He was only eighteen years old when, in 1562, he tried his hand at epic poetry, and wrote Rinaldo, in which be said that he had tried to reconcile the Aristotelian rules with the variety of Ariosto.
Mal iba 18 rokov, keď v roku 1562 skúsil epickú poéziu a napísal Rinaldo, v ktorom povedal, že skúšal dodržať Aristotelovské pravidlá s Ariostovymi obmenami.