ITALIAN GARDENS OF THE RENAISSANCE, 
later, when Adrian the Sixth, in alarm at the discovery" 
of Cardinal Soderini’s plot to bring back the French,, 
sent for Cardinal de’ Medici to the Vatican. His Holi¬ 
ness was then persuaded to accompany the Cardinal to 
his Vigna outside the walls, where the whole day was 
spent in earnest consultation. By the end of the year 
Adrian was dead, and Cardinal de’ Medici had been 
elected Pope with the title of Clement the Seventh. 
But money was scarce, and the new Pope had no time 
or thought to spend on his villa. “ Unlike Leo,” 
remarked the Venetian Foscari, “ His Holiness has 
only been twice to La Magliana in the last two years, 
and has seldom had time to visit his own Vigna.” 
Giulio Romano left Rome for Mantua in 1524, but 
Giovanni da Udine was again employed at the Villa— 
according to Vasari—“ on things of small importance,” 
probably the fountains and pavilions in the gardens. 
An inscription, however, bearing his name and the 
date 1525, has lately been discovered on a pillar in 
the south corridor, which seems to show that he was 
employed to complete the internal decorations. 
In the spring of the same year a festa was given at 
the Pope’s Vigna in honour of the Marchesa Isabella of 
Mantua. This distinguished lady, who had long been 
intimate with the Medici, and whose son held the 
office of Captain of the Church, arrived in Rome on 
the 2nd of March, just as the news of the battle of 
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