Note 39 — IX LORETO TO THE BATHS OF LUCCA
W. G. (William George) Waters translation
Lucca was at this time in the Spanish interest. It remained an independent city until the French occupation in 1799. Fynes Moryson, writing about twelve years after Montaigne, says: “The citizens of Lucca are as afrayd of this great Duke ~of Florence$ as Partridges of a hawke, being compassed with his territories on all sydes.” Itinerary (Lond. 1903).