Then he went into a garden open at all sides, and gave audience to those who listed until dinner-time.

At table, all the doors were open; any man could enter where his lordship was; for he never ate except with a full hall.

According to the season he had books read out as follows--in Lent, spiritual works; at other times, the history of Livy; all in Latin.

His food was plain; he took no comfits, and drank no wine, except drinks of pomegranate, cherry, or apples.' After dinner he heard causes, and gave sentence in the Latin tongue.

Then he would visit the nuns of Santa Chiara or watch the young men of Urbino at their games, using the courtesy of perfect freedom with his subjects.