There can be little doubt in fact that he came, or at any rate chose his site, before 1486. Whatever the bird may have been, Caimi now communicated his design to the Consiglio della Vicinanza at Varallo, through Milano de' Scarrognini, who was a member of the body, and who also gave support in money; negotiations were not finally concluded until the 14th of April 1493, on which day, as we have already seen, the site of the monastery of S. Maria della Grazie was conveyed to the Padri dell' Osservanza with the concession of a right to build their New Jerusalem on the adjoining mountain-which they had already begun to do for some time past.
"Ex Voto"
Samuel Butler
The stewards, most of whom understood a few words of English, readily grasped the fact that the Padri was asking for help in a situation which they well knew to be desperate.
"The Captain of the Kansas"
Louis Tracy
Tell the chief steward-and the Padri.
"The Captain of the Kansas"
Louis Tracy