| 1497. | | Ambitious nepotism of Alexander VI. | [363] |
| ” | | Divorce of Lucrezia | [363] |
| ” | June 15. | Murder of the Duke of Gandia | [364] |
| ” | ”” | Its mystery and scandals | [364] |
| ” | ”” | Its effect upon the public | [366] |
| ” | ”” | And on the Pope | [366] |
| ” | ” 19. | His oration, repentance, and relapse | [366] |
| ” | | Followed by new favours to Cesare Borgia | [369] |
| ” | Sept. 5 | Who returns from his Neapolitan embassy a rejected suitor | [369] |
| 1498. | Aug. | Marriage of Lucrezia to the Duke of Bisceglia | [369] |
| ” | | Guidobaldo's expedition against the Baglioni of Perugia | [369] |
| ” | | He is engaged by the Medici to arm for their restoration to Florence | [370] |
| ” | | Failure of the expedition | [370] |
| ” | | His illness at Bibbiena | [370] |
| 1499. | | He adopts his nephew Francesco Maria della Rovere, as heir of the dukedom | [371] |
| 1498. | April 7. | Death of Charles VIII. | [372] |
| ” | ” | Succeeded by Louis XII. | [372] |
| ” | | His views upon Italy | [372] |
| ” | | State of parties there | [372] |
| ” | | Ambition of Alexander to secure to Cesare a sovereignty | [373] |
| ” | Sept. 17. | His ecclesiastical orders annulled, and his embassy to Paris with the King's divorce | [373] |
| ” | ” 28. | Letter of the Pope to Louis | [374] |
| ” | | By whom Cesare is created Duke Valentino | [375] |
| ” | | He aspires to the crown of Naples | [375] |
| ” | | His magnificence | [375] |
| 1499. | | Again rejected by a Neapolitan princess | [375] |
| ” | | His intrigues as to Louis' divorce | [375] |
| ” | | A new league against the French proposed | [376] |
| ” | | The marriage of Duke Valentino | [376] |
| ” | Oct. 6. | The French conquer Lombardy and enter Milan | [377] |
| ” | June. | Guidobaldo's visit to Venice, and condotta by the Signory | [377] |
| 1499. | | Valentino's schemes upon Romagna | [379] |
| ” | | Its condition, as detailed by Sismondi | [379] |
| ” | | Strictures upon his views | [383] |
| ” | | Valentino marches upon Imola | [384] |
| ” | | Our last notice of Caterina Riario Sforza | [384] |
| ” | Dec. 31. | He takes that town, and goes to Rome | [385] |
| 1500. | | Ludovico il Moro carried captive to France | [385] |
| ” | | The prodigality of the Borgia | [386] |
| ” | | Supplied by sacrilege and simony | [387] |
| ” | Oct. 27. | Cesare, supported by the French, seizes Pesaro | [388] |
| 1501. | April 22. | And Faenza; murder of its princes | [389] |
| ” | | He is made Duke of Romagna | [389] |
| ” | | Sismondi's eulogy on his administration | [389] |
| ” | | Imitating Machiavelli and Filosseno | [390] |
| ” | | But contradicted by Sanuto | [391] |
| ” | | The true spirit of his government | [392] |
| ” | | Arrested in his designs upon Bologna and Florence | [392] |
| ” | Sept. 3. | Seizes upon Piombino | [393] |
| ” | | Louis invades Naples | [393] |
| ” | | Its partition betwixt France and Spain | [394] |
| ” | | Abdication of Federigo of Naples; he retires to France, where he died in 1504 | [394] |
| 1503. | | His kingdom passes to Spain | [394] |
| 1501. | | New crimes and intrigues of the Borgia | [395] |
| ” | | Lucrezia's fourth marriage to the Prince of Ferraro | [396] |
| 1502. | Jan. 18. | She visits Urbino on her way home | [397] |
| ” | | Her reformed life | [397] |
| 1519. | June. | Letter of condolence on her death | [397] |
| 1502. | | Guidobaldo's retired life | [399] |
| 1500. | | Visits Rome for the Jubilee | [399] |
| 1501. | Nov. 6. | Death of his brother-in-law the Prefect | [399] |
| 1502. | April 24. | Succeeded by his son Francesco Maria | [399] |
| ” | | The Duchess of Urbino at Venice | [400] |
| ” | | New schemes of Valentino | [400] |
| ” | June 20. | He surprises Urbino | [401] |
| ” | ” 28. | The Duke narrates his flight to Mantua | [401] |
| ” | ” | Further details | [407] |
| ” | | He finds refuge in Venice | [409] |
| ” | | Improbable rumour regarding him | [409] |
| ” | June 21. | Cesare enters Urbino | [410] |
| ” | | And seizes Camerino | [411] |
| 1502. | | His brutal character | [411] |
| ” | | He goes to Milan, and justifies himself with Louis XII | [412] |
| ” | | His lust of further sway | [412] |
| ” | Sept. | Diet at La Magione of the menaced princes | [412] |
| 1502. | | Character of Liverotto da Fermo | [412] |
| ” | Oct. 5. | S. Leo lost to Valentino and retaken | [413] |
| ” | ” 8. | Letter from him (note) | [414] |
| ” | ” | A general rising throughout Urbino | [414] |
| ” | ” | Cruelly checked by Don Michelotto | [415] |
| ” | ” | But supported by the confederates of Magione | [415] |
| ” | ” | Valentino retrieves himself, and recruits his forces | [415] |
| ” | ” 18. | Guidobaldo returns and is welcomed | [416] |
| ” | ” 28. | Valentino wins back the confederates | [418] |
| ” | Dec. 8. | Finding resistance vain, the Duke retires in broken health | [419] |
| 1503. | Jan. 27. | His despatch to the Doge of Venice | [422] |
| ” | ” 31. | And narrative of his escape to that city | [423] |
| | | Authors in the family of Montefeltro | [427] |
| | | Specimens of their compositions | [428] |
| | | Wardrobe inventory of Sister Serafina | [433] |
| | | Poetry of Ottaviano Ubaldini | [436] |
| | | Concessions of Duke Federigo to the citizens on his election in 1444 | [438] |
| | | Devices and mottoes of the Dukes of Urbino | [443] |
| | | Illuminated MSS. in the Urbino Library | [446] |
| | | The MS. Hebrew Bible | [446] |
| | | The MS. Latin Bible | [447] |
| | | The MS. Dante | [448] |
| | | The MS. Lives of the Dukes of Urbino | [449] |
| | | Duke Federigo made a Knight of the Garter | [450] |
| | | His letters to Edward IV. and the English courtiers | [450] |
| | | Anstis' account of it | [456] |
| | | Sanzi's account of it | [457] |
| | | Porcellio's account of it | [459] |
| | | Army of Charles VIII. in 1493 | [460] |
| | | Battle of the Taro in 1495 | [463] |
| | | Duke Valentino's arrival at the French court in 1498 | [468] |
| | | Ludovico il Moro's entry into Lyons in 1500 | [470] |
| | | Marcello Filosseno's sonnet on Italy | [472] |
| | | Lucrezia d'Este's marriage festivities at Ferrara, 1502 | [473] |