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cilityinthememoirshehadhimselfleftbehindhim. Notcontentwithwritingthestoryofhisownlife,FraGiulianobeginswithamythicalConsuloftheRomanRepublic,whoissupposedtohavefoundedthefamilybyasomewhatdiscreditableunionwithsomebodyelse'swife.Hethencarriesthestorythroughcountlessagestillhearrivesathisownconception,andtheprodigiesattendinghisbirth,whichhedescribeswithgreatminuteness.Hegivesveryamplythehistoryofhischildhoodandboyhood,theperiodhespentaspageattheCourtoftheBentivogliofBologna,andhisadventuresintheNeapolitanarmiesundertheDukeofCalabriabutthewholestoryisnarratedatsuchlength,withsomanydigressionsanddetails,andissometimessovague,incoherentanddisjointedthat,withwhateverediting,itwasconsideredimpossibletomakeaclearandcontinuousnarrative. FraGiulianohimselfdividedhislifeintotwoparts:theonehenamedtheTimeofHoney,beingtheperiodofexpectationtheothertheTimeofGall,beingthatofrealisation.ThesecondhalfcommenceswithhisarrivalatthetownofForli,intheyear1488,anditisthispartwhichwehavedecidedtopublishfor,notwithstandingitsbrevity,thiswasthemosteventfulperiodofhislife,andtheaccountofitseemstohangtogetherinasufficientlylucidfashion,centringroundtheconspiracywhichresultedintheassassinationofGirolamoRiario,andfinishingwiththeauthor'sadmissiontotheOrderofStFrancis.This,then,Ihavegivenexactlyashewroteit,neitheraddingnorsuppressingaword.Idonotdenythatitwouldhavepleasedmealittletofalsifythehistory,fortheAnglo-Saxonsarearaceofidealists,asisshowninalltheirdealing,internationalandcommercialandtruththeyhavealwaysfoundalittleugly.IhaveafriendwholatelywroteastoryoftheLondonpoor,andhiscriticswereproperlydisgustedbecausehischaractersdroppedtheiraitchesandoftenusedbadlanguage,anddidnotbehaveaselegantlyasmightbeexpectedfromtheexampletheywerecontinuallyreceivingfromtheirbetterswhilesomeofhisreaderswe