第2部分(第2/7 頁)

r　thatevery　door　was　shut　to　him　owing　to　the　conduct　of　Charles　……　he　wasforced　to　accept　those　friendships　which　he　could　get；　and　he　would　havesucceeded　very　quickly　in　his　design　if　in　other　matters　he　had　not　madesome　mistakes。　The　king；　hobardy；　regained　atonce　the　authority　which　Charles　had　lost：　Genoa　yielded；　theFlorentines　became　his　friends；　the　Marquess　of　Mantua；　the　Duke　ofFerrara；　the　Bentivoglio；　my　lady　of　Forli；　the　Lords　of　Faenza；　ofPesaro；　of　Rimini；　of　Camerino；　of　Piombino；　the　Lucchesi；　the　Pisans；the　Sienese　……　everybody　made　advances　to　him　to　bee　his　friend。　Thencould　the　Veians　realize　the　rashness　of　the　course　taken　by　them；which；　in　order　that　they　might　secure　two　towns　in　Lombardy；　had　madethe　king　master　of　two…thirds　of　Italy。Let　any　one　now　consider　with　what　little　difficulty　the　king　could　havemaintained　his　position　in　Italy　had　he　observed　the　rules　above　laiddown；　and　kept　all　his　friends　secure　and　protected；　for　although　theywere　numerous　they　were　both　weak　and　timid；　some　afraid　of　the　Church；some　of　the　Veians；　and　thus　they　would　always　have　been　forced　tostand　in　with　him；　and　by　their　means　he　could　easily　have　made　himselfsecure　against　those　who　remained　powerful。　But　he　was　no　sooner　inMilan　than　he　did　the　contrary　by　assisting　Pope　Alexander　to　occupy　theRomagna。　It　never　occurred　to　him　that　by　this　action　he　was　weakeninghimself；　depriving　himself　of　friends　and　those　who　had　thrownthemselves　into　his　lap；　whilst　he　aggrandized　the　Church　by　adding　muchtemporal　power　to　the　spiritual；　thus　giving　it　great　authority。　Andhaving　mitted　this　prime　error；　he　was　obliged　to　follow　it　up；　somuch　so　that；　to　put　an　end　to　the　ambition　of　Alexander；　and　to　preventhis　being　the　master　of　Tuscany；　he　was　himself　forced　to　e