ITALIAN GARDENS OF THE RENAISSANCE 
he had to transact with foreign envoys. The pro¬ 
ceedings ended with a grand hunting-party, in which 
the ladies and ambassadors all joined, after which 
Maximilian took leave of his illustrious hosts and went 
on to Pisa to conduct a campaign against Florence. 1 
By the end of September, Galeazzo recovered suffi¬ 
ciently to accompany his wife to her dower-city of 
Voghera, where the loyal citizens received the newly- 
wedded pair with enthusiasm, and made them many 
rich presents. Early in November they returned to 
Milan, and settled in the Palace of the Via de’ Bossi 
for the winter. They found Leonardo and Bramante 
busy superintending the latest improvements and addi¬ 
tions to the Castello, and by the Duke’s orders large 
fires were lighted in the new rooms of the Rochetta, 
to dry the walls before the Duchess returned for her 
approaching confinement. On the 8th of November, 
Galeazzo, who had never quite shaken off his trouble¬ 
some ague, rode out with Bianca to take the air at 
La Bicocca, a fine hunting-lodge belonging to Guido 
Archimboldi, the Archbishop of Milan. After dining 
there, they both went out hunting and killed a hare, 
which they brought home to Milan. At the Duke’s 
suggestion, his son-in-law went to Cussago a few days 
later, and rode on by Abbiategrasso to join Lodovico 
at Vigevano, and confer with him, before the Duke 
1 M. Sanudo Diarii , i. 304-9. 
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