and fruitful; and, for all the wars that he had with the Church, he kept it in good state so long as he lived, so that he increased much in riches and in power by sea and by land. For wife he took the daughter of the despot of Romagna, by whom he had sons and daughters. The arms which he took and bore were those of the Empire, save where the Emperor, his father, bore the gold field and the black eagle, he bore the silver field and the black eagle. This Manfred caused the city of Sipanto in Apulia to be destroyed, forasmuch as through the marshes around it was not healthy, and it had no harbour; and by its citizens, at two miles distance upon the rock, and in a place where there might be a good harbour, he caused a city to be founded, which after his name was called Manfredonia, the which has now the best harbour that there is between Venice and Brindisi. And of that city was Manfred Bonetta, count chamberlain of the said King Manfred, a delightsome man, a musician and singer, who caused the great bell of Manfredonia to be made in his memory, the which is the largest that can be found for size, and because of its size cannot be rung. We will now leave speaking of Manfred until fit place and time, and will return where we left off in our subject, namely to the doings of Florence and of Tuscany and of Lombardy, albeit they were much mixed up with the doings of the said King Manfred in many things. [Sidenote: 1251 A.D.] [Sidenote: 1252 A.D.] Sec. 47.--_How the Florentines discomfited the Ubaldini in Mugello._ Sec. 48.--_How the Florentines took Montaia and routed the troops of the Sienese and the Pisans._ Sec. 49.--_How the Florentines took Tizzano and then routed the Pisans at Pontadera, the Pisans having routed the Lucchese._ Sec. 50.--_How the bridge Santa Trinita was built._ In this time, the city of Florence being in happy state under the rule of the Popolo, a bridge was built over the Arno from Santa Trinita to the house of the Frescobaldi in Oltrarno, and in this the zeal of Lamberto Frescobaldi helped much, which was a noted Ancient in the Popolo, and he and his had come to great state and riches. [Sidenote: 1252 A.D. Cf. Par. xvi. 50.] Sec. 51.--_How the Florentines took the fortress of Fegghine._ Sec. 52.--_How the Sienese were routed by the Florentines at Montalcino._ Sec. 53.--_How the golden florins were first made in Florence._ [Sidenote: 1252 A.D.] [Sidenote: Cf. Par. xviii. 133-136.]