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1[6] Bartolomeo Colleoni of Bergamo; died 1457. Roberto of San Severino; died fighting for Venice against Sigismund, Duke
2of Austria, in 1487. "Primo capitano in Italia."--Machiavelli. Count of Pitigliano; Nicolo Orsini, born 1442, died 1510.
3[7] Battle of Vaila in 1509. And as with these examples I have reached Italy, which has been ruled for many years by
4mercenaries, I wish to discuss them more seriously, in order that, having seen their rise and progress, one may be
5better prepared to counteract them. You must understand that the empire has recently come to be repudiated in Italy,
6that the Pope has acquired more temporal power, and that Italy has been divided up into more states, for the reason that
7many of the great cities took up arms against their nobles, who, formerly favoured by the emperor, were oppressing them,
8whilst the Church was favouring them so as to gain authority in temporal power: in many others their citizens became
9princes. From this it came to pass that Italy fell partly into the hands of the Church and of republics, and, the Church
10consisting of priests and the republic of citizens unaccustomed to arms, both commenced to enlist foreigners. The first
11who gave renown to this soldiery was Alberigo da Conio,[8] the Romagnian. From the school of this man sprang, among
12others, Braccio and Sforza, who in their time were the arbiters of Italy. After these came all the other captains who
13till now have directed the arms of Italy; and the end of all their valour has been, that she has been overrun by
14Charles, robbed by Louis, ravaged by Ferdinand, and insulted by the Switzers. The principle that has guided them has
15been, first, to lower the credit of infantry so that they might increase their own. They did this because, subsisting on
16their pay and without territory, they were unable to support many soldiers, and a few infantry did not give them any
17authority; so they were led to employ cavalry, with a moderate force of which they were maintained and honoured; and
18affairs were brought to such a pass that, in an army of twenty thousand soldiers, there were not to be found two
19thousand foot soldiers. They had, besides this, used every art to lessen fatigue and danger to themselves and their
20soldiers, not killing in the fray, but taking prisoners and liberating without ransom. They did not attack towns at
21night, nor did the garrisons of the towns attack encampments at night; they did not surround the camp either with
22stockade or ditch, nor did they campaign in the winter. All these things were permitted by their military rules, and
23devised by them to avoid, as I have said, both fatigue and dangers; thus they have brought Italy to slavery and
24contempt. [8] Alberigo da Conio. Alberico da Barbiano, Count of Cunio in Romagna. He was the leader of the famous
25"Company of St George," composed entirely of Italian soldiers. He died in 1409.
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