[104] Paul III.
[105] Now the Villa Lante.
[106] The famous palace built by Vignola for Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, which was begun in 1547 and finished in 1559.
[107] There is a full description of Caprarola and all the works therein in Vasari, vol. vii. p. 107 (ed. 1881).
[108] In the Essais, i. 48, he alludes to a similar performance: “J’ay veu un homme donner carrière à deux pieds sur sa selle, demonter sa selle, et au retour la relever, r’accommoder, et s’y r’asseoir, fuyant tousiours à bride avallée. Ayant passé par dessus un bonnet, y tirer par derrière de bons coups de son arc: Amasser ce qu’il vouloit, se jettant d’un pied à terre, tenant l’autre en l’estrier et autres pareilles singeries de quoi il vivoit.”
[109] Fulvio Orsini, made a cardinal in 1565. He had been entrusted by Gregory XIII. with a special mission to France. He died at Naples aged fifty-one.
[110] It appears that Montaigne only stayed a week in Rome this visit.
[111] It was during this sojourn probably that Mattecoulon was engaged in the duel referred to in Essais, ii. 27.
[112] Ponte a Elsa (?).
[113] These works were begun in 1577 under the direction of a Fleming named Raet, but were subsequently abandoned.