[973] Probably in 1495. Comp. M. Anton. Sabellici Epist. l. v. fol. 28; last letter to M. Ant. Barbavarus.
[974] ‘Terræ globum socialibus signis circunquaque figuratum,’ and ‘quinis pegmatibus, quorum singula foederatorum regum, principumque suas habuere effigies et cum his ministros signaque in auro affabre caelata.’
[975] Infessura, in Eccard, Scriptt. ii. col. 1093, 2000; Mich. Cannesius, Vita Pauli II. in Murat. iii. ii. col. 1012; Platina. Vitae Pontiff. p. 318; Jac. Volaterran. in Murat. xiii. col. 163, 194; Paul. Jov. Elogia, sub Juliano Cæsarino. Elsewhere, too, there were races for women, Diario Ferrarese, in Murat. xxiv. col. 384: comp. Gregorovius, vi. 690 sqq., vii. 219, 616 sqq.
[976] Once under Alexander VI. from October till Lent. See Tommasi, l. c. p. 322.
[977] Baluz. Miscell. iv. 517 (comp. Gregorovius, vii. 288 sqq.).
[978] Pii II. Comment. l. iv. p. 211.
[979] Nantiporto, in Murat. iii. ii. col. 1080. They wished to thank him for a peace which he had concluded, but found the gates of the palace closed and troops posted in all the open places.
[980] ‘Tutti i trionfi, carri, mascherate, o canti carnascialeschi.’ Cosmopoli, 1750. Macchiavelli, Opere Minori, p. 505; Vasari, vii. p. 115 sqq. Vita di Piero di Cosimo, to whom a chief part in the development of these festivities is ascribed. Comp. B. Loos (above, p. 154, note 1) p. 12 sqq. and Reumont, Lorenzo, ii. 443 sqq., where the authorities are collected which show that the Carnival was soon restrained. Comp. ibid ii. p. 24.
[981] Discorsi, l. i. c. 12. Also c. 55: Italy is more corrupt than all other countries; then come the French and Spaniards.
[982] Paul. Jov. Viri Illustres: Jo. Gal. Vicecomes. Comp. p. 12 sqq. and notes.