TheVitelliandOrsinihavingreceivedorderstowaitfortheduke，andtohonourhiminperson，sentawaytheirmentoseveralcastlesdistantfromSinigaliaaboutsixmiles，sothatroomcouldbemadeforthemenoftheduke;andtheyleftinSinigaliaonlyOliverottoandhisband，whichconsistedofonethousandinfantryandonehundredandfiftyhorsemen，whowerequarteredinthesuburbmentionedabove。
Mattershavingbeenthusarranged，theDukeValentinoleftforSinigalia，andwhentheleadersofthecavalryreachedthebridgetheydidnotpassover，buthavingopenedit，oneportionwheeledtowardstheriverandtheothertowardsthecountry，andawaywasleftinthemiddlethroughwhichtheinfantrypassed，withoutstopping，intothetown。
Vitellozzo，Pagolo，andtheDukediGravinaonmules，accompaniedbyafewhorsemen，wenttowardstheduke;Vitellozo，unarmedandwearingacapelinedwithgreen，appearedverydejected，asifconsciousofhisapproachingdeath——acircumstancewhich，inviewoftheabilityofthemanandhisformerfortune，causedsomeamazement。AnditissaidthatwhenhepartedfromhismenbeforesettingoutforSinigaliatomeetthedukeheactedasifitwerehislastpartingfromthem。Herecommendedhishouseanditsfortunestohiscaptains，andadvisedhisnephewsthatitwasnotthefortuneoftheirhouse，butthevirtuesoftheirfathersthatshouldbekeptinmind。Thesethree，therefore，camebeforethedukeandsalutedhimrespectfully，andwerereceivedbyhimwithgoodwill;theywereatonceplacedbetweenthosewhowerecommissionedtolookafterthem。
ButthedukenoticingthatOliverotto，whohadremainedwithhisbandinSinigalia，wasmissing——forOliverottowaswaitinginthesquarebeforehisquartersneartheriver，keepinghismeninorderanddrillingthem——signalledwithhiseyetoDonMichelle，towhomthecareofOliverottohadbeencommitted，thatheshouldtakemeasuresthatOliverottoshouldnotescape。ThereforeDonMichelerodeoffandjoinedOliverotto，tellinghimthatitwasnotrighttokeephismenoutoftheirquarters，becausethesemightbetakenupbythemenoftheduke;andheadvisedhimtosendthematoncetotheirquartersandtocomehimselftomeettheduke。AndOliverotto，havingtakenthisadvice，camebeforetheduke，who，whenhesawhim，calledtohim;andOliverotto，havingmadehisobeisance，joinedtheothers。
SothewholepartyenteredSinigalia，dismountedattheduke’squarters，andwentwithhimintoasecretchamber，wherethedukemadethemprisoners;hethenmountedonhorseback，andissuedordersthatthemenofOliverottoandtheOrsinishouldbestrippedoftheirarms。