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IN THE Communal palace of Rimini a great banquet was spread in honor of Cesare Borgia, the conqueror--the _"Minister Divinae Justitiae"_--who had delivered the State from the thraldom of Pandolfaccio, the hated Malatesta. Gathered there was a great number of repatriated _fuorusciti_--the nobles whom Pandolfaccio had exiled from his dominions that he might strip them of their possessions.
Jubilant, assured that Borgia justice would right the wrongs that had been done, these patricians gave free expression to their high spirits. Present too were the ambassadors and envoys of several powers, sent to congratulate the Duke upon his latest conquest. But it was in vain that Cesare turned his beautiful hazel eyes this way and that in quest of Sinibaldi, the princely Envoy of Venice.