Two days later she states that she had written to the Cardinal of Lisbon, her godfather, in the interest of the bearer of the letter, Giovanni of Prato.

October 28th she directs Vincenzo to have certain clothes made for the little Rodrigo and to send them to her immediately by a courier.

She also orders him to have prayers said for her in all the convents "on account of this, my new sorrow." October 30th she wrote as follows: VINCENZO: As we have decided that the memorial service for the soul of his Lordship, the duke, my husband--may the glory of the saints be his--shall be held, you will, with this end in view, go to his Eminence the Lord Cardinal of Colenzo, whom we have charged with this office, and will do whatever his Eminence commands you, both in regard to paying for the mass and also for performing whatever his Majesty directs; and you will keep account of what you spend of the five hundred which you have, for I will see that you are reimbursed, so it will be necessary.

From the castle of Nepi, next to the last day of October, 1500.
THE UNHAPPY PRINCESS OF SALERNO.
There is an undated letter written by Lucretia which, apparently, belongs to the same period, because it is written in a melancholy tone, and in it she asks Heaven to watch over her bed.

The last dated letters, which are of October 31st and November 2d, are devoted to unimportant domestic affairs; they show that Lucretia was in Nepi as late as November.