The Conspiracy of Gianluigi Fieschi, or, Genoa in the sixteenth century.

CHAPTER XII.

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PIER LUIGI FARNESE.

The ferocity and excesses of Andrea Doria--The benefits which he derived from the fall of the Fieschi--The Farnesi participated in Genoese conspiracies--Schemes of Andrea Doria against the duke of Piacenza--Landi is instigated by Andrea to kill the duke--The assassination of Pierluigi--The assassins and the brief of Paul III.