He deplored the spirit which arrayed itself against truth, but he found in the recollection of the trials of the Apostles and their successors abundant consolation for himself and his friends.

Florence, Padua, Cremona, Milan had fallen before the Austrian invader.

Lucca swelled the triumphs of the tyrant.

Fortress after fortress was wrested from Matilda; Henry sat down before the gates of Rome at last, in the plains of Nero and opposite the fortress of St.
Peter.

Yet the sublime Pontiff displayed no symptom of uneasiness, though half of Europe was against him.
Gilbert's first impulse was to fly to Rome, but the approaches to the city were all in possession of the enemy.