The support of his uncle Jacopo Aldobrandini, allowed him to graduate from the University of Pisa with utriusque juris, or a doctorate in both civil and church law.
He was able to obtain appointments to the position of regent of the private Accademia degli Alterati in 1604 and consul of the Florentine Academy in 1606–1607.
He wrote a short treatise on moral virtues, heavily quoting the Aristotle's work, and dedicated to the Grand Duke (Central National Library.
He is best known for his satires, composed in terza rima likely between 1612 and 1637, but published only posthumously, in 1751 through the editorial work of Anton Francesco Gori.
His circle of friends included Galileo, Gabriello Chiabrera, Giambattista Strozzi, Giovanni Ciampoli, and Michelangelo Buonarroti the Younger.