I just realised that Romans are perpetually inconstant in their affections towards leaders.

"the hated, grown to strength, are newly grown to love".
Julius Caesar and Antony&Cleopatra talk about Caesar's welcoming in Rome after Pompey, and then Pompey again when the Triumvirate are ruling.

And Mazzini heading the Roman Republic, when the people seemed to be quite happy and in the republican/nationalist spirit of things and his own triumvirate was said to have done a very good job of leading the Republic. But when the Pope returned he was welcomed with open arms again, as if Mazzini had never been their leader.

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(Haha the usual 2am madness is evidently setting in. Let me go back and see if it helps with the understanding of mad ol' Will Shakes.)