llines of the said sesto were the Lamberti,
the Soldanieri, the Cipriani, the Toschi, and the Amieri, and
Palermini, and Migliorelli, and Pigli, albeit afterwards some of them
became Guelfs. In the sesto of the Porte del Duomo, of the Guelf party
in those times were the Tosinghi, the Arrigucci, the Agli, the Sizii.
Of the Ghibellines of the said sesto were the Barucci, the Cattani of
Castiglione and of Cersino, the Agolanti and the Brunelleschi; and
afterwards some of them became Guelfs. In the sesto of the Porte San
Piero of the Guelf nobles were the Adimari, the Visdomini, the Donati,
the Pazzi, the della Bella, the Ardinghi, and the Tedaldi which were
called della Vitella, and already the Cerchi began to rise in
condition, albeit they were merchants; of the Ghibellines of the said
sesto were the Caponsacchi, the Lisei, the Abati, the Tedaldini, the
Giuochi, the Galigari. And many other families of honourable citizens
and popolani held some with one side, and some with the other, and
they changed with the times in mind and in party, which would be too
long a matter to relate. And for the said cause the accursed parties
first began in Florence, albeit before that there had been a division
secretly among the noble citizens, whereof some loved the rule of the
Church and some that of the Empire; nevertheless they were all agreed
as to the state and well-being of the commonwealth.

Sec. 40.--_How the city of Damietta was taken by the Christians, and
afterwards lost._

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._

[Sidenote: 1218 A.D.]

[Sidenote: Inf. xxxii. 56, 57.]

In the year of Christ 1218, when Otto da Mandella of Milan was Podesta
of Florence, the Florentines caused all the dwellers in the country
around to swear fealty to the commonwealth, seeing that before that
time the greater part had obeyed the rule of the Counts Guidi, and of
them of Mangone, and of them of Capraia, and of Certaldo, and of many
Cattani which had taken possession of the lands by privileges and some
by force of the emperors. And in this year the building of the
bastions of the Carraia Bridge was begun.

[Sidenote: 1220 A.D.]

Sec. 42.--_How the Florentines took Mortennana, and completed the new
bridge called Carraia._

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BOOK VI.

[Sidenote: 1220 A.D.]

_How Frederick II. was consecr