He kept also the Orsini and Colonnesi factions within the bounds in which he found them; and although there was among them some mind to make disturbance, nevertheless he held two things firm: the one, the greatness of the Church, with which he terrified them; and the other, not allowing them to have their own cardinals, who caused the disorders among them.
Mantenne ancora le parti Orsine e Colonnese in quelli termini che le trovò; e benché tra loro fussi qualche capo da fare alterazione, tamen dua cose li ha tenuti fermi: l'una, la grandezza della Chiesia, che li sbigottisce; l'altra, el non avere loro cardinali, li quali sono origine de' tumulti infra loro.