And the difference between one and the other of these forces can easily be seen when one considers the difference there was in the reputation of the duke, when he had the French, when he had the Orsini and Vitelli, and when he relied on his own soldiers, on whose fidelity he could always count and found it ever increasing; he was never esteemed more highly than when every one saw that he was complete master of his own forces.
E puossi facilmente vedere che differenzia è infra l'una e l'altra di queste arme, considerato che differenzia fu dalla reputazione del duca, quando aveva Franzesi soli e quando aveva li Orsini e Vitelli, a quando rimase con li soldati sua e sopr’a sé stesso e sempre si troverrà accresciuta; né mai fu stimato assai, se non quando ciascuno vidde che lui era intero possessore delle sue arme.