Pope Julius the Second was assisted in reaching the papacy by a reputation for liberality, yet he did not strive afterwards to keep it up, when he made war on the King of France; and he made many wars without imposing any extraordinary tax on his subjects, for he supplied his additional expenses out of his long thriftiness.
Papa Iulio II, come si fu servito del nome del liberale per aggiugnere al papato, non pensò poi a mantenerselo, per potere fare guerra. El re di Francia presente ha fatto tante guerre sanza porre uno dazio estraordinario a' sua, solum perché alle superflue spese ha sumministrato la lunga parsimonia sua.