I will not blame the course taken by the king, because, wishing to get a foothold in Italy, and having no friends there—seeing rather that every door was shut to him owing to the conduct of Charles—he was forced to accept those friendships which he could get, and he would have succeeded very quickly in his design if in other matters he had not made some mistakes.
Io non voglio biasimare questo partito preso dal re; perché, volendo cominciare a mettere uno piè in Italia, e non avendo in questa provincia amici, anzi sendoli, per li portamenti del re Carlo, serrate tutte le porte, fu forzato prendere quelle amicizie che poteva: e sarebbeli riuscito el partito ben preso, quando nelli altri maneggi non avessi fatto errore alcuno.