If this man had taken Pisa, nobody can deny that it would have been proper for the Florentines to keep in with him, for if he became the soldier of their enemies they had no means of resisting, and if they held to him they must obey him.
Ha sikerül bevennie Pisát, senki sem tagadhatta volna, hogy a firenzeieknek vele kell tartaniuk, mert ha ellenségeik zsoldjába áll, nem lett volna orvosság ellene, de ha megtartják, akkor engedelmeskedniük kellett volna parancsainak.