aello), and likewise a palace that may be
seen at the present day on the Piazza della Dogana in Rome, which, being
beautiful in design, has been reproduced in engraving. And for himself,
on a corner of the Macello de' Corbi, where stood his own house, in
which he was born, he made a beginning with a beautiful range of
windows, which is a small thing, but very graceful.

By reason of all these excellent qualities, Giulio, after the death of
Raffaello, was celebrated as the best craftsman in Italy. And Count
Baldassarre Castiglioni, who was then in Rome as ambassador from
Federigo Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, and was much the friend, as has
been related, of Giulio, having been commanded by his master the Marquis
to send him an architect of whom he might avail himself for the
necessities of his palace and of the city, the Marquis adding that he
would particularly like to have Giulio--the Count, I say, so wrought
upon him with entreaties and promises, that Giulio said that he would
go, provided that he could do this with the leave of Pope Clement; which
leave having been obtained, the Count, setting out for Mantua, from
which he was then to go on behalf of the Pope to the Emperor, took
Giulio with him; and having arrived there, he presented him to the
Marquis, who, after welcoming him warmly, caused an honourably
appointed house to be given to him, together with a salary and also a
good table for himself, for his disciple Benedetto Pagni, and for
another young man who was in his service; and, what is more, the Marquis
sent him several canne of velvet, satin, and other kinds of silk and
cloth wherewith to clothe himself. Then, hearing that he had no horse to
ride, he sent for a favourite horse of his own, called Luggieri, and
presented it to him; and when Giulio had mounted upon it, they rode to a
spot a bow-shot beyond the Porta di S. Bastiano, where His Excellency
had a place with some stables, called the Te, standing in the middle of
a meadow, in which he kept his stud of horses and mares. Arriving there,
the Marquis said that he would like, without destroying the old walls,
to have some sort of place arranged to which he might resort at times
for dinner or supper, as a recreation.

Giulio, having heard the will of the Marquis, and having examined the
whole place, took a ground-plan of that site and set his hand to the
work. Availing himself of the old walls, he made in the principal part
the first hall that is to be seen