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Because from such arms conquests come but slowly, long delayed

and inconsiderable, but the losses sudden and portentous.

[2] Battle of Caravaggio, 15th September 1448.

[3] Johanna II of Naples, the widow of Ladislao, King of Naples.

[4] Giovanni Acuto. An English knight whose name was Sir John

Hawkwood. He fought in the English wars in France, and was

knighted by Edward III; afterwards he collected a body of troops

and went into Italy. These became the famous "White Company." He

took part in many wars, and died in Florence in 1394. He was born

about 1320 at Sible Hedingham, a village in Essex. He married

Domnia, a daughter of Bernabo Visconti.

[5] Carmignuola. Francesco Bussone, born at Carmagnola about

1390, executed at Venice, 5th May 1432.

[6] Bartolomeo Colleoni of Bergamo; died 1457. Roberto of San

Severino; died fighting for Venice against Sigismund, Duke of

Austria, in 1487. "Primo capitano in Italia."-Machiavelli. Count

of Pitigliano; Nicolo Orsini, born 1442, died 1510.