So he shut himself up in Castel Nuovo and gave permission to Gaeta and to Naples to treat with the conqueror.
He marched rapidly on Naples, and entered it on the 14th of May, almost without resistance; and the two forts defending the city, the Castel Nuovo and the Castel dell' Uovo surrendered, one on the 11th of June and the other on the 1st of July.