with others of equal eminence. Attended by these, and by a concourse of gentlemen and servants, as well as by a crowd of citizens, he generally on festivals went to mass in procession, making a round of the great churches in their turn. And, on his return home, he would keep the burghers about him for a little in gracious conversation, or calling for his dispatches, communicated portions before kindly dismissing them." [Illustration: _Alinari_ THE FLAGELLATION _After the picture by Piero della Francesco, in the Sacristy of the Duomo, Urbino._ _Supposed portraits of Duke Federigo and Caterino Zeno_] One of the manuscripts just cited, which is entitled "Regulations and Offices for the Court of the most serene Lord Duke of Urbino," after insisting on a rigid observance of rules to be enforced by the master of the household, imposes upon that functionary an obligation to inform his lord privately of the arrival and quality of all strangers, that he might regulate the degree of hospitality to be extended to them. This was of three grades. Personages of the highest rank were received and lodged in the palace; those of less distinction in a separate building, attended on by the Prince's household; for a third class an inn was provided, where they were lodged at his cost, and at a fixed rate per head.[117] The liberal hospitalities of the court are thus mentioned by its chronicler Sanzi:-- "Nor ought we to omit the greetings kind And gracious, which with princely courtesy He gave to coming strangers, ne'er before Welcomed with gentler words, or phrase more cordial, His aspect cheerful and his carriage plain. Glorious was he in all things, but unmatched In hospitality; for never guest Arrived, such noble treatment hoping for, Or went his way without a lingering look Of friendly admiration." [Footnote 117: Ordine ed Officii della Corte del Serenissimo Signore il Duca de Urbino, Urb. Vat. MSS. No. 1248.]