2  Nova  quomodo  Roma  capta  sit  relatio  in  Schardius,  ii.  6n.  "  Per  decern
integros  dies  ecclesias  gynecia  monachos  moniales  et  cardinales  episcopos  praelatos
bancarios  spoliarunt,  deditos  ceperunt,  libros  et  registra  lacerarunt,"  &c.  Vet-
tori  :  "  La  uccisione  fu  poca,  perche  rati  si  uccidono  quelli  che  non  si  vogliono
defendere,  ma  la  preda  fu  inestimabile  di  danari  contanti,  di  gioie,  d'  oro  e  d'
argento  lavorato,  di  vestiti,  d'arazzi,  paramenti  di  case,  mercantie  d'  ogni  sorte  e
di  taglie."

3  An  Italian,  Jovius,  Vita  Pompeji  Columnae,  pp.  191,  192,  draws  this  distinc-
tion.
444  SACK  OF  ROME  [Book  IV.
than  otherwise.1  They  allowed  the  Jews  to  make  their  profit  without
grudging.  There  was  much  gambling  in  Campofiore  ;  men  had  grown
so  suddenly  rich  that  they  staked  hundreds  of  gulden  on  a  throw.  Many
came  laden  with  vases  of  gold,  which  they  lost  to  more  successful  players.
