I.: THE TEN TO THE CARDINALS THAT WERE AT PISA.
2 November, 1511.

Reverendissimi in Christo Patres, etc.: —

Mittimus ad reverendissimas dominationes vestras Nicolaum Machiavellum civem et Secretarium nostrum; mandavimusque illi multa quæ referat coram reverendissimis dominationibus vestris: quibus placeat super eis nostra de causa fidem illi habere certissimam. Quæ bene valeant.