. Baldassare Castiglione the perfect courtier, his life and letters, 1478-1529;. 50 per cent,on Medici, fell to 20 and even 12 per cent., and thenames of Farnese, Fiesco, and other Cardinals beganto be mentioned. By Castigliones urgent Gonzaga came to Rome, and at one momentconsiderable hopes of his election seem to have beenentertained. JMeanwhile, both in Rome and Mantua, the Dukeof Urbinos movements were followed with thekeenest interest. Hardly had the news of PopeLeos death reached Lombardy than Francesco flewto Ferrara, and with the help of Alfonso d Este andLautrec succe
. Baldassare Castiglione the perfect courtier, his life and letters, 1478-1529;. 50 per cent,on Medici, fell to 20 and even 12 per cent., and thenames of Farnese, Fiesco, and other Cardinals beganto be mentioned. By Castigliones urgent Gonzaga came to Rome, and at one momentconsiderable hopes of his election seem to have beenentertained. JMeanwhile, both in Rome and Mantua, the Dukeof Urbinos movements were followed with thekeenest interest. Hardly had the news of PopeLeos death reached Lombardy than Francesco flewto Ferrara, and with the help of Alfonso d Este andLautrec succeeded in raising a small force, -with whichhe set out to recover his duchy. The BagUoni ofPerugia and several other exiles joined his banner ashe marched through Romagna, and when he reachedRimini on December 20, his old subjects rose in armswith one accord. At Urbino the people flung thePapal governor out of the palace windows. On the23rd Pesaro opened its gates and welcomed the Dukewith shouts of Feltro ! Feltro ! Sinigaglia followed ^ Sanuto, xxxii. 288 ; Brewer, iii. 836,. Photo, Aliiiari. FEAXCESCO I., DUKE OF TITIAN (UFFIZl). To face p. 134, Vol. 11. THE DUKE RETURNS TO URBINO 135 suit. The tyrant of Camerino fled, and his nephew,young Sigismondo, was hailed with acclamation byhis loyal subjects. Thus, within a month of Leo , the whole duchy of Urbino, which he hadacquired at the cost of so much blood and treasure,was lost to the holy see. No one watched the Dukes progress with keenerinterest or rejoiced more cordially at this suddenchange of fortune than Castiglione. Already, onDecember 10, the Count had written to LeonoraGonzaga, fearing to send a letter to her husband, knowing the Signor Duca is where he is—, atFerrara—begging her to warn him to be very carefulnot to molest the Church or provoke the members ofthe Sacred College, most of whom were well disposedtowards him. At the same time he gave her amessage from Cardinal Cajetan (Tommaso de V
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