Polani had been sent for to attend the council early in the morning, and on his return he said to Francis: "You must go down to the port at once, Francis.

News has been received from Pisani that he has sailed almost into the port of Genoa, without finding the fleet of Fieschi.

The Genoese have been in a terrible state of panic.

The Lord of Fiesole, who is our ally, is menacing the city by land; the Stella Company of Condottieri, which is in our pay, is also marching against them; and the news that Pisani was close at hand seems to have frightened them out of their senses.

Their first step, as usual, has been to depose their doge and choose another.
"However, that is not the point.