruccio gathered his friends around him, and with the
65help of the people attacked Uguccione; who, finding he had no resource but in flight, rode away with his friends to
66Lombardy, to the lords of Scale, where he died in poverty.
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