From three points of the city the flames were streaming.

Scarce could the Papal guards preserve a portion of the churches from pillage and destruction.

St.Sylvester's and St.Lawrence were wrapped in fire, and the basilicas, from the quarter of Lateran to the Coliseum, were involved in the red ruin.

For three days the conqueror raged like a lion in the capital of the Christian world.

The frenzied people again attempted resistance, and again the streets ran with their blood.