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  • “Concentrandoci sulla sincronizzazione di prodotti HP, le stampanti diventano una orchestra in una sinfonia estetica condotta dai PC.”

    No Fat Clips!!! : HP: Invent 2009

  • Be sure and tell State Rep. Cary Condotta what you think of a state income tax condotta. cary@leg.wa.gov

    Sound Politics: "Condotta discloses radical tax plan" 2006

  • Against him Cesare now dispatched an army under the command of Francesco Orsini, Duke of Gravina, and Oliverotto Eufreducci, another murderous, bloody gentleman who had hitherto served the duke in Vitelli's condotta, and who, by an atrocious act of infamy and brigandage, had made himself Lord of Fermo, which he pretended -- being as sly as he was bloody -- to hold as Vicar for the Holy See.

    The Life of Cesare Borgia Sabatini, Rafael, 1875-1950 1912

  • By the terms of this, Florence undertook to give Cesare a condotta of 300 lances for three years, to be used in Florentine service, with a stipend of 36,000 ducats yearly.

    The Life of Cesare Borgia Sabatini, Rafael, 1875-1950 1912

  • The only reasonable conclusion in the matter of that condotta of a hundred men is that Gonzaga desired to show friendliness to the Lord of Pesaro, yet was careful not to do so to any extent that might be hurtful to Valentinois.

    The Life of Cesare Borgia Sabatini, Rafael, 1875-1950 1912

  • By September 15 Cesare was back in Rome, the richer in renown, in French favour, and in a matter of 40,000 ducats, which is estimated as the total of the sums paid him by France and Spain for the support which his condotta had afforded them.

    The Life of Cesare Borgia Sabatini, Rafael, 1875-1950 1912

  • But his cousin, Giovanni Sforza, Tyrant of Pesaro -- the husband of Lucrezia Borgia -- continued in the pontifical army at the head of a condotta of 600 lances.

    The Life of Cesare Borgia Sabatini, Rafael, 1875-1950 1912

  • Inter alia, it was agreed between them that Bologna should supply Cesare with 100 lances and 200 light horse for one or two enterprises within the year, and that the condotta of 100 lances which Cesare held from Bologna by the last treaty should be renewed.

    The Life of Cesare Borgia Sabatini, Rafael, 1875-1950 1912

  • At the end of that time he went north again to rejoin his army, which by now had been swelled by the forces that had joined it from Cesena, some Pontifical troops, and a condotta under Vitellozzo Vitelli.

    The Life of Cesare Borgia Sabatini, Rafael, 1875-1950 1912

  • On June 28 d'Aubigny left Rome with the French troops, accompanied by the bulk of the considerable army with which Cesare supported his French ally, besides 1,000 foot raised by the Pope and a condotta of

    The Life of Cesare Borgia Sabatini, Rafael, 1875-1950 1912

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