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How strange that this offspring of the rough Condottiere and the lewd woman should have a majesty such as one imagines of a mighty empress descended from countless kings.

When a separate condottiere hit upon a convenient site for a port and founded a city either upon the sea-board or in some inland situation accessible from the port, his work usually came to be recognised by the creation of a separate government.

It was no gloomy stronghold such as the French kings erected in the woods of Tourraine, but built of the yellow Subasian stone it seemed more like a mighty palace with windows large and square, whence many a condottiere and many a noble prisoner leant out to look upon the splendid sweep of country from Perugia to Spoleto.

The condottiere, Franz von Sickingen, the Duke of Bouillon, and his brother �rard de la Marck, Bishop of Li�ge, offended by Francis's treatment of them, went over to the Court of Brussels and upheld the interest of the Spanish king.

Like the condottiere that he was, he did not heed hard knocks provided the pay were good.