203- — BY THE HUNDRED FOUNTAINS. 
GARDEXS OF ITALY. 
disappeared with the glory 
of Rome. The town, 
though still possessing 
some importance, was 
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 
Gastello stri\ing 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’Kste, was 
n a m e d 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 Fste. 
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. 
