She arrived on November 1 with a glittering train of beautiful women, and took up her residence in the Palazzo Manzoli.

Her quarters obtained no good fame in the following months; for the ladies of her suite were liberal of favors.

Jousts, masquerades, street-brawls, and duels were of frequent occurrence beneath her windows--Spaniards and Italians disputing the honor of those light amours.

On November 3 came Andrea Doria with his relative, the Cardinal Girolamo of that name.

About the same time, Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggi, Bishop of Bologna, returned from his legation to England, where (as students of our history are well aware) he had been engaged upon the question of Henry VIII.'s divorce from Katharine of Aragon.