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ATthattimeIhadabrother，youngerbytwoyears，ayouthofextremeboldnessandfiercetemper.HeafterwardsbecameoneofthegreatsoldiersintheschoolofthatmarvellousgeneralGiovanninodeMedici，fatherofDukeCosimo.Theboywasaboutfourteen，andItwoyearsolder.OneSundayevening，justbeforenightfall，hehappenedtofindhimselfbetweenthegateSanGalloandthePortaaPinti;inthisquarterhecametoduelwithayoungfellowoftwentyorthereabouts.Theybothhadswords;andmybrotherdealtsovaliantlythat，afterhavingbadlywoundedhim，hewasuponthepointoffollowinguphisadvantage.Therewasagreatcrowdofpeoplepresent，amongwhomweremanyoftheadversaryskinsfolk.Seeingthatthethingwasgoingillfortheirownman，theyputhandtotheirslings，astonefromoneofwhichhitmypoorbrotherinthehead.Hefelltothegroundatonceinadeadfaint.ItsochancedthatIhadbeenuponthespotalone，andwithoutarms;andIhaddonemybesttogetmybrotheroutofthefraybycallingtohim:“Makeoff;youhavedoneenough.”Meanwhile，asluckwouldhaveit，hefell，asIhavesaid，halfdeadtoearth.Iranupatonce，seizedhissword，andstoodinfrontofhim，bearingthebruntofseveralrapiersandashowerofstones.IneverlefthissideuntilsomebravesoldierscamefromthegateSanGalloandrescuedmefromtheragingcrowd;theymarvelledmuch，thewhile，tofindsuchvalourinsoyoungaboy.

ThenIcarriedmybrotherhomefordead，anditwasonlywithgreatdifficultythathecametohimselfagain.Whenhewascured，theEight，whohadalreadycondemnedoutadversariesandbanishedthemforatermofyears，sentusalsointoexileforsixmonthsatadistanceoftenmilesfromFlorence.Isaidtomybrother:“Comealongwithme;”andsowetookleaveofourpoorfather;andinsteadofgivingusmoney，forhehadnone，hebestowedonushisblessing.IwenttoSiena，wishingtolookupacertainworthymancalledMaestroFrancescoCastoro.Onanotheroccasion，whenIhadrunawayfrommyfather，Iwenttothisgoodman，andstayedsometimewithhim，workingatthegoldsmithstradeuntilmyfathersentformeback.Francesco，whenIreachedhim，recognisedmeatonce，andgavemeworktodoWhilethusoccupied，heplacedahouseatmydisposalforthewholetimeofmysojourninSiena.IntothisImoved，togetherwithmybrother，andappliedmyselftolabourforthespaceofseveralmonths.MybrotherhadacquiredtherudimentsofLatin，butwasstillsoyoungthathecouldnotyetrelishthetasteofvirtuousemployment，butpassedhistimeindissipation，

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