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Before this gate there stands a collection of houses with a

square to which the bank of the river forms one side.

The Vitelli and Orsini having received orders to wait for the

duke, and to honour him in person, sent away their men to several

castles distant from Sinigalia about six miles, so that room

could be made for the men of the duke; and they left in Sinigalia

only Oliverotto and his band, which consisted of one thousand

infantry and one hundred and fifty horsemen, who were quartered

in the suburb mentioned above. Matters having been thus arranged,

the Duke Valentino left for Sinigalia, and when the leaders of

the cavalry reached the bridge they did not pass over, but having

opened it, one portion wheeled towards the river and the other

towards the country, and a way was left in the middle through

which the infantry passed, without stopping, into the town.