His own literary eminence, the opportunities enjoyed by him as a member of the celebrated Accademia della Crusca for making known his critical taste and classical knowledge, and the social relations within the reach of a noble Florentine so closely allied with the great house of Capponi, sufficiently explain the intimate terms on which he stood with such eminent men of letters as Lorenzo Magalotti, Benedetto Menzini, Gori and Francesco Redi.