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memories, and made him long to see the place again. 

 He wrote to Elena, telling her how much he hoped to 

 come to Padua another year, and spend the summer 

 with them at his beloved Villetta. But a few days 

 after this he had a fall, from the effects of which he 

 never recovered. Three months later on January 

 30, 1547 the great Cardinal died in Rome, and never 

 saw Elena or the Villa again. 



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