In the stormy 15th and 16th centuries, Lucca's proserous silk merchants preserved the peace by intercepting enemy armies and paying them to bypass the town.
The silk merchants weren't arounf muvch in the 15th and 16th centuries.
mnli hypothesis: The silk merchants weren't arounf muvch in the 15th and 16th centuries. premise: In the stormy 15th and 16th centuries, Lucca's proserous silk merchants preserved the peace by intercepting enemy armies and paying them to bypass the town.