Chapter 30

1499-1500

Louis XII. in Milan--Hatred of the French rule--Return of Duke Lodovico--His march to Como and triumphal entry into Milan--Trivulzio and the French retire to Mortara--Surrender of the Castello of Milan, of Pavia and Novara, to the Moro--His want of men and money--Arrival of La Trémouille's army--Lodovico besieged in Novara and betrayed to the French king by the Swiss--Rejoicings at Rome and Venice--Triumph of the Borgias--Sufferings of the Milanese--Leonardo's letter 352