Than this there can be no more eloquent testimony to the quality of his rule.

In command of these Romagnuoli troops he placed such Romagnuoli captains as Dionigio di Naldo and Marcantonio da Fano, thereby again affording proof of his wisdom, by giving these soldiers their own compatriots and men with whom they were in sympathy for their leaders.
With such speed had he acted, and such was the influence of his name, that already, by October 14, he had assembled an army of upwards of 6,000 men, which his officers were diligently drilling at Imola, whilst daily now were the French lances expected, and the Swiss and Gascon mercenaries he had sent to levy.
It may well be that this gave the confederates pause, and suggested to them that they should reconsider their position and ask themselves whether the opportunity for crushing Cesare had not slipped by whilst they had stood undecided.
It was Pandolfo Petrucci who took the first step towards a reconciliation, by sending word to Valentinois that it was not his intention to take any measures that might displease his Excellency.

His Excellency will no doubt have smiled at that belated assurance from the sparrow to the hawk.

Then, a few days later, came news that Giulio Orsini had entered into an agreement with the Pope.

This appeared to give the confederacy its death-blow, and Paolo Orsini was on the point of setting out to seek Cesare at Imola for the purpose of treating with him--which would definitely have given burial to the revolt--when suddenly there befell an event which threw the scales the other way.
Cesare's people were carrying out some work in the Castle of S.Leo, in the interior of which a new wall was in course of erection.