So wie der König die Lombardei eroberte, ward der Ruf, den Karl verloren hatte, bald wieder gewonnen; Genua fiel, und die Florentiner traten auf seine Seite. Alles kam ihm entgegen, der Marchese von Mantua, der Herzog von Ferrara, Bentivoglio (welcher Bologna inne hatte), die Dame von Forli, die Herren von Faenza, von Pesaro, von Rimini, von Camerino, von Piombino, die Republiken Lucca, Pisa, Siena, Alles bewarb sich um seine Freundschaft.
The king, however, having acquired Lombardy, regained at once the authority which Charles had lost: Genoa yielded; the Florentines became his friends; the Marquess of Mantua, the Duke of Ferrara, the Bentivogli, my lady of Forli, the Lords of Faenza, of Pesaro, of Rimini, of Camerino, of Piombino, the Lucchese, the Pisans, the Sienese—everybody made advances to him to become his friend.