A Canto X concerns the operation of mercenaries in the Renaissance
wars in Italy:
And the poor devils dying of cold, outside Sorano
And from the other side, from inside the chateau,
Orsini, Count Pitigliano, on the 17th of November:
"Siggy, darlint, wd. you stop making war on
"insensible objects, such as trees and domestic vines, that have
"no means to hit back ... but if you will hire yourself out to a
"commune (Siena) which you ought to rule than
"serve..."
I wonder if Blackwater will get their poet?
Roger
On 10/30/07, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Yeah, they didn't then work for companies like Blackwater....
>
> Doug
> On 29-Oct-07, at 11:37 AM, Johanna lepro green wrote:
>
> > Mercenaries must have done a better job back then tho.
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