Editing Julius Caesar Scaliger (section)

===His own account===
When he was twelve, his kinsman the emperor [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor|Maximilian]] placed him among his pages. He remained for seventeen years in the service of the emperor, distinguishing himself as a soldier and as a captain. He also studied art under [[Albrecht Dürer]].{{sfn|Christie|Sandys|1911|p=283}}

In 1512 at the [[Battle of Ravenna (1512)|Battle of Ravenna]], where his father and elder brother were killed, his conduct earned him [[Order of the Golden Spur]], augmented with the collar and the eagle of gold.{{sfn|Christie|Sandys|1911|p=283}}

He left the service of Maximilian, and after a brief employment by another kinsman, the [[duke of Ferrara]], he decided to quit the military life, and in 1514 entered as a student at the [[University of Bologna]]. He decided to take [[holy orders]], expecting that he would become [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal]], and then [[pope]], when he would wrest from the [[Republic of Venice|Venetians]] his duchy of Verona, which the republic had taken from his ancestors. He soon gave up this plan, but remained at the university until 1519.{{sfn|Christie|Sandys|1911|p=283}}

The next six years he passed at the castle of [[Vico Nuovo]], in [[Piedmont (Italy)|Piedmont]], as a guest of the [[Della Rovere]], at first dividing his time between military expeditions in the summer, and study, chiefly of [[medicine]] and [[natural history]], in the winter, until a severe attack of [[rheumatic]] [[gout]] brought his military career to a close. Henceforth his life was wholly devoted to study. In 1525 he accompanied [[Antonio della Rovera]], [[bishop of Agen]], to that city as his physician.{{sfn|Christie|Sandys|1911|p=283}}