ITALIAN GARDENS OF THE RENAISSANCE 



mentions the arrival in camp of a Florentine refugee, 

 who was a friend of Guidarello and who brought 

 news of importance concerning the state of parties 

 in Florence and the confusion that reigned in the 

 city. Soon after this the Venetians abandoned the 

 campaign, disgusted with the lack of support which 

 they received from their allies, Lodovico Sforza and 

 the Emperor Maximilian, and turned their arms 

 against the treacherous Duke of Milan and his 

 niece, Caterina Sforza, " that tiger," as Sanudo 

 calls this heroic lady. The next we hear of Guida- 

 rello is in the following August, when the French 

 invaders were already at the gates of Milan, and 

 the armies of Caesar Borgia were fast closing round 

 the Rocca held by the brave Madonna of Forll. 

 Then, we read in Sanudo's records, there came one 

 day to Venice " Domine Guidarello da Ravenna, 

 who was in the people's pay," * but who openly 

 expressed his dislike of foreign service, and wished 

 the Signory would undertake the expedition which 

 the Pope's son was leading against the cities of 

 Imola and Forll. 



During Czsar Borgia's second invasion of Romagna 

 in the autumn of 1 500, Guidarello again proved 

 his loyalty to the Doge and Signory by supplying 

 Antonio Soranzo, the Venetian Governor of Ravenna, 



1 Marino Sanudo Diarii, ii. 1082. 

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