Und wenn die Theilung der Lombardei mit den Venezianern zu billigen war, weil man dieser Maßregel den Eingang in Italien verdankte, so verdient jene zweite Theilung Tadel, weil sie nicht nothwendig war. Ludwig beging also fünf Fehler.
And if the partition which she made with the Venetians in Lombardy was justified by the excuse that by it she got a foothold in Italy, this other partition merited blame, for it had not the excuse of that necessity.