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 | | Lorenzo and some of his followers barricaded themselves in the sacristy for safety and the city was in uproar. |
 | | To cap it all, mad Jacopo Pazzi galloped into the main square shouting 'People and Liberty!', to which the assembled Florentine crowds supposedly replied, 'Balls!' -meaning, of course, the six golden balls of the Medici coat of arms. |
 | | Jacopo was forced to flee for his life, and Francesco and some of his co-conspirators were caught and hanged.Lorenzo appeared on the balcony of the Signoria, his neck bandaged against a knife wound sustained in the assault in the Cathedral and called for the jubilant crowds to disperse. |
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