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to Florence with the countess ofAlbany, 297. His translation of“ Sallust, ” an excellent specimenof style, 298. At the age of forty-six, applies himself with ardourto the study of the Greek lan-guage, 299. His melancholy in-creased by the irritation causedby political events, 300. His lastillness and death, in the fifty-sixthyear of his age, 301. Translationfrom a sonnet, in which he de-scribes his own person, 302.
Alfonso, duke of Ferrara, i. 207.
Allegri, Francesco, i. 145.
Aiphonso X., his zeal for literature;his poetry, iii. 11.
Aiphonso XI., his poems, iii. 12.
Amalasunta, the Gothic queen ofSpain , iii. 3.
Andrea, prince of Hungary , i.91.
Angelo, Michael, i. 34.
Angulo, doctor Gregorio de, iii.
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Antiquario, Jacopo, i. 165.
Ariosto, Ludovico , his birth, pa-rentage, and early education, i.
196. Composes a drama on thestory of Pyramus and Thisbe ,
197. Becomes eminent among hiscontemporaries for the criticalskill with which he elucidatedobscure passages in Horace andOvid , 198. The golden age of hislife shortened by the death of hisfather, 199. Obliged, at the ageof four and twenty, to turn fromquiet to active duties, and ex-change Homer for waste booksand ledgers, 200 . Remarks onhis satires, 201. Courted, admired,applauded, and of course envied,in the first circle of Italiansociety, both for his conversation,his learning, and his poetry, 202.Remarks on his work, entitled
Astolpho’s Journey to theMoon,” 203 . Remarks on his“ Orlando Furioso, ” 204. Sent bythe duke of Ferrara, as ambassa-dor to Rome,to pacify the wrath ofJulius II. , 205 . His second embas-sy to Rome , and uncourteous re-ception from the pontiff, 206. Sin-gular manner in which the dukeretaliates for the indignity shownto himself and his representative,207. Causes for the principalinterruptions in his literary la-bours, 208. Refuses to accom-pany the cardinal Hippolito to
f visit his archbishopric in Segovia ,209. His whimsical letter to hisbrother Alessandro on the sub-ject, 212. Persuaded to enterinto the service of the duke ofFerrara, 217. His literary pur-suits retarded by his strugglesagainst the solicitudes, discom-forts, and mortifications of nar-row and precarious circum-stances, 218. His curious reasonsfor not taking priest’s orders, 219.Is patronised by Leo X. , 219. Hisown account of Leo ’s ingratitude,220. Extracts from his satires,222. His description of his visitto Rome , and his specious recep-tion by Leo , 223. Further ex-tracts from his satires, 224. Sim-ple, yet facetious, style of hisfables, 225. Appointed to thegovernment of Graffagnana, amountainous district, lying be-tween Modena and Lucca, 226.Story of a rencontre with someof his uncouth neighbours, 227.Extract from his Fifth Satire, 229tInvited to accept a third embassyto Rome , 230. His reason forrefusing, as given in the SeventhSatire, 231. After three years,being released from the cares ofhis government, he returns withentire devotion of his time andtalents to the “ Sacred College ofthe Muses,” 232. Anecdote,characteristic at once of hisphlegm and his acuteness in hisart, 233. Critique on his SevenSatires, 233. His last illness anddeath, 234. His person and cha-racter, 236. No poet of any agehas more inseparably identifiedhis conception with his language,238. Impossibility of translatingthem, 239. Anecdote of, 241.Whimsical peculiarities of hispersonal, habits, 242. His lasthours, 243. Monuments to hismemory, 244. Remarks on hisworks in general, 245. Reviewof hjs “Orlando Furioso, ” 250.Immoral tendency of his writ-ings, 254.
Audibert de Noves, i. 63.
Ayala, iii. 12.
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Barbariccia, i. 15.
Barbato, the chancellor of the kingof Naples, i. 120.
Bardi, cavalier de, i. 6.