, , foritwasimpossibletoviewinanyotherlightthanasavictimthemanwhosetrulyevangelicmeeknesshadbeendulyappreciated.
BonapartedidnotevincegreatimpatiencetoseizetheCrownofItaly, , whereheresidedintheStupinisPalace, , whowasmadeGovernorofPiedmont, remainedtheretillNapoleonfoundedthegeneralgovernmentoftheTransalpinedepartmentsinfavourofhisbrotherin-law, thePrinceBorghese, ofwhomhewouldhave, , , asIhavealreadyobserved, , inmypresence, duringoursojurnatMilanafterthebattleofMarengo, "; itiscapableofcontainingagarrisonof40,000men, , shouldAustriasendaformidableforcehere, theFrenchtroopsmightretiretoAlessandria, andstandasixmonths' , whereverImightbe, toenablemetofalluponItaly, routtheAustrians, andraisethesiegeofAlessandria!"
AshewassonearthefieldofMarengotheEmperordidnotfailtovisitit, , .
, thelastDogeofGenoa, addedanothergemtotheCrownofItalybysupplicatingtheEmperorinthenameoftheRepublic, ofwhichhewastherepresentative, , asmaybeguessed, , , whichformerlypridedherselfinhersurname, theSuperb, , andsleptintheDoriaPalace, -General.
, andthenewCoronationtookplaceinthecathedralatMilan, thelargestinItaly, ', andplaceditonhishead, exclaiming, "Dieumel'adonnee, gareaquilatouche." ThisbecamethemottooftheOrderoftheIronCrown, whichtheEmperorfoundedincommemorationofhisbeingcrownedKingofItaly.