The people, who have just learned that the Pope and Emperor have recalled their legates and ambassadors, are awed and frightened.
"Stories of the Wagner Opera"
H. A. Guerber
Meanwhile the Pope sent many legates, if so be the city could be brought to order: but all who came returned in dread of being hewn in pieces; for they threatened to throw some from the windows of the palace, so that no cardinal or other legate durst approach Perugia, unless he were a friend of the Baglioni.
"Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Vol III."
John Symonds
The legates and Caesar came too late to hold him back, and from below came cries of: "Crushed!
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers