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22 COUNT BAUD ASS ARE CASTIGLIONE
tions of affection and familiarity which I have seen, it
seems to me that there is a strong similarity of tastes
between His Majesty and our most illustrious lord, so
that I hope all may go well and our affairs prosper. I
will say no more now, but commend myself to Your
Magnificence and beg you to try and get well soon.
' Your brother,
' BALDASSARE CASTIGLIONE.
' From MiLAN, 8, 1499-'^
This first letter that we have from Castiglione's pen
is eminently characteristic of the writer. His frank
and childlike nature, the quickness of his observation,
and the simple loyalty of his soul, are all revealed in
this account of the first martial pageant in which he
had taken part. The accuracy of his description is
confirmed by the records of the Benedictine chronicler,
Jean d'Auton, who accompanied the French king to
Italy, and looked with admiring eyes on this new and
glorious city of Milan. He, too, describes the splen-
dour of tiie street decorations, the houses hung with
white draperies and shields wreathed with leafy
garlands, with fleurs-de-lis and ermines. Two things
above all struck his fancy : the tall white lilies that
blossomed all along the route from the city gates to
the great church of ' Notre Dame du Dome/ and the
beautiful ladies with flowing locks and eyes more
radiant than the morning sun, who, clad in robes of
cloth of gold and rainbow-coloured silks, looked down
from every window and balcony. Like Castiglione,
the good monk singles out the good order and proud
bearing of the German halberdiers for special praise,
and dwells on the superb air and sumptuous attire of
the Popes son, Cesare Borgia, Duke Valentino.
i Cod. Vat. Lat., 8210.
tions of affection and familiarity which I have seen, it
seems to me that there is a strong similarity of tastes
between His Majesty and our most illustrious lord, so
that I hope all may go well and our affairs prosper. I
will say no more now, but commend myself to Your
Magnificence and beg you to try and get well soon.
' Your brother,
' BALDASSARE CASTIGLIONE.
' From MiLAN, 8, 1499-'^
This first letter that we have from Castiglione's pen
is eminently characteristic of the writer. His frank
and childlike nature, the quickness of his observation,
and the simple loyalty of his soul, are all revealed in
this account of the first martial pageant in which he
had taken part. The accuracy of his description is
confirmed by the records of the Benedictine chronicler,
Jean d'Auton, who accompanied the French king to
Italy, and looked with admiring eyes on this new and
glorious city of Milan. He, too, describes the splen-
dour of tiie street decorations, the houses hung with
white draperies and shields wreathed with leafy
garlands, with fleurs-de-lis and ermines. Two things
above all struck his fancy : the tall white lilies that
blossomed all along the route from the city gates to
the great church of ' Notre Dame du Dome/ and the
beautiful ladies with flowing locks and eyes more
radiant than the morning sun, who, clad in robes of
cloth of gold and rainbow-coloured silks, looked down
from every window and balcony. Like Castiglione,
the good monk singles out the good order and proud
bearing of the German halberdiers for special praise,
and dwells on the superb air and sumptuous attire of
the Popes son, Cesare Borgia, Duke Valentino.
i Cod. Vat. Lat., 8210.