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Few who have visited Florence will forget the strange irregularity in the plan of the "palazzo vecchio," and the legend which was, doubtless, told them to explain it,-that the republic would not suffer its palace to stand in any degree on ground accursed, by having been the site of the mansions of a vanquished faction,-dubbed, of course, when vanquished, enemies of their country.

5.-Page 335.

There exists a tradition among the literary men of Florence, that the MS. of this history by Martinetti was purchased in Florence by an Englishman, and carried to England. The loss of it is much lamented by them, as there is reason to think that it would be found to be a more valuable history of the period of which it treats,-the reigns of the Mediccan Grand Dukes,-than any other extant.

6.-Page 337.

I have thought it as well to give the reader the original words of this strange passage in Signor Soderini's letter, that he may be the better able to judge for himself how far any such meaning as that suggested, may, with any probability, be attributed to them. They run thus:

"Quando, che alli giorni passati la Morte cavalcè sopra il suo destriero magro, e disfatto per investirsi del titolo di Grande. La Morte ottenne a Roma il titolo di Grande, e conseguita ch' ella ebbe cossifatta indecentissima intitolazione, se ne cavalcava frettolosa alla volta del Poggio a Caiano, e quivi con irresistibile forza e pari valore assaltò il Grande Etrusco di Firenze e Siena, e lo abbattè alli 19 di Ottobre, 1587, a 4 ore e mezzo di notte, e di 47 anni lo privò di vita dopo strani e disusati scontorcimenti, e ululati e muggiti diversi."

A.

INDEX.

ABBIOSO, Bishop, his courtiership, ii.
329

Academies, tendency of, in Italy, ii.
398

Ages of Faith, i. 85

Agricola, theologian, draws up the
Interim, ii. 135

Albert of Brandenburg, ii. 171—
throws himself into Schweinfurth,
172-is driven out of Schwein-
furth, 176
Aldobrandini,

Cardinal, dedicated

works to Isabella Andreini, ii. 212
Alexander VI., election of, i. 214-
receives Catherine as a prisoner
courteously, 256-accuses her of
conspiring to poison him, 257-his
death, 262

Alexander VII. elected, ii. 362-his
replies to Olympia's advances, 363
-banishes Olympia to Orvieto,
364

Alphonso of Naples abdicates, i. 273
Alphonso I. Duke of Ferrara, ii.
37-rides through Ferrara at the
Beffana, 45-stolen visit to his
bride, 47-his difficulties with the
church, 50

Alternatives for an old lady, ii. 21
Aminta of Tasso, ii. 218
Ammirato, the historian, his mention
of Catherine, i. 27-his account of
Sforza's visit to Florence, 99
Andreini, Isabella, her birth, ii. 205-
contemporary with Shakspeare, 206
-her titles, 210-goes to France,
211-medal struck in her honour, ib.
-anagrams on her name, 212-
praises of, by her contemporaries,
ib.-her irreproachable character,

214 her death and epitaph, ib.—
her "Mirtilla," 216-her letters,
ib.-her dialogues, 217-no ac-
count of her characters, 218
Andreini, Francesco, Isabella's hus-
band, ii. 213

Andreini Giovanni Batista, Isabella's
son, ii. 211

Angelio of Bargo, Astrologer, ii. 28
Anna d' Este, her birth, ii. 77—
Calcagnini's letter to her, 78-
Curione's praises of her, ib.-her
affection for Olympia Morata, 89-
her marriage, 109

Antonio de' Medici, birth of, ii. 264
Antonio, the painter, anecdote of,
i. 159

Apennines, travelling in, in the
fifteenth century, i. 98

Arcadia and the Arcadians, ii. 399
-nicknames, 404-falsehood in
the matter of Corilla's crowning,
406
Assassinations, common in Florence,
ii. 225, 236

Auditor of Forlì, his doubts, i. 224
Augsburg in the sixteenth century,

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Barbara, Olympia Morata's maid, ii.
163

Bargello of Imola, i. 232—his bargain

with Catherine, ib.

Barlow, Dr. H. C., his letter on
Fontebranda, i. 398

Bassi Antonio, scene at his death-
bed, i. 129

Bayle, his remark on Isabella Andre-
ini's epitaph, ii. 215
Beatification, i. 9

"Beffana," curious custom, ii. 44
Belvidere, near Ferrara, gardens of,
ii. 94

Bembo, anecdote of, ii. 61-his cha-
racter, ii. 105-Olympia Morata's
epitaph on him, 106
Benincasa Giacomo, i. 6
Bentivoglio, Lord of Bologna, threatens
the Forlìvesi, i. 192
Bianca Cappello, early character, ii.
223-her journey to Florence, 224
-confined to her husband's house
in Florence, 225her personal
appearance, 226-receives promise
of marriage from Francesco, 234-
probably cognisant of her husband's
murder, 236-her character, 241
-balances her accounts, 257-
fictitious autobiography of, 258-
her magical practices, 261-plot
to impose a false heir on the Duke,
262 her fears, 264-progress in
crime, 266-real nature of her
witchery, 268-her bold step with
Francesco, ib.goes into retire-
ment, 273-her ascendancy over
the Duke, ib.-entertains the Court
in the Oricellari gardens, 276-
suborns Francesco's confessor, 290
-her reception at Bologna, 291—
her marriage with Francesco, 292
-her coronation as daughter of
St. Mark, 299-becomes reconciled
to the Cardinal, 304-her claims
respecting her daughtership of St.
Mark, 311-her repeated pregnan-
cies, 313 her unhappy life at
Pratolino, 316-her family feeling,
318-at Cerveto, 320-declares
herself again with child, 322-her
interview with Pietro, 325-her
pregnancy again comes to nothing,
329 her death, 332-different

theories respecting it, 333, et seq.
-post-mortem examination, 338-
grounds of Ferdinando's hatred for
her, 342-her burial, 343-pas-
quinades on her, 344

