Let any one now consider with what little difficulty the king could have maintained his position in Italy had he observed the rules above laid down, and kept all his friends secure and protected; for although they were numerous they were both weak and timid, some afraid of the Church, some of the Venetians, and thus they would always have been forced to stand in with him, and by their means he could easily have made himself secure against those who remained powerful.
Most pedig vizsgáljuk meg, amilyen kis fáradságába került volna a királynak Itáliában becsületét megtartani, ha megfogadja a fenti tanácsokat, ha biztonságba helyezi és védelmébe veszi gyönge szövetségeit, akik az Egyháztól és Velencétől való félelmükben és szorultságukban vele maradtak volna; segítségükkel biztosíthatta volna uralmát.