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The Violin and its Music, 1881
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1unsuccessful efforts which had been made to effect the restoration of his family to their native city; but whatever may have been the cause of this journey among foreign nations, the effects of it were certainly felt at Rome, when Giovanni de Medici became, as Leo X., the central and ruling figure in the famous art circle which had formed about him. The Cardinal informed his cousin Giulio of his intention, and it was arranged to form a party of twelve friends for the journey. Throwing aside the insignia of their rank, they passed through the States of Venice, and visited most of the German cities. On their arrival at Ulm their appearance excited the suspicions of the authorities there, and led to their detention; but when their quality and purpose was made known, they were immediately sent under a guard to the Emperor Maximilian, who received the Cardinal with the attention to which the celebrity of his ancestors and is high position in the Church entitled him. The Emperor furnished him with a passport through the German States, and also with letters to his son Philip, then governor of the Low Countries. In Flanders they were received by Philip with much hospitality and magnificence. The Cardinal and his friends afterwards passed into France, visiting every place deserving of notice, and examining whatever was remarkable.
3The knowledge he obtained of the manners and customs of the different nations on this journey, from personal observation, could not have been otherwise
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