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 Forli. 
Then, we read in Sanudo’s records, there came one 
day to Venice “ Domine Guidarello da Ravenna, 
who was in the people’s pay,” 1 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 Forli. 
During Caesar Borgia’s second invasion of Romagna 
in the autumn of 1500, Guidarello again proved 
his loyalty to the Doge and Signory by supplying 
Antonio Soranzo, the Venetian Governor of Ravenna, 
1 Marino Sa?iudo Diarii , ii. 1082. 
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