Furthermore, I am using the greatest diligence that can be to get right away, and I hope shortly to see you, which is my desire, in order to tell you at good length all about my trip.

And so God bless you, sister, my dear, and may He have you in His keeping!" Both armies might and did claim the victory, for they had, each of them, partly succeeded in their design.

The Italians wished to unmistakably drive out of Italy Charles VIII., who was withdrawing voluntarily; but to make it an unmistakable retreat, he ought to have been defeated, his army beaten, and himself perhaps a prisoner.

With that view they attempted to bar his passage and beat him on Italian ground: in that they failed; Charles, remaining master of the battle-field, went on his way in freedom, and covered with glory, he and his army.

He certainly left Italy, but he left it with the feeling of superiority in arms, and with the intention of returning thither better informed and better supplied.
The Italian allies were triumphant, but without any ground of security or any lustre; the expedition of Charles VIII.