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The order to do so, however, does not appear to have emanated from Ferrara, for, September 28th, the ambassador Gerardi gave his master an account of a call which he made on Madonna Lucretia, in which he said, "As her son was present, I asked her in such a way that she could not mistake my meaning what was to be done with him; to which she replied, 'He will remain in Rome, and will have an allowance of fifteen thousand ducats." The little Rodrigo was, in truth, provided for in a princely manner.
Agapitus dei Gerardi, who wrote so many of Cæsar's letters and documents, had remained true to the Borgias, as is shown by this letter, until his death, which occurred in Rome, August 2, 1515. Vannozza, of a truth, had seen many of the former friends, flatterers, and parasites of her house desert it; but a number, among whom were several important personages, remained true.
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