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150 COUNT BALDASSARE CASTIGLIONE
greater wish than to see V. E. securely established in
your own house and State A
Fortunately for the Duke, he had the good sense to
follow Castiglione's advice implicitly, and, in spite of
great opposition both from the French Cardinals and
from the Imperial Ambassador, the Count succeeded
in obtaining the consent of the Sacred College to a
convention by which they agreed to maintain the
Duke in the possession of his State on condition that
he gave his services to the Church when required, and
left his only son Guidobaldo as a hostage in the hands
of the Marquis of Mantua. This document was signed
on March 7, and six weeks later Castiglione was able
to inform the Marchesana that her son-in-law had
been appointed Captain of the Florentine forces.
' The Duke of Urbino,' he wrote on April 22, ' is,
I believe, by this time Captain of the Florentines, to
the great satisfaction of all his friends and servants.
I do not write to the Lady Duchesses, as I imagine
Their Excellencies have already left Mantua. I have
done all that was in my power to bring about this
happy result, and can only thank God, who has
blessed and prospered my endeavour/
To the Duke he wrote on the same day explaining
how he had disarmed Manuel's opposition, and giving
him the names of those Cardinals who had rendered
him the most effectual help.
' I really think,' he adds, ' that V. E.'s affairs now
rest on so solid a foundation that you need have no
fears in the future, and I share the satisfaction of all
your loyal servants in seeing this happy fulfilment of
my dearest hopes.
^ Vernazza, p. 447.
2 Serassi, ' Neg./ 71.
greater wish than to see V. E. securely established in
your own house and State A
Fortunately for the Duke, he had the good sense to
follow Castiglione's advice implicitly, and, in spite of
great opposition both from the French Cardinals and
from the Imperial Ambassador, the Count succeeded
in obtaining the consent of the Sacred College to a
convention by which they agreed to maintain the
Duke in the possession of his State on condition that
he gave his services to the Church when required, and
left his only son Guidobaldo as a hostage in the hands
of the Marquis of Mantua. This document was signed
on March 7, and six weeks later Castiglione was able
to inform the Marchesana that her son-in-law had
been appointed Captain of the Florentine forces.
' The Duke of Urbino,' he wrote on April 22, ' is,
I believe, by this time Captain of the Florentines, to
the great satisfaction of all his friends and servants.
I do not write to the Lady Duchesses, as I imagine
Their Excellencies have already left Mantua. I have
done all that was in my power to bring about this
happy result, and can only thank God, who has
blessed and prospered my endeavour/
To the Duke he wrote on the same day explaining
how he had disarmed Manuel's opposition, and giving
him the names of those Cardinals who had rendered
him the most effectual help.
' I really think,' he adds, ' that V. E.'s affairs now
rest on so solid a foundation that you need have no
fears in the future, and I share the satisfaction of all
your loyal servants in seeing this happy fulfilment of
my dearest hopes.
^ Vernazza, p. 447.
2 Serassi, ' Neg./ 71.