<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngo-1630 uchungechunge lwezenzakalo eziphazamisayo lwashaqisa umhlaba kaMonteverdi.  <response>: IMantua yahlaselwa amabutho amaHabsburg ngo-1630, avimbezela idolobha elalihlushwa ubhadane, futhi ngemva kokuwa kwalo ngoJulayi aphanga amagugu alo, futhi ahlakaza umphakathi wezobuciko. Lesi sifo safika eVenice, umngane kaMantua, ngomkhumbi owawuholwa uStrigio, umngane kaMonteverdi, futhi phakathi nezinyanga ezingu-16 kwafa abantu abangaphezu kuka-45.000, okwenza inani labantu baseVenice ngo-1633 laba ngaphezu kuka-100.000, inani eliphansi kunawo wonke eminyakeni engaba ngu-150 edlule. Phakathi kwezisulu zalolu bhubhane kwakukhona umsizi kaMonteverdi eSan Marco, nomqambi ovelele, u-Alessandro Grandi. Lolu bhubhane nemiphumela yangemva kwempi kwaba nomphumela ongenakugwenywa omubi emnothweni nasempilweni yobuciko yaseVenice. Umfowabo omncane kaMonteverdi uGiulio Cesare naye washona ngalesi sikhathi, cishe ngenxa yalolu bhubhane. 