[113] Letter of August 5th, 1526, in Machiavelli, _Lettere familiari_ (_Opere_, edition cited, vol. viii. p. 208). In answer to Machiavelli, Vettori gives further details in a letter of August 7th (_loc. cit._ pp. 210-214); "I believe," he says, "that on other occasions it has happened that an army fled at shouts, but that it should fly for ten miles, without anyone pursuing it--this I do not believe has been ever read nor seen." According to the Sienese accounts the papal army numbered some 18,000 men and lost more than 1000, while 150 Sienese were killed. Vettori says that 400 foot soldiers and 50 light cavalry issued out of Siena and put to flight 5000 infantry and 300 horsemen; but he evidently refers only to the sally from the Porta Fontebranda. [114] Sozzini, _Diario_, p. 24. [115] Sozzini, _op. cit._ pp. 26, 27. [116] In the sonnet written in the name of the Mangia of the Tower of the Campo (the figure, removed in 1780, that sounded the hours, a kind of Sienese _Pasquino_) to the painter Riccio. Appendix to Sozzini, Document xiv. [117] I have given this in full as a specimen of these donations of which we hear so often in the story of Siena. No less characteristic is the reply of the officiating canon, Antonio Benzi: "Your great and profound humility, Most Illustrious Lords, is manifestly founded on Faith, Hope and Charity. Faith is shown by the desire of uniting yourselves with our most just Saviour, receiving into your souls His most holy Body; Hope is shown by the consigning and restitution of the keys of your City to the most glorious Queen of the Heavens; Charity, by the vow of marrying the maidens in perpetuity by your free Republic. We, albeit unworthy of so great an office, in the name of Blessed Christ and of His Immaculate Mother, accept your vows and oblations. We remind you that Faith without works is said to be dead; that whoso trusteth in God with pure heart, will be immovable as Mount Sion; and that Charity unites us with God. Therefore have living Faith, firm Hope and ardent Charity; to the end that you may obtain your desire and that your City may be preserved in true liberty to the honour of God and of the Immaculate Virgin Mary, our Advocate and of all the faithful Christian people." (Appendix to Sozzini, _Diario_, Documents vi. and vii.) [118] See the Genealogical Table of the Family of Pius II. [119] _La Cacciata della Guardia Spagnola da Siena_, pp. 522, 523. The "twentieth hour" means four hours before sunset, or about four o'clock in the afternoon. [120] _Diario_, pp. 89, 90. [121] Sozzini, p. 93. [122] Cardinale, Cardinale, Tu ci rechi poco sale; Siena, Siena, verrà il medico, E ti guarirà dal farnetico. Quoted in Rondoni, _Siena nel secolo_ xvi. p. 250. For other prophetic doggerel of the same kind ascribed to Brandano, see Olmi, _I Senesi d'una volta_, p. 270. Brandano died in Siena during the siege, in May 1554.