This man, as I have said, made head of the army by the Syracusans, soon found out that a mercenary soldiery, constituted like our Italian condottieri, was of no use; and it appearing to him that he could neither keep them not let them go, he had them all cut to pieces, and afterwards made war with his own forces and not with aliens.
Costui, come io dissi, fatto da' Siracusani capo delli eserciti, conobbe subito quella milizia mercennaria non essere utile, per essere conduttieri fatti come li nostri italiani; e, parendoli non li possere tenere né lasciare, li fece tutti tagliare a pezzi: e di poi fece guerra con le arme sua e non con le aliene.