A friend who knew him, Angelo Ingegneri, happened to pass by, and guaranteed his respectability.

Manso compares the journey of this penniless and haggard fugitive through the cities of Italy to the meteoric passage of a comet.[44] Wherever he appeared, he blazed with momentary splendor.

Nor was Turin slow to hail the lustrous apparition.

The Marchese Filippo da Este entertained him in his palace.

The Archbishop, Girolamo della Rovere, begged the honor of his company.