If this man had taken Pisa, nobody can deny that it would have been proper for the Florentines to keep in with him, for if he became the soldier of their enemies they had no means of resisting, and if they held to him they must obey him.
Se costui espugnava Pisa, veruno fia che nieghi come conveniva a' Fiorentini stare seco; perché, se fussi diventato soldato di loro nemici, non avevano remedio; e se lo tenevano, aveano ad obedirlo.