[CONTENTS]

[BOOK SIXTH]
(Continued)
OF FRANCESCO MARIA DELLA ROVERE,
FOURTH DUKE OF URBINO

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[CHAPTER XXXIX]
Causes which led to the sack of Rome—The assault—Death of Bourbon—Atrocities of his soldiery—The Duke of Urbino's fatal delays—The Pontiff's capitulation and escape—Policy of the Emperor[3]
[CHAPTER XL]
The Duke's mischievous Policy—New league against Charles V.—A French army reaches Naples—The Duke's campaign in Lombardy—Peace restored—Siege of Florence—Coronation of the Emperor at Bologna—The independence of Italy finally lost—Leonora Duchess of Urbino—The Duke's Military Discourses[34]
[CHAPTER XLI]
Italian Militia—The Camerino disputes—Death of Clement VII.—Marriage of Prince Guidobaldo—Proposed Turkish crusade under the Duke—His death and character[60]

[BOOK SEVENTH]
OF GUIDOBALDO DELLA ROVERE,
FIFTH DUKE OF URBINO

[CHAPTER XLII]
Succession of Duke Guidobaldo II.—He loses Camerino and the Prefecture of Rome—The altered state of Italy—Death of Duchess Giulia—The Duke's remarriage—Affairs of the Farnesi[85]
[CHAPTER XLIII]
The Duke's domestic affairs—Policy of Paul IV.—The Duke enters the Spanish service—Rebellion at Urbino severely repressed—His death and character—His children[106]

[BOOK EIGHTH]
OF FRANCESCO MARIA II. DELLA ROVERE,
SIXTH AND LAST DUKE OF URBINO

[CHAPTER XLIV]
Autobiography of Duke Francesco Maria II.—His visit to the Spanish Court—His studious habits—His marriage—Is engaged in the naval action of Lepanto—Succeeds to the dukedom[129]
[CHAPTER XLV]
The unsatisfactory results of his marriage—He separates from the Duchess—His court and habits—Death of the Duchess—He remarries[152]
[CHAPTER XLVI]
Birth of Prince Federigo—The Duke's retired habits and aversion to business—His constitution-making experiments—His instructions to his son—The Prince's unfortunate education and character[173]
[CHAPTER XLVII]
The Prince's marriage—The Duke entrusts to him the government, and retires to Castel Durante—His dissolute career and early death—Birth of his daughter Vittoria—The Duke rouses himself—He arranges the devolution of his state to the Holy See—Papal intrigues[196]
[CHAPTER XLVIII]
The Duke's monkish seclusion—His death and character—His portraits and letters—Notices of Princess Vittoria, and her inheritance—Fate of the ducal libraries—The duchy incorporated with the Papal States—Results of the Devolution[224]