"I do not fear any Pope's son that ever stepped.

The alliance with Urbino is all but completed.

Let that be established, and if Valentino shows his teeth--by God we'll show ours." "Aye, but with this difference, that his are a wolf's teeth, and yours a lamb's.

Besides, this alliance with Urbino is all incomplete as yet.

You had been better advised to have sent away the envoy with some indefinite promise that would have afforded you respite enough in which to seal matters with the house of Montefeltro.