574. The Medici: Curse of the Mad Monk (Part 3)

I announce this good news to the city, that Florence will be more glorious, richer, more powerful than she has ever been. First, glorious in the sight of God and of men. And you, O Florence, will be the reformation of all Italy, and from here the renewal will begin and spread everywhere, for this is the navel of Italy, and your counsels will reform all by the light and grace that God will give you. Second, O Florence, you will have riches beyond number, and God will multiply all things for you,

And third, you will spread your empire, and thus you will have power, both temporal and spiritual, and you will have so many blessings that you will say, We want nothing more. But if you do not heed what I have told you, then you will have none of it. Stirring stuff from the Dominican friar Gerillamo Savonarola, who was addressing the people of Florence on the 10th of December, 1492. And Dominic, he begins there sounding very much like a late 15th century preacher, and he ends up sounding a little bit like Donald Trump. Everything's gonna be great.

You're gonna have loads of money. Yeah, so much winning. So much winning, bigly. Yeah. Right.

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