For he had lost a great part of the forces he brought with him, and almost all his particular friends and principal commanders; there were no others there to make recruits, and he found the confederates in Italy backward.
Pois el perdera unha parte enorme das forzas que trouxera consigo, e case todos os seus amigos íntimos e principais comandantes; non había outros homes para formar novos recrutas, e os seus aliados na Italia estaban a recuar.