CHAPTER IV.

LOUIS XI. AND SIXTUS IV. SECOND YEAR OF THE WAR. PHILIPPE DE COMMINES returned to Florence after a short, and, as we must suppose, fruitless residence in Rome. That he returned thither on July 25 is seen from a letter to the Milanese ambassador, who informs us that they had not failed in accordance with the admonition they had received to attend upon him and show him all honours.[268] His visit to the camp and his presence served, at all events, to strengthen the belief in the French king’s friendship. But the impr…