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PROCLAMATION OF LEO X. 77
above all Isabella Lavagnolo, and her tutor, Mario
Equicola.1
The Marchesa was at Milan when the news of
Leo’s election reached her, and sent Equicola at
once to kiss the new Pope’s feet and offer him her
congratulations. On the 28th of March, she replied
to Bibbiena in the following letter: " You will have
already heard from Mario Equicola of the joy and
delight with which this happy event has filled us, and
really, since the day of our birth, we have never had
any greater pleasure than this good news, which
reached us immediately after we heard of the death
of Pope Julius. For all of which we praise and
thank our Lord God, hoping that, by the great
goodness and wisdom of His Holiness, we may see
the safety of the Duke our brother’s state secured,
that of our nephew the Duke of Milan established, as
well as the honour and exaltation of our husband the
Marquis and the peace of all Italy confirmed. On
our own account we are satisfied that we shall enjoy
the protection and perpetual favour of His Holiness,
both because of the bond of our common sponsorship
and of the love and regard we bore him as Cardinal
dei Medici, not to speak of our intimate friendship
with his brother, the Magnifico Giuliano. No less do
we reckon on the favour and influence which you
will retain with His Holiness, feeling no doubt that
neither rank nor honours will change your nature,
but that you will be as kind and affectionate to us as
ever, even although we have made you lose 500
ducats ! ”2 After this allusion to some wager between
them regarding the result of the Conclave, she ends
1 Luzio e Renier, Op. cit., p. 209-
2 Ibid., p. 211.
above all Isabella Lavagnolo, and her tutor, Mario
Equicola.1
The Marchesa was at Milan when the news of
Leo’s election reached her, and sent Equicola at
once to kiss the new Pope’s feet and offer him her
congratulations. On the 28th of March, she replied
to Bibbiena in the following letter: " You will have
already heard from Mario Equicola of the joy and
delight with which this happy event has filled us, and
really, since the day of our birth, we have never had
any greater pleasure than this good news, which
reached us immediately after we heard of the death
of Pope Julius. For all of which we praise and
thank our Lord God, hoping that, by the great
goodness and wisdom of His Holiness, we may see
the safety of the Duke our brother’s state secured,
that of our nephew the Duke of Milan established, as
well as the honour and exaltation of our husband the
Marquis and the peace of all Italy confirmed. On
our own account we are satisfied that we shall enjoy
the protection and perpetual favour of His Holiness,
both because of the bond of our common sponsorship
and of the love and regard we bore him as Cardinal
dei Medici, not to speak of our intimate friendship
with his brother, the Magnifico Giuliano. No less do
we reckon on the favour and influence which you
will retain with His Holiness, feeling no doubt that
neither rank nor honours will change your nature,
but that you will be as kind and affectionate to us as
ever, even although we have made you lose 500
ducats ! ”2 After this allusion to some wager between
them regarding the result of the Conclave, she ends
1 Luzio e Renier, Op. cit., p. 209-
2 Ibid., p. 211.