Cardinal of Arimini, that lord caused him to erect a palace at Tolentino
in the March, for which, in addition to the rewards that Antonio
received, the Cardinal ever afterwards held himself indebted to him.

While these matters were in progress, and the fame of Antonio was
growing and spreading abroad, it happened that old age and various
infirmities made Bramante a citizen of the other world; at which three
architects were appointed straightway by Pope Leo for the building of S.
Pietro--Raffaello da Urbino, Giuliano da San Gallo, the uncle of
Antonio, and Fra Giocondo of Verona. But no long time passed before Fra
Giocondo departed from Rome, and Giuliano, being old, received leave to
return to Florence. Whereupon Antonio, who was in the service of the
very reverend Cardinal Farnese, besought him very straitly that he
should make supplication to Pope Leo, to the end that he might grant the
place of his uncle Giuliano to him, which proved to be a thing very easy
to obtain, first because of the abilities of Antonio, which were worthy
of that place, and then by reason of the cordial relations between the
Pope and the very reverend Cardinal Farnese. And thus, in company with
Raffaello da Urbino, he continued that building, but coldly enough.

The Pope then went to Civita Vecchia, in order to fortify it, and in his
company were many lords; among others, Giovan Paolo Baglioni and Signor
Vitello, and such persons of ability as Pietro Navarra and Antonio
Marchissi, the architect for fortifications at that time, who had come
from Naples at the command of the Pope. Discussions arising as to the
fortification of that place, many and various were the opinions about
this, one man making one design, and another a different one; but among
so many, Antonio displayed before them a plan which was approved by the
Pope and by those lords and architects as superior to all the others in
strength and beauty and in the handsome and useful character of its
arrangements; wherefore Antonio came into very great credit with the
Court. After this, the genius of Antonio repaired a great mischief
brought about in the following manner: Raffaello da Urbino, in executing
the Papal Loggie and the apartments that are over the foundations, had
left many empty spaces in the masonry in order to oblige some friends,
to the serious damage of the whole building, by reason of the great
weight that had to be supported above them; and the edifice was already
begin