Note *248 — Chapter XXXIII
Reading edition
The battle of Ravenna is fully described by Guicciardini, Opere Inedite (Firenze, 1857), vol. VI., p. 36 et seq., in letters from his father and brother. The French had everything in their hands, the route was complete. They should have pressed on to Rome and Naples, and have reduced the Pope to terms and annihilated the Spanish power in Italy. But Gaston was in his grave. Cf. Creighton, op. cit., vol. V., p. 168.