Bigazzi, Signor Pietro, i. 398-407
Biographer's duty, i. 269

Boccaccio, Tullia's opinion of his
works, ii. 24-Olympia Morata's
translation from, 103

Bodoni's volume on Corilla's corona-
tion, ii. 403

Bolsec, Jerome, ii. 111-his disputes
with Calvin, 112

Bona, Duchess of Milan, i. 92
Bona Sforza, Duchess, her trousseau,
i. 317

Bonaventura, Catherine of Siena's
sister, miraculously punished, i.
36
Bonaventuri, Pietro, his condemnation,
ii. 221-deceives Bianca, 224-
receives an appointment at Court,
233-lover of Cassandra Ricci, 235
-murdered in the streets of Flo-

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Cafaggiuolo, villa of, ii. 255
Calcagnini, Celio, ii. 56-his message
to Olympia Morata, 62.
Calvin at Ferrara, ii. 72-turned
out from Ferrara, 75-prosecutes
Jerome Bolsec, 112

Calza, Compagnia della, at Venice,
i. 113

Candles, blessed by the Pope, as a
safeguard in travelling, i. 134
Cappello palace, situation of, ii. 222
Caraffa, Cardinal, ii. 80

Cardona, Don Raymond di, reviews
his army, i. 307

Carnesecchi, the martyr, i. 361
Carpi, Tommaso, Pope Alexander's
chamberlain, i. 258

INDEX.

"Carte de tendre," in the sixteenth

century, i. 340

Casino, importance of, in Italian do-
mestic economy, ii. 229
Castellano, duties of, i. 208
Cataleptic nature of Catherine's ecsta-
sies, i. 23
Catherine de'

Medici, her severe
answer to Francesco, ii. 309
Catherine II. of Russia, invites Co-
rilla, 401

Catherine of Siena, her story puz-
zling, specially so from the recent-
ness of its date, i. 2; her home
described, 7; her bed-chamber, 8;
her family, 19; not well-looking,
20; her travels, 24-her letters to
Pope Urban, 27 her brothers
made citizens of Florence, 29-did
really restore the papacy to Rome,
30-legendary nature of her bio-
graphy, 32-at five years old, 33
-her early austerities, 34

her

confessions, ib.-her fasting, 37-
her communications with our Sa-
viour, 38-learns to read by miracle,
ib.-her marriage, 39-her renewed
heart, ib.-her visions, 40-she is
joked with by our Saviour, ib.—
her charity to Christ in the disguise
of a beggarman, 41-she converts
sinners, 43-receives the stigmata,
47-ministers to the sick, 49-
literary phase of her character, 51
-her Dialogue of Divine Doctrine,
ib.-her prayers, 54-her letters,
55 miraculously taught to write,
58-prayer by her in Tuscan verse,
62-writes reproof to the Pope, 65
-her letter to Charles V. of France,
67-how far was she sincere, 77-
her moral standard, 80-her great
value to the Dominicans, 82-her
influence still operative, 83-her
strength of character, 85-her am-
bition, 86

Cerreto, Ducal Villa, ii. 320

Cervino, Cardinal, Vittoria Colonna's
letter to, i. 389

Cesare Borgia, i. 241-appears before

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Imola, 247 makes triumphal
entry into Forlì, 250-parleys with
Catherine, 251 visits Catherine
his prisoner, 254

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Cobelli Leon, the chronicler, i. 144
Codronchi Innocenzio; the seneschal

seizes the fort Ravaldino, i. 177 —
his strange conduct, 178

Collar, Duke Borso's golden, ii. 34
Colonna, protonotary, persecution of,
i. 161-his tortures and death,
162

Colonna, Cardinal, plundered, i. 161
Colonna family, power, and wealth
of, i. 279 persecuted by Alex-
ander VI., 285-grants of land
to them, 292-at war with Pope
Clement, 330-Fabrizio, his po-
litical conduct, 290- his death,

319

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Colonna Vittoria; her parents, i. 277
-eldest child, and not youngest, as
the biographers say, 278 be-
trothed to Pescara, 283- educated
by Duchessa di Francavilla, ib.—
her beauty, 288-presents received
from, and made to her husband,
299 her marriage, 300 ber
honeymoon in Ischia, 301 — her
epistle to her husband, 304-con-
tinues childless, 306-educates the
Marchese del Vasto, ib.-her life
in Ischia, 312-sees her husband
for the last time, 319-Varchi's

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