attered parts of the foundations with solid material, and made
them so strong, that there is no reason to fear that the building may
show any more cracks or threaten to fall, as it did in the time of
Bramante. This masterly work, if it were above the ground instead of
being hidden below, would amaze the boldest intellect. And for these
reasons the name and fame of this admirable craftsman should always have
a place among the rarest masters.

We find that ever since the time of the ancient Romans the men of Terni
and those of Narni have been deadly enemies with one another, as they
still are, for the reason that the lake of the Marmora, becoming choked
up at times, would do injury to one of those communities; and thus, when
the people of Narni wished to release the waters, those of Terni would
by no means consent to it. On that account there has always been a
difference between them, whether the Pontiffs were governing Rome, or
whether it was subject to the Emperors; and in the time of Cicero that
orator was sent by the Senate to compose that difference, but it
remained unsettled. Wherefore, after envoys had been sent to Pope Paul
III in the year 1546 for the same purpose, he despatched Antonio to them
to settle that dispute; and so, by his good judgment, it was resolved
that the lake should have an outlet on the side where the wall is, and
Antonio had it cut, although with the greatest difficulty. But it came
to pass by reason of the heat, which was great, and other hardships,
that Antonio, being now old and feeble, fell sick of a fever at Terni,
and rendered up his spirit not long after; at which his friends and
relatives felt infinite sorrow, and many buildings suffered,
particularly the Palace of the Farnese family, near the Campo di Fiore.

[Illustration: PALAZZO FARNESE

(_After_ Antonio di San Gallo (_with_ Michelangelo). _Rome_.)

_Anderson_]

Pope Paul III, when he was Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, had carried that
palace a considerable way towards completion, and had finished part of
the first range of windows in the facade and the inner hall, and had
begun one side of the courtyard; but the building was yet not so far
advanced that it could be seen in its perfection, when the Cardinal was
elected Pontiff, and Antonio altered the whole of the original design,
considering that he had to make a palace no longer for a Cardinal, but
for a Pope. Having therefore pulled down some houses that were round it,
and th