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His birth, parentage, and earlyeducation, 103. Appointed pageto prince Philip, 104. Leaves thepersonal service of the prince tojoin the expedition sent againstthe Araucanos , an Indian tribe,in South America , which hadrisen against Spain, 106. Hisaccount of the expedition, 107.Narrowly escapes an early anddisastrous end, 108. Leaves Chiliin disgust, without having beenduly rewarded for his services,ilO. Proceeds to the Terceiras,and thence to Spain , 111. Hismarriage, HI. Appointed cham-berlain to Maximilian, 112.Anecdote of, 112. Only known inthe literary world by his poem,“ La Araucana,” 113. Critiqueon his poem, 114.

Espinel, Vicente, his birth andparentage, iii. 239. His death,£40.

Este, cardinal Ilippolito d’, i. 203.Anecdote illustrative of his cru-elty, 209.

Este, Bianca d’, ii. 76.

Exarch, Onofrio, iii. 138.

Ezpeleta, don Gaspar de, iii. 161.

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Fahricius, John, ii. 25.

Fabbroni, ii. 10.

Faggiuolo, signori della, i. 28.Faiiero, Marino, doge of Venice , i.105.

Falucci, the conti, i. 28.

Fantoni, Sebastian, ii. 51.

Farinelli, the singer , his friendshipfor Metastasio , ii. 209.

Farnese, Orazio, iii. 62.

Fedele, Cassandra, ii. 76. Herdeath,76.

Feliciana de Vega, iii. 227.

Fermo , Oliverotto da, i. 266.Ferranti, Pietro, i. 21.

Ferrara, Cieco da, his writings, i.

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Ferreira, Antonio, mentioned asthe classic poet of Portugal , iii.

292. His death and character,

293. Style of his writings, 294.Ficino , Marsiglio, i. 152. His birth

and early education, 159. Briefreview of his works, 160. Hisdeath, in the sixty-sixth year ofhis age, 161.

Figueroa,don Lope, iii. 127.Filicaja, Vincenzo da ; his birth,parentage, and early education,ii. 180. His marriage, 181. Hisenthusiastic piety, 181. His cha-

racteristics, facil dignity, andclearness, 182. Fills several lawoffices of great power and emolu-ment, 183. His death, in thesixty-fifth year of his age, 184.

Foscarinus, Paul Anthony, ii. 51.

Foscolo, Ugo, his birth and parent-age, ii. 354. His early education,355. Resolves to follow the stepsof Alfieri, and to acquire fame asa tragedian; produces his dramaof “ Thyestes ” at the early ageof nineteen, 356. Political allu-sions that gave it its chief in-terest, 357. Extracts from hiswork, entitled “ Letters of Ja-copo Ortis,” 358. Leaves Venice ,and takes the road to Tuscany ,360. Pursues his way to Milan ,the then capital of the Cisalpinerepublic , S6I. His indignation atthe sentence passed by the greatcouncil against the Latin lan-guage, 362. Falls in love with ayoung lady of Pisa , 362. His at-tachment not fortunate; he suf-fers all the throes of disappoint-ment and grief, 363. Becomes anofficer in the Lombard legion,363. His bravery during thesiege of Geneva, 564. Hi s letterto Napoleon, 364. Returns to Mi-lan after the battle of Marengo,365. Increases his fame by thepublication of his “ Last Lettersof Jacopo Ortis, ” 365. Outlineof the piece, 366. Its successimmediate and striking, 369.His person, as described by Pec-chio, 369. Anecdotes of, 370.Publishes an oration to Bona-parte, 371. Its style forcible andrhetorical, 372. Enters on thestudy of the Greek language;undertakes the translation ofSterne’s “ Sentimental Journey,”373. His egotistical account ofhis own singularities, 374. Un-dertakes to make a new editionof the military works of Monte-cucoli, with notes, 375. Writeshis “ Ode on Sepulchres ; ” out-line of the poem, 376. Publisheshis translation of the first book ofthe Iliad, 377. Installed professorin the university of Pavia , 377.His introductory oration on theorigin and use of letters, 578.Retreats from the university, tothe seclusion of the Lake ofComo , 378. Commences hisOde to the Graces,” 379. Po-litical tendency of his writings,380. Submits to an exile fromMilan, and again visits Tuscany ,

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