Given in Rome in S.
Peter's, July 24, 1494.[34] This letter is the first of the few extant written by Alexander to his daughter.

His reproof was due to the sudden departure of his mistress--contrary to his original instructions--from Pesaro before August.

From there Giulia went to Capodimonte to look after her sick brother Angiolo.

According to a Venetian letter written by Marino Sanuto, she had left Rome chiefly for the purpose of attending the wedding of one of her kinsmen, and the writer describes her in this place as "the Pope's favorite, a young woman of great beauty and understanding, gracious and gentle." Alexander's letter shows us that his mistress remained in communication with him after her departure from Rome.
FOOTNOTES: [31] This letter is printed in Atti e Memorie Modenesi, i.

433.
[32] Despatch of Giorgio Brognolo to the Marchese, Rome, May 6 and 15, 1494.