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This reconciliation being completed, Guido Ubaldo, the Duke of

Urbino, again fled to Venice, having first destroyed all the

fortresses in his state; because, trusting in the people, he did

not wish that the fortresses, which he did not think he could

defend, should be held by the enemy, since by these means a check

would be kept upon his friends. But the Duke Valentino, having

completed this convention, and dispersed his men throughout the

Romagna, set out for Imola at the end of November together with

his French men-at-arms: thence he went to Cesena, where he stayed

some time to negotiate with the envoys of the Vitelli and Orsini,

who had assembled with their men in the duchy of Urbino, as to

the enterprise in which they should now take part; but nothing

being concluded, Oliverotto da Fermo was sent to propose that if

the duke wished to undertake an expedition against Tuscany they

were ready; if he did not wish it, then they would besiege

Sinigalia.