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

CHAPTER VI.

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PAUL THIRD.

He aspires to grandeur for his family--His hostility to the emperor and to Doria--He encourages Gianluigi in his designs against the imperial rule in Genoa--Attempts of Cardinal Trivulzio to induce Fieschi to give Genoa to France--France is induced by the count to relinquish her hopes of obtaining Genoa--Verrina and his spirited counsels--Vengeance of Gianluigi against Giovanni Battista della Torre.