Continuation of the battle narrative: the fight at the bridge
Prose account of the struggle for the bridge, the artillery on the hill and the rout at sunset
The versos of the two mounted sheets carry the continuation of the battle narrative in dense prose. Francesco, son of Niccolo Piccinino, leads the first assault on the bridge held by the Patriarch and the Florentines; the fight surges back and forth as Michelotto, Guido and Astorre of Faenza, Simonetto with six hundred horse, and Napoleone Orsino join in turn. On the second sheet the Patriarch steadies his wavering captains, plants artillery on the hill that shatters the enemy infantry, and drives Piccinino's men in flight toward Borgo; the action lasts until sunset, after which the dead are buried and a trophy raised.
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The bridge changes hands as reinforcements arrive
Francesco, son of Niccolo Piccinino, is first to attack the bridge guarded by the Patriarch and the Florentines; Michelotto, holding the army by lot that day, resists. Guido and Astorre of Faenza rally and retake the bridge up to the pavilions, but Simonetto with 600 horse drives the enemy off again, and the Patriarch sends Niccolo da Pisa and the beardless Napoleone Orsino forward for another great feat of arms.
Artillery on the hill and the rout at sunset
When Piccinino's reserve makes the Florentines waver, the Patriarch throws himself into the middle and by words and deeds holds the captains, then plants artillery on the hill that breaks up the enemy infantry. The disorder grows until Niccolo recalls his son and all his men and they flee toward Borgo; a great slaughter follows, the fight lasts until sunset, and afterward the dead are buried and a trophy is raised.