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274 COUNT BALDASSARE CASTIGLIONE
Aery old Pope, remained immovable. When the
Duke begged leave for an audience, he sternly bade
him remain at Urbino, and not stir from his State
without express permission, and when Francesco
Maria started incognito to visit his bride, he promptly
ordered him to return, although he had already got
as far as Carpi.
Under these circumstances, both Isabella and her
sister-in-law felt that their best policy was to hurry on
the Duke's marriage, and bring the inAuence of Leonora
and her lord to bear upon the Pope. The Marchesa
especially staked all her hopes on this union, which
Julius II. had always favoured, and the good Duchess,
yielding to her sister-in-law's prayers, agreed to under-
take the long journey to Mantua in the dead of winter
and herself bring home the bride.
During the past summer M. Baldassare repeatedly
expressed his intention of coming to meet his mother
at Ferrara or some neighbouring spot, and arranging
these matters. ' I mean to go on a pilgrimage to
Loreto,'he wrote on August 21, 'and then, if God
will, meet you in some place where we can discuss
these diAerent marriages.' But his illness interfered
with these plans, and when, at the end of November,
the Duchess went to Mantua to fetch the Duke s
bride, she kindly proposed that Madonna Luigia should
return with her to Urbino. Castiglione gratefully
accepted this gracious oAer, and sent his most capable
and trusted servant to escort his mother on the
journey.
' As my illustrious Signora is coming to Mantua,
I thought I would send my servant to help you on
the journey, knowing that you will be well served
by him. If I could have found a good horse, I would
also have sent it for your use, since we know that you
Aery old Pope, remained immovable. When the
Duke begged leave for an audience, he sternly bade
him remain at Urbino, and not stir from his State
without express permission, and when Francesco
Maria started incognito to visit his bride, he promptly
ordered him to return, although he had already got
as far as Carpi.
Under these circumstances, both Isabella and her
sister-in-law felt that their best policy was to hurry on
the Duke's marriage, and bring the inAuence of Leonora
and her lord to bear upon the Pope. The Marchesa
especially staked all her hopes on this union, which
Julius II. had always favoured, and the good Duchess,
yielding to her sister-in-law's prayers, agreed to under-
take the long journey to Mantua in the dead of winter
and herself bring home the bride.
During the past summer M. Baldassare repeatedly
expressed his intention of coming to meet his mother
at Ferrara or some neighbouring spot, and arranging
these matters. ' I mean to go on a pilgrimage to
Loreto,'he wrote on August 21, 'and then, if God
will, meet you in some place where we can discuss
these diAerent marriages.' But his illness interfered
with these plans, and when, at the end of November,
the Duchess went to Mantua to fetch the Duke s
bride, she kindly proposed that Madonna Luigia should
return with her to Urbino. Castiglione gratefully
accepted this gracious oAer, and sent his most capable
and trusted servant to escort his mother on the
journey.
' As my illustrious Signora is coming to Mantua,
I thought I would send my servant to help you on
the journey, knowing that you will be well served
by him. If I could have found a good horse, I would
also have sent it for your use, since we know that you