The Conspiracy of Gianluigi Fieschi, or, Genoa in the sixteenth century.
CHAPTER III.
ANDREA DORIA AND THE REPUBLIC OF GENOA.
The Nobles and the People--Andrea Doria and his first enterprises--How he abandoned France, and went over to the Emperor--Accusations and opinions with regard to his motives--The laws of the _Union_ destroyed the popular, and created the aristocratic Government--The objects of Doria in contrast with those of the Genoese Government and the Italian Republics--The lieutenants of Andrea and his naval forces--Popular movements arrested by bloody vengeance.