Letter sent by Onofrio Camaini, the Sienese Chief of Justice to Duke Cosimo I de Medici on April 6, 1559:
[] The trial of Terenzio Usinini of Siena, who was arrested for the attempted rape of the Widow of Belforte, is almost over [] The result of the trial is that he will be given the death sentence for having attempted to commit rape and for committing an armed assault which drew blood from the aforementioned widow. Despite the fact that his attempt was unsuccessful he will be executed [] for it cannot be denied that this case is both horrible and shocking given the widow’s reputation as a virtuous woman and the fact that he broke into her home at night through a window. The accused has a very bad reputation which emerged during the testimony heard at the trial. [] On the night of the attempted rape, Terenzio was accompanied by a certain Santi di Lelo, a priest from Belforte, who, a few months earlier, had been seen throttling a local townsman because of some business involving the man’s wife who was apparently having an affair. Terenzio, along with the priest is believed to have murdered the poor man []
