[402] Borghini, l. c. p. 166.
[403] Ricordi d’una giostra, etc., (cf. i. 267). Borghini, l. c. On the Salutati family cf. Mazzuchelli, in the notes to Filippo Villani, Vite d’uomini illustri Fiorentini (ed. Flor. 1826) p. 83 et seq., and G. Palagi, in Il Convito fatto ai figliuoli del Re di Napoli da Benedetto Salutati e compagni mercanti fiorentini il 16 Febbrajo del 1476 (Flor. 1873).
[404] Pietro of Aragon died in 1491, aged nineteen. Giovanni was made a cardinal in 1477, and died in 1483. Arrigo, Ferrante’s eldest natural son, died in 1478.
[405] The Italian account has the expression mummeria, which corresponds with the German, English, and French words, but is not admitted by Della Crusca. Annibal Caro uses the word mommeare.
[406] Giorn. stor. degli arch. tosc., i. 96. Arch. stor. ital. third series, xx. 187.
[407] Il Padre di Famiglia, ed. 1872, p. 67 et seq. On the villa-life cf. i. 508.
[408] Gaye, l. c. i. 417.
[409] Rinuccini, Ricordi, p. cxxv.
[410] Cena di famiglia, in the Opere volgari, vol. i.
[411] V. da Bisticci, l. c. p. 176.