M.
Machiavelli, Niccolo, his birth and
parentage, I. [257]. Placed as
secretary under Marcellus Virgil,
[258]. Elected chancellor of the second
court, [259]. Named secretary
of the Council of Ten, [259]. His
missions to various sovereigns and
states, [259]. Convulsed state of
Italy at this period, [260]. His mission
to Caterina Sforza, [262]. His
letters to the state during this
and all his other missions, [262].
The great doubt that clouds his
character, regards the spirit in
which he wrote the "Prince,"
[263]. Accused of being the confidant
of Cæsar Borgia in his
plots, [264]. Sent by the Florentine
government to the duke of
Imola, [267]. His letter to his
government on the subject of
his mission, [268]. His letter to
the signoria of Florence, [269].
His minute details of his conversations
with Borgia, [270]. His
unsuccessful solicitations to be
recalled, [271]. His efforts to discover
Borgia's secret views, [272].
His letters to the government,
earnestly desiring to be recalled,
[273]. His letters, describing Borgia's
movements, [274]. His account
of Borgia's treacherous
and cruel act of revenge, [276].
Expressions in his letter, characteristic
of Italian policy and
morals at that period, [277]. Returns
to Florence, and is replaced
by an ambassador of more authority,
[278]. Outline of "The
Decenal," [278]. Anecdote relating
to Borgia's system of government,
related in the "Prince," [279].
Sent on a legation to Rome, just
at the time of the downfal of
Cæsar Borgia, [280]. His frequent
interviews with the fallen
prince, [282]. His succeeding embassies,
[284]. Succeeds in persuading
the signoria of Florence
to form a native militia, [285]. His
embassy to the emperor Maximilian,
[286]. His observations on
the state of Germany, [286]. Employed
to convey to Mantua the
money composing a part of the
subsidy to the emperor, [287]. His
letters during this mission disclose
a curious system of bribery
with regard to the minister of
Louis XII., [287]. His interview
with the French king at Blois,
[288]. His letter, detailing the expedition
of the allies against the
republic, [289]. Review of his
fourteen services, [290]. His imprisonment,
and liberation, [291].
His letter to the Florentine ambassador,
[292]. Review of his
private correspondence, and his
other writings, [293]. His letter
to Vettori, the Florentine ambassador,
[294]. Analysis of his
work, entitled the "Prince,"
[298]. Review of his "Essay on
the First Decade of Livy," and
his other works, [304]. His despairing
letters to Vettori, [305].
His "Essay on the Reform of
the Government of Florence,"
written at the request of Leo X.,
[306]. His correspondence with
Francesco Guicciardini, the celebrated
historian, [307]. Commences
his "History of Florence;"
receives a regular but
limited salary as historiographer,
from Clement VII., [308]. Employed
to inspect the progress of
the fortification of Rome, [309].
Returns to Florence full of hope,
and is disappointed, [310]. His
death, [311].
His person, ib.
Madonna Gemma, wife of Dante,
I. [10].
Malegucci, Sigismondo, I. [204].
Malespina, the marchese, I. [28].
Manrique, Jorge, remarks on his
poetry, III. [13].
Manrique, don Geronimo, grand
inquisitor, III. [193].
Manso, marquess of Villa, II. [159].
Manuel, don Juan, brief review of
his works, III. [12].
Maraffi, Luigi, II. [31].
Marcias, remarks on his poetry,
III. [13]. His melancholy death.
Mariner, Vicente, III. [199].
Marini, Giambattista, his birth and
parentage, II. [174]. Encouraged
by Tasso to pursue his poetic
career, [174]. Publishes a volume
of lyrical poetry, which establishes
his fame, [175]. His literary
quarrels, [176]. Publishes his
"Adone" while at Paris; outline
of the story, [177]. Returns
to Italy; is again involved in
literary squabbles, [178]. His death,
in the fifty-sixth year of his age,
[179].
Marmont, general, II. [318].
Marotto, Domenico, I. [227].
Mary, natural daughter of Robert,
king of Naples, I. [122].
