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.
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.
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."
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,
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-
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
"Carte de tendre," in the sixteenth
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
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
Imola, 247 makes triumphal entry into Forlì, 250-parleys with Catherine, 251 visits Catherine his prisoner, 254
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,
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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