Vittoria lost no time in paying her respects to Camilla, sister of the new Pope, her former mother-in-law.

The Duke visited Sixtus V.in state to compliment him on his elevation.

But the reception which both received proved that Rome was no safe place for them to live in.

They consequently made up their minds for flight.
A chronic illness from which Bracciano had lately suffered furnished a sufficient pretext.

This seems to have been something of the nature of a cancerous ulcer, which had to be treated by the application of raw meat to open sores.