"In particular, he greatly loved the Marchioness of Pescara, of whose divine spirit he was enamoured, being in return dearly beloved by her.

He still preserves many of her letters, breathing honourable and most tender affection, and such as were wont to issue from a heart like hers.

He also wrote to her a great number of sonnets, full of wit and sweet longing.

She frequently removed from Viterbo and other places, whither she had gone for solace or to pass the summer, and came to Rome with the sole object of seeing Michelangelo.

He for his part, loved her so, that I remember to have heard him say that he regretted nothing except that when he went to visit her upon the moment of her passage from this life, he did not kiss her forehead or her face, as he did kiss her hand.