CHAP. XIII.
Of Auxiliary Soldiers, mixt, and native.
THe Auxiliary forces, being the other kind of unprofitable armes, are, when any pu∣issant one is called in, who with his forces comes to assist and defend thee; such as in these later times did Pope Julius use, who ha∣ving seen the evil proof of his mercenary sol∣diers in the enterprize of Ferrara, applied himself to the Auxiliaries, and agreed with Ferdinand King of Spain, that with his For∣ces he should aid him. These armes may be profitable and advantagious for themselves; but for him that calls them in, hurtfull; be∣cause in losing, thou art lest defeated; and conquering, thou becomest their prisoner. And however that of these examples the an∣cient stories are full fraught; yet will I not part from this of Pope Julius the second, which is as yet fresh: whose course could not have been more inconsiderate, for the desire he had to get Ferrara, putting himself wholly into strangers hands: but his good fortune