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146 COUNT BALDASSARE CASTIGLIONE
and stone for the repairs of the house; but these men
have robbed, burnt, or destroyed everything belong-
ing to me in the castleA
At the same time he wrote to his steward on the
subject:
' I have asked the Lord Duke not to give these
account-books to the citizens of Pesaro, and have told
him of the things which they have taken from the
palace of Novillara, but I do not intend to ask him to
give me back the place, feeling that my services speak
for themselves, and being sure that His Excellency
will treat me well and kindly.^
in a letter written a month earlier, Castiglione
gives his mother the following account of the trans-
action :
' You know what has happened about my Gastello.
These rogues of Pesaro were always angry that 1
should have it, and before the Duke entered the city
made him agree to certain conditions, one of which
was the restitution of Novillara. The Duke could do
nothing else at that critical moment, when it was of
the greatest importance that he should enter Pesaro,
and so he consented, and wrote to me, making many
excuses, and promising with many kind expressions
that it should he mine some day, as it was before. I
know that he will keep his word, since, besides my past
services, I am now helping His Excellency in matters
of the highest importance. And in order that you may
know this, I enclose a letter from him, in which he
acknowledges my services and addresses me as Count
of Novillara. I have had many other letters in which
he gives me the same title, but send this, as it is the
first I can lay hands upon, so that you may not
vex yourself, because I believe that in the end this
i B. Feliciangeli in ' Propugnatore,' 1892, p. 846; Oliveriana di
Pesaro, Cod. 68-91.
^ Serassi, ' Neg.,' i. 71.
and stone for the repairs of the house; but these men
have robbed, burnt, or destroyed everything belong-
ing to me in the castleA
At the same time he wrote to his steward on the
subject:
' I have asked the Lord Duke not to give these
account-books to the citizens of Pesaro, and have told
him of the things which they have taken from the
palace of Novillara, but I do not intend to ask him to
give me back the place, feeling that my services speak
for themselves, and being sure that His Excellency
will treat me well and kindly.^
in a letter written a month earlier, Castiglione
gives his mother the following account of the trans-
action :
' You know what has happened about my Gastello.
These rogues of Pesaro were always angry that 1
should have it, and before the Duke entered the city
made him agree to certain conditions, one of which
was the restitution of Novillara. The Duke could do
nothing else at that critical moment, when it was of
the greatest importance that he should enter Pesaro,
and so he consented, and wrote to me, making many
excuses, and promising with many kind expressions
that it should he mine some day, as it was before. I
know that he will keep his word, since, besides my past
services, I am now helping His Excellency in matters
of the highest importance. And in order that you may
know this, I enclose a letter from him, in which he
acknowledges my services and addresses me as Count
of Novillara. I have had many other letters in which
he gives me the same title, but send this, as it is the
first I can lay hands upon, so that you may not
vex yourself, because I believe that in the end this
i B. Feliciangeli in ' Propugnatore,' 1892, p. 846; Oliveriana di
Pesaro, Cod. 68-91.
^ Serassi, ' Neg.,' i. 71.