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CHAPTER XXXIII
1520
The Popes hunting expedition to Paid and Corneto—Guido
Postumo's poem—Death of Cardinal Bibbiena—His bequest to
Castiglione—The child Li via placed in Madonna Luigia's care
— Castiglione's private ah'airs — The ' Cortegiano sent to
Alfonso Ariosto.
THE Pope was sincerely grieved to hear of Cas-
tiglione's loss, and showed him every kindness in his
power. His attempts at consolation were charac-
teristic. He gave the Count a pension of 200 crowns
and invited him to join in a hunting expedition.^
This last invitation was a token of especial regard
which none but the Popes chief favourites received.
In Leo's early days Luigi of Aragon, Ippolito d' Este,
and Alfonso Petrucci were the Cardinals who took
an active part in these hunting expeditions which
the Medici Pope organized on so vast a scale. Now
Cardinals Cibo, Franciotto Orsini, and the Rangone
brothers were foremost in the held, and probably these
last-named cousins of his dead wife induced M. Baldas-
sare to join the party that set out for Palo on the Feast
of All Souls. It was Leo's habit to spend four or five
weeks each autumn hunting in the forests along the
shores of the Tyrrhenian Sea. This desolate district,
still strewn with the cyclopean walls and tombs of
i Mazzuchelli, 398.
1520
The Popes hunting expedition to Paid and Corneto—Guido
Postumo's poem—Death of Cardinal Bibbiena—His bequest to
Castiglione—The child Li via placed in Madonna Luigia's care
— Castiglione's private ah'airs — The ' Cortegiano sent to
Alfonso Ariosto.
THE Pope was sincerely grieved to hear of Cas-
tiglione's loss, and showed him every kindness in his
power. His attempts at consolation were charac-
teristic. He gave the Count a pension of 200 crowns
and invited him to join in a hunting expedition.^
This last invitation was a token of especial regard
which none but the Popes chief favourites received.
In Leo's early days Luigi of Aragon, Ippolito d' Este,
and Alfonso Petrucci were the Cardinals who took
an active part in these hunting expeditions which
the Medici Pope organized on so vast a scale. Now
Cardinals Cibo, Franciotto Orsini, and the Rangone
brothers were foremost in the held, and probably these
last-named cousins of his dead wife induced M. Baldas-
sare to join the party that set out for Palo on the Feast
of All Souls. It was Leo's habit to spend four or five
weeks each autumn hunting in the forests along the
shores of the Tyrrhenian Sea. This desolate district,
still strewn with the cyclopean walls and tombs of
i Mazzuchelli, 398.