 Instead of applying himself to law, the young man bestowed all his attention upon philosophy and poetry.Before the end of 1562, he had produced a twelve-canto epic poem called "Rinaldo", which was meant to combine the regularity of the Virgilian with the attractions of the romantic epic.In the attainment of this object, and in all the minor qualities of style and handling, "Rinaldo" showed marked originality, although other parts seem unfinished and betray the haste in which the poem was composed.