text_original: These depredations, or these schemes of conquest, were not needed to arouse the fierce and passionate hostility of the pope to the all absorbing Lombard. So long as there had been three great powers in Italy there had been an equilibrium of a certain kind between them.
text_transcription: THESE DEPREDATIONS OR THESE SCHEMES OF CONQUEST WERE NOT NEEDED TO AROUSE THE FIERCE AND PASSIONATE HOSTILITY OF THE POPE TO THE ALL ABSORBING LOMBARD SO LONG AS THERE HAD BEEN THREE GREAT POWERS IN ITALY THERE HAD BEEN AN EQUILIBRIUM OF A CERTAIN KIND BETWEEN THEM
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