Marzemedici, archbishop of Florence,
II. [28].
Mascheroni, Lorenzo, a celebrated
mathematician, II. [323].
Mathew Corvino, king of Hungary,
I. [160].
Matrapillo, Morato Raez, III. [138].
Mayer, Simon, II. [21].
Medici, Cosmo de', founder of the
Medicean library, I. [152].
Medici, Lorenzo de', his early life,
I. [152]. Devotes most of his time
and fortune to the cultivation of
literature and the fine arts, [153].
Institutes a yearly celebration of
the anniversary of Plato's birth
and death, [153]. His chief merit
derived from the revival of his
native language, [154]. Commentary
on his first sonnets, [155].
Extract of a translation of one of
his sonnets, [156]. Brief review of
his other poems, [157]. His death,
at the early age of forty-four, [159].
Memmi, Simon, I. [84].
Mena, Juan de, the most renowned
of the early writers, III. [14]. Review
of his works, [15]. His death,
[15]. Extracts from his poems, [16].
Analysis of the "Labyrinto," [17].
Mendoza, don Diego Hurtado de,
his birth and parentage, III. [58].
His early education, [59]. His
"Lazarillo de Tormes" declaratory
of the originality of his
genius, [59]. Deputed by Charles
V. to attend the council of Trent,
[60]. Confirms the opinion already
entertained of his talents by a
learned and elegant oration, [60].
Sent as ambassador to Rome;
named governor and captain-general
of Siena, and ordered to
introduce a Spanish garrison, and
to build a citadel for its protection,
[61]. Becomes the object of universal
hatred by his haughty and
unfeeling conduct, [62]. Repairs
to Rome, to influence the election
of a new pope, [62]. Named
gonfaloniere of the church, [62].
Recalled from the government of
Siena to Spain, [63]. His philosophical,
political, and poetical
works, [64]. Shows himself an enthusiastic
lover of learning, and
a liberal patron of learned men,
[64]. Anecdote of, characteristic
of the vehemence of his temper,
[65]. His "History of the War of
the Moriscos in Granada," the
most esteemed of his prose works,
[66]. His death, [67]. His character
and person, [68]. Brief review of
his writings, [68].
Metastasio, Pietro, his birth and obscure
origin, II. [185]. At an early
age attracts by his talents as improvisatore,
[185]. Writes a tragedy,
entitled "Giustino," at the
early age of fourteen, [186]. Continues
to improvisare verse in
company, [187]. Evils that result
to the intellect perpetually bent
on so exciting a proceeding, [188].
Sent to study at Magna Græcia,
[189]. Returns to Rome, and gives
himself up to the study of poetry,
[189]. Removes to Naples; determines
to give up poetry, and
to study the law, [190]. Commanded
by the viceroy to write a
drama to celebrate the birthday
of the empress Elizabeth Christina;
success of the piece, [191].
Quits the law, and again devotes
himself to the Muses, [191]. Receives
a commission to furnish
the Neapolitan theatre with an
opera for the carnival of 1724;
success of the piece, [192]. Receives
a letter from prince Pio of
Savoy, inviting him to become
the court poet of Vienna, [193].
Fulfils his engagement of supplying
the Roman theatre with
two pieces for the carnival,
and makes his appearance at
Vienna, surrounded by the halo
of a recent triumph, [194]. Appointed
treasurer to the province
of Cosenzo, worth annually
350 sequins, [195]. His feelings
ingenuously expressed in his letters
to Marianna Bulgarelli, [196].
His letters to his brother on
hearing of her death, [198]. Peculiar
merits of his poetry, and excellencies
of his dramas, [200]. The
"Grazie agli inganni tuoi," and
the "Partenza," among the best
of his productions, [203]. His ill
health attributed to change of
climate, [204]. His life only to be
found in his letters, [205]. His
letters to his brother, [207]. His
enthusiastic friendship for Farinelli,
the singer, [208]. His manner
of living at Vienna, [210]. His
letter to Farinelli, [211]. His
death, in the eighty-fourth year