ence between the
Uberti and the government of the Consuls_ 109

Sec. 12.--_How the Emperor Frederick I. took their territory
from the city of Florence, and many other
cities of Tuscany_ 110

Sec. 13.--_How the Florentines took the cross, and went
over seas to conquer Damietta, and therefore recovered
their territory_ 111

Sec. 16.--_How Henry of Suabia was made Emperor by
the Church, and how Constance, queen of Sicily,
was given him to wife_ 112

Sec. 24.--_How the Order of the Minor Friars began_ 114

Sec. 25.--_How the Order of the Preaching Friars began_ 114

Sec. 26.--_How the Florentines destroyed the castle of
Frondigliano_ 115

Sec. 30.--_How the Florentines destroyed the strongholds
of Simifonti and of Combiata_ 116

Sec. 31.--_Destruction of Montelupo, and how the Florentines
gained Montemurlo_ 116

Sec. 32.--_How the Florentines elected their first Podesta_ 117

Sec. 36.--_How during Otho's lifetime Frederick II. of
Suabia was elected Emperor by the desire of the
Church at Rome_ 118

Sec. 37.--_Concerning the death of the old Count Guido,
and of his progeny_ 119

Sec. 38.--_How the parties of the Guelfs and Ghibellines
arose in Florence_ 121

Sec. 39.--_Of the families and the nobles which became
Guelfs and Ghibellines in Florence_ 123

Sec. 41.--_How the Florentines caused the dwellers in the
country around to swear fealty to the city, and how
the new Carraia Bridge was begun_ 125

BOOK VI.

_How Frederick II. was consecrated and made Emperor, and
the great things which came to pass._

Sec. 1. 127

Sec. 5.--_How the Florentines led an army against Pistoia,
and laid waste the country round about_ 129

Sec. 14.--_How the Emperor Frederick came to enmity
with the Church_ 130

Sec. 22.--_How the Emperor laid hold of K