Note 2
Chapter XII · HOW MANY KINDS OF SOLDIERY THERE ARE, AND CONCERNING MERCENARIES
Battle of Caravaggio, 15th September 1448.
Duke Filippo being dead, the Milanese enlisted Francesco Sforza against the Venetians, and he, having overcome the enemy at Caravaggio,[2] allied himself with them to crush the Milanese, his masters. His father, Sforza, having been engaged by Queen Johanna[3] of Naples, left her unprotected, so that she was forced to throw herself into the arms of the King of Aragon, in order to save her kingdom. And if the Venetians and Flore…
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