THE GARDENS OF ITALY. 



disappeared with the glory 

 of Rome. The town, 

 though still possessing 

 some importance, vv a s 

 squalid and poverty- 

 stricken, though from 

 time to time the reigning 

 Pope or some great Roman 

 noble might seek a refuge 

 in the mouldering old 

 Castello striving to avoid 

 the exhausting heat of the 

 plains. It was in the 

 spring of 1549 that the 

 courtly and accomplished 

 young Cardinal of Ferrara, 

 Ippolito d'Este, was 

 named Governor of 

 Tivoli by Paul III. The 

 son of Alfonso I, Duke 

 of Ferrara, and Lucrezia 

 Borgia, he must not be 

 confused with his warlike and unscrupulous uncle of the same name, the brother of Isabella d'Este. 

 This Ippolito was her nephew, and had already shown all the diplomatic qualities of his famous 

 house. He had had a distinguished career as Ambassador to the Court of France, he was Bishop 

 of Siena, Abbot of Jervaulx, held half-a-dozen other French dignities, was deep in the confidence of 

 the Pope and of the leading Italian statesmen, and was known as a great patron of art and letters. 



202. THE ALLEY OF THE HUNDRED FOUNTAINS. 



203. BY THE HUNDRED FOUNTAINS. 



