. Baldassare Castiglione the perfect courtier, his life and letters, 1478-1529;. of his life, declaring it to be one of hisfavourite books. Hitherto Castiglione had steadily declined thedignities and rewards that had been pressed upon himby the Emperor. His high sense of honour w^ouldnot allow him to accept any favours as long asCharles was at variance with the Pope. A yearbefore, on the death of the Franciscan Bishop ofAvila, the Emperor had offered the vacant see, with ayearly income of 12,000 ducats, to the nuncio. ButCastiglione refused to accept the office until theHoly Father had been re
. Baldassare Castiglione the perfect courtier, his life and letters, 1478-1529;. of his life, declaring it to be one of hisfavourite books. Hitherto Castiglione had steadily declined thedignities and rewards that had been pressed upon himby the Emperor. His high sense of honour w^ouldnot allow him to accept any favours as long asCharles was at variance with the Pope. A yearbefore, on the death of the Franciscan Bishop ofAvila, the Emperor had offered the vacant see, with ayearly income of 12,000 ducats, to the nuncio. ButCastiglione refused to accept the office until theHoly Father had been released from captivity andpeace was restored. Towards the end of January,however, when Charless departure for Italy wasfinally decided, the offer of the Bishopric was again iBaLDESAR DE CASTILIOMO CHRiSTOE. MILITIS PRIfvfV^[ru HERICI AKGLL/E REGIS yE^ES ARMOBt CAPIX NVBILARgI AGRl PlSAVRENSfS CO. ET POST MORTEM \XORlS CLEMEIS HlSRANIjS A *JlMPERAT ABBVL/E EPS ELEECTVS. NATVS EST IMI^VICO CASATICI AGRI MANT OBIJT VERO TOLETIIN HISPANIjS. ANN* Photo, Anderson. COUXT RAPHAEL (CORSINI PALACE, ROME). face p. 4U, Vol. II. THE BISHOPRIC OF AVILA 415 att ar renewed, and this time gratefully accepted. Thef Counts biographers all agree that the offer wasmade ; but while Giovio and Guicciardini say that heaccepted it, JMarliani leaves the reader in doubt onthis point. The epitaph written by Bembo on theCounts tomb at Mantua, however, expressly styleshim Bishop of Avila, and the testimony of theEnglish ambassador at the court of Spain appearsconclusive. On February 9, 1529, the Bishop ofWorcester wrote to inform Cardinal Wolsey of thenuncios sudden death, and remarked that theEmperor had given him the Bishopric of Avila onlytwo days before.^ This statement was confirmed byContarini, who wrote from Rome on March 10 thatnews of Baldassare Castigliones death had justarrived from Spain, adding that the Emperor hadappointed
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