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For the first thing he weakened the Orsini and Colonnesi parties in Rome, by gaining to himself all their adherents who were gentlemen, making them his gentlemen, giving them good pay, and, according to their rank, honouring them with office and command in such a way that in a few months all attachment to the factions was destroyed and turned entirely to the duke.
Первым делом он ослабил партии Орсини и Колонна в Риме; всех нобилей, державших их сторону, переманил себе на службу, определив им высокие жалованья и, сообразно достоинствам, раздал места в войске и управлении, так что в несколько месяцев они отстали от своих партий и обратились в приверженцев герцога.
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