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Galeazzo, remained faithful to his father-in-law, what- 

 ever may have been said or written to the contrary. 

 He was more of a carpet-knight than a leader of 

 men, and his generalship does not appear to have 

 been of a high order, while the defection of his 

 brother, the Count of Caiazzo, with the best part of 

 the ducal army, was a heavy blow. But his personal 

 courage and loyalty were beyond suspicion, and if, even 

 then, Lodovico had followed his son-in-law's advice, 

 and put himself at the head of his remaining forces, 

 his fortunes might yet have been retrieved. Un- 

 fortunately, at this critical moment the Moro's nerve 

 failed him, and he fled across the Alps, leaving the 

 Castello, with all its stores and treasures, to be 

 betrayed to the French by a faithless servant. 

 Galeazzo followed the Duke into exile, and after 

 taking a leading part in Lodovico's desperate attempt 

 to recover Milan, shared his captivity when, after 

 the catastrophe of Novara, he fell into the hands of 

 the Swiss. More fortunate than the Moro, Galeazzo 

 was ransomed a few weeks later by his powerful 

 relatives, and joined the other Milanese exiles at the 

 Imperial Court. In October 1501 the Venetian, 

 Marino Sanudo, met him at Trent, and describes him 

 as clad in deep mourning and looking very pale, with 

 empty pockets and a sorrowful mien. " The Germans," 



adds Sanudo, " hold him of small account, but he 



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