[379] See [Vol. I., Age of the Despots], p. 342.
[380] Written 1504. First printed by Aldo, 1505.
[381] 'De Guido Ubaldo Feretrio deque Elisabetha Gonzaga Urbini Ducibus.'
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Nam pol quâ proavusque avusque linguâ Sunt olim meus et tuus loquuti, Nostræ quâque loquuntur et sorores Et matertera nunc et ipsa mater, Nos nescire loqui magis pudendum est, Qui Graiæ damus et damus Latinæ Studi tempora duplicemque curam, Quam Graiâ simul et simul Latinâ. Hac uti ut valeas tibi videndum est, Ne dum marmoreas remotâ in orâ Sumtu construis et labore villas, Domi te calamo tegas palustri. Carmina Quinque Illustrium Poetarum, p. 25. |
[383] His most famous essays bore these titles: De Liberis Instituendis and De Laudibus Philosophiæ.
[384] His Commentary on the Romans was placed upon the Index.
[385] Like the History of Guicciardini, it opens with the year 1494. It is carried down to 1547. A portion of the first decade was lost in the sack of Rome, and never rewritten by the author. Printed at Florence, 1550.
[386] Elogia Virorum literis illustrium, quotquot vel nostrâ, vel avorum memoriâ vixere, and Elogia Virorum bellicâ virtute illustrium, Basel, 1557.
[387] De Piscibus Romanis, Rome, 1524. Ragionamento sopra i Motti e Disegni d'Arme e d'Amore.