ry from the castle, and the guard he left there is very
small.

I will tell your Excellency something which a number of people
mentioned to me; it was, however, related to me in detail by a
Portuguese cavalier, a soldier in the army of the Duke of Valentino
who is lodged here in the house of my son-in-law with fifteen
troopers--an upright man who was a friend of our lord, Don
Fernando, when he was with King Charles. He told me that the Pope
intended to give this city to Madonna Lucretia for her portion, and
that he had found a husband for her, an Italian, who would always
be able to retain the friendship of Valentino. Whether this be true
I know not, but it is generally believed.

As to Fano, the Duke did not retain it. He was there five days. He
did not want it, but the burghers presented it to him, and his it
will be when he desires it. It is said the Pope commanded him not
to take Fano unless the citizens themselves asked him to do so.
Therefore it remained in _statu quo_.

POSTSCRIPT:

The Duke's daily life is as follows: he goes to bed at eight, nine,
or ten o'clock at night (three to five o'clock in the morning).
Consequently, the eighteenth hour is his dawn, the nineteenth his
sunrise, and the twentieth his time for rising. Immediately on
getting up he sits down to the table, and while there and
afterwards he attends to his business affairs. He is considered
brave, strong, and generous, and it is said he lays great store by
straightforward men. He is terrible in revenge--so many tell me. A
man of strong good sense, and thirsting for greatness and fame, he
seems more eager to seize States than to keep and administer them.

Your illustrious ducal Majesty's servant,

PANDULPHUS.

PESARO, _Thursday, October 29_,
Six o'clock at night, 1500.

_The Duke's Retinue_

Bartolomeo of Capranica, Field-Marshal.}
Piero Santa Croce. }
Giulio Alberino. }
Mario Don Marian de Stephano. } All Noblemen of Rome.
A brother of the last. }
Menico Sanguigni. }
Jo. Baptista Mancini. }
Dorio Savello. }

_Prominent Men in the Duke's Household._

Bishop of Elna, } Spaniards.
Bishop of Sancta Sista, }
Bisho