Errances dans le Roman campagna . e façon dont il est tenu par son archducal, propriétaire de la dim inution de son approvisionnement en eau, de la revue cuttingof ses beaux arbres, de la vétusté de ses fontaines, andstairs Ligorios de la perte d'un plan de secours de Rome, j'shallnot la parole, de peur qu'Ippolito dEste, qui buriedin se trouve l'église de Santa Maria Maggiore, près de tout à fait hisbeloved villa, devrait monter de sa tombe en colère. andshame L'exemple donné par ce descendant de l'ducalhouse doués de Ferrara n'a pas trouvé d'imitateurs, pour theretreat Gericomio, construit par son collègue dans le Sacré Collège, Pro-spero

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Wanderings in the Roman campagna . e way it is kept by its archducal owner, of the dim-inution of its supply of water, of the periodical cuttingof its noble trees, of the dilapidation of its fountains andstairs, of the loss of Ligorios relief plan of Rome, I shallnot speak, for fear that Ippolito dEste, who lies buriedin the church of Santa Maria Maggiore quite near hisbeloved villa, should rise from his grave in wrath andshame. The example set by this gifted scion of the ducalhouse of Ferrara found no imitators, for Gericomio, theretreat built by his colleague in the Sacred College, Pro-spero Santacroce, must be considered a farmhouse ratherthan a villa; but it stands in a glen so well wooded andpicturesque, it conveys such a soothing impression ofpeace and independence from the outside world, andbrings back to the mind of the visitor so many interestingrecollections, that he will find himself amply repaid forthe fatigue of a rather long walk. Prospero Santacroce, born in 1513 in the palace which still bears the family. - -*? ? <vAA awtr;r-k»s<«3 ONE OF LIGOPJOS FOUNTAINS IX THE HALL OF THEPALACE COPIED FROM THE ANTIQUE THE LAND OF HORACE 117 name, deprived of his parents by the plague in the pon-tificate of Clement VII, and of the greater part of hisinheritance by the sack of 1527, escaped to the Sabinevillage of Toffia with four younger brothers and sisters, where they were fed by the peasantry, not without self-denial, because famine and the horrors of war hadraised the value of a bushel of wheat to twenty scudi.Having obtained from Paul III the office of consistorialadvocate, left vacant by the death of his uncle Pompilio, Prospero began his diplomatic career as Secretary inthe Legation of Cardinal Farnese to Charles V, later waspapal nuncio to the Emperor Ferdinand I, Henry II ofFrance, Sebastian of Portugal, Philip II of Spain, andQueen Catherine Medici, and was always successful inhis endeavors to bring about peace and good will amongthe rulers of the e

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