[212] Ib. vol. i. p. 343.
[213] I Guarini, Famiglia Nobile Ferrarese (Bologna, Romagnoli, 1870), pp. 83-87.
[214] In addition to the victims of his vengeance who perished by the poignard, he publicly executed in Florence forty-two political offenders.
[215] See Mutinelli, Storia Arcana, vol. ii. pp.54-56, for Antonio's reception into the Order.
[216] I refer, of course, to Galluzzi's Storia del Gran Ducato, vol. iv. pp. 241-244. Botta's Storia d'Italia, Book xiv., and Litta's Famiglie Celebri under the pedigree of Medici.
[217] See Galluzzi, op. cit. vol. iii. p, 25, and Botta, op. cit. Book xii.
[218] See above, p. 381.
[219] Litta may be consulted for details; also Galluzzi, op. cit. vol. v. p. 174.
[220] It maybe worth mentioning that Virginio Orsini, Bracciano's son and heir, married Donna Flavia, grand niece of Sixtus V., and consequently related to the man his father murdered in order to possess Vittoria Accoramboni. See Mutinelli, Storia Arcana, vol. ii. p. 72.
[221] See above, pp. 361-369.