第7部分(第6/7 頁)

　he　became　the　soldier　of　their　enemies　they　hadno　means　of　resisting；　and　if　they　held　to　him　they　must　obey　him。　TheVeians；　if　their　achievements　are　considered；　will　be　seen　to　haveacted　safely　and　gloriously　so　long　as　they　sent　to　war　their　own　men；when　with　armed　gentlemen　and　plebeians　they　did　valiantly。　This　wasbefore　they　turned　to　enterprises　on　land；　but　when　they　began　to　fighton　land　they　forsook　this　virtue　and　followed　the　custom　of　Italy。　Andin　the　beginning　of　their　expansion　on　land；　through　not　having　muchterritory；　and　because　of　their　great　reputation；　they　had　not　much　tofear　from　their　captains；　but　when　they　expanded；　as　under　Carmignola；they　had　a　taste　of　this　mistake；　for；　having　found　him　a　most　valiantman　（they　beat　the　Duke　of　Milan　under　his　leadership）；　and；　on　theother　hand；　knowing　how　lukewarm　he　was　in　the　war；　they　feared　they；　and　for　this　reason　they　were　notwilling；　nor　were　they　able；　to　let　him　go；　and　so；　not　to　lose　againthat　pelled；　in　order　to　securethemselves；　to　murder　him。　They　had　afterwards　for　their　captainsBartolomeo　da　Bergamo；　Roberto　da　San　Severino；　the　Count　of　Pitigliano；and　the　like；　under　whom　they　had　to　dread　loss　and　not　gain；　ashappened　afterwards　at　Vaila；　where　in　one　battle　they　lost　that　whichin　eight　hundred　years　they　had　acquired　with　so　much　trouble。　Becausefrom　such　arms　conquests　e　but　slowly；　long　delayed　andinconsiderable；　but　the　losses　sudden　and　portentous。And　as　with　these　examples　I　have　reached　Italy；　which　has　been　ruledfor　many　years　by　mercenaries；　I　wish　to　discuss　them　more　seriously；　inorder　that；　having　seen　their　rise　and　progress；　one　may　be　betterprepared　to　counteract　them。　You　must　understand　that　the　empire　hasrecently　e　to　be　repudiated　in　Italy；　that　the　Pope　has　acquired