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One day in February, 1510, in Augsburg, while in conversation with the Ferrarese ambassador, Girolamo Cassola having discussed the ladies and the festivities of Augsburg at length he questioned the ambassador about the women of Italy, and especially about those of Ferrara, whereupon "much was said regarding the good qualities of our duchess.
His report to Cardinal Ippolito is still in existence. Whatever were the circumstances which had compelled Lucretia to send her son away, on whom, as we have shown, she always lavished her maternal care, the unfortunate child's experience will always be a blot on her memory. Also W. Gilbert, Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara, ii, 240. Despatch of Girolamo Cassola, Augsburg, February 27, 1510.
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