Therefore Julius with his impetuous action accomplished what no other pontiff with simple human wisdom could have done; for if he had waited in Rome until he could get away, with his plans arranged and everything fixed, as any other pontiff would have done, he would never have succeeded. Because the King of France would have made a thousand excuses, and the others would have raised a thousand fears.
Condusse, adunque, Iulio, con la sua mossa impetuosa, quello che mai altro pontefice, con tutta la umana prudenza, arebbe condotto; perché, se elli aspettava di partirsi da Roma con le conclusione ferme e tutte le cose ordinate, come qualunque altro pontefice arebbe fatto, mai li riusciva; perché el re di Francia arebbe avuto mille scuse, e li altri messo mille paure.