Note 260 — Chapter VI · CONVERSATION
George Herbert Ely translation
He adds: “We gambled, played music, took walks, supped, and worked (not often that): no cares, no anxieties! We were often with the Venetian nobles: my life flourished like a growing plant. Nothing could be more pleasant than that life, which lasted five years and a half (September, 1526-February, 1532): we used to chat with the prefect, whose palace was our kingdom and rostrum.”