Later he returned to Naples to serve as a courtier under the protection of Caracciolo d'Avellino, and by the time of his death he had reached the rank of "count" "Conte di Torrone".
Later he returned to Naples to serve as a courtier under the patronage of Don Marino II Caracciolo, prince of Avellino, to whom he dedicated his idyll "L’Aretusa" (1618). By the time of his death he had reached the rank of "count" "Conte di Torrone".