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Renaissance in Italy, Volume 5 (of 7), Italian Literature, Part 2

Note 516 — Chapter XV

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The Papal Court was attacked by him; but none other that I can discover. The only Prince who felt the rough side of his tongue was the Farnese:

Impara tu, Pierluigi ammorbato, Impara, Ducarel da sei quattrini, Il costume d'un Rè si onorato.

Cardinal Gaddi and the Bishop of Verona were pretty roughly treated. So was Clement VII. But all these personages made their peace with Aretino, and paid him homage.

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