There are also other children of about ten, sons of nobles, as well as other pupils.

He teaches them Greek, and they can write that language well.

I saw a translation from Saint Chrysostom made by one of them which pleased me much.' And again a few years later: 'He brought me Giovanni Lucido, son of the Marquis, a boy of about fourteen, whom he has educated, and who then recited two hundred lines composed by him upon the shows with which the Emperor was received in Mantua.

The verses were most beautiful, but the sweetness and elegance of his recitation made them still more graceful.

He also showed me two propositions added by him to Euclid, which prove how eminent he promises to be in mathematical studies.