[Footnote 44: Rienzi, in the above-mentioned letter,
ascribes to St. Martin the tribune, Boniface VIII. the enemy
of Colonna, himself, and the Roman people, the glory of the
day, which Villani likewise (l. 12, c. 104) describes as a
regular battle. The disorderly skirmish, the flight of the
Romans, and the cowardice of Rienzi, are painted in the
simple and minute narrative of Fortifiocca, or the anonymous
citizen, (l. i. c. 34- 37.)]