The Visit to the Palace: Thursday (Day 11)

Early the next day, Masaniello’s followers began to ensure that all the people were following orders. Fra Sebastiano di Bologna recounts how he was at a bakery when some lazzari approached him, shouting, “Off with the capes!” The friar still had his on, and without hesitation the lazzari took it off him.¹ Others kept hunting for Maddaloni, but never caught him. They did capture a slave of his, one Mustafà, who, in exchange for his life, swiftly told them where Maddaloni had stashed his goods. They were found in the monastery of the Barefoot Fathers of Sant’Agostino and the church