CHAPTER VI.

SUPREMACY OF COSIMO DE’ MEDICI TO THE REFORM OF LUCCA PITTI. Pope Eugene in Florence—Political Positions on Cosimo’s return Home—Antecedents of the Medici Party—Lucca Pitti—Neri Capponi—The Acciaiuoli—Agnolo and Donate Acciaiuoli—Diotisalvi Neroni—The Giugni and other Friends of the Medici, the Pandolfini, Salviati, Guicciardini—Cosimo’s Party-management—Restriction of free Voting by the Practice of Nominating to the Magistracy—Abrogation of the Law against the Nobles—Relations towards his Opponents…