At Turin, as formerly in Naples and Rome, he achieved a notable success.

The Duke of Savoy, Carlo Emmanuele, offered him a place at Court, appointed him secretary, and dubbed him Knight of S.Maurice.
Vidi la corte, e nella corte io vidi Promesse lunghe e guiderdoni avari, Favori ingiusti e patrocini infidi, Speranze dolci e pentimenti amari, Sorrisi traditor, vezzi omicidi, Ed acquisti dubbiosi e danni chiari, E voti vani ed idoli bugiardi, Onde il male e sicuro e il ben vien tardi.
It was the custom of all poets in that age to live in Courts and to abuse them, to adulate princes and to vilify these patrons.

Marino, however, had real cause to complain of the treachery of courtiers.

He appears to have been a man of easy-going temper, popular among acquaintances, and serviceable to the society he frequented.

This comradely disposition did not save him, however, from jealousies and hatreds; for he had, besides, a Neapolitan's inclination for satire.
There was a Genoese poetaster named Gasparo Murtola established in Court-service at Turin, who had recently composed a lumbering poem, _Il Mondo Creato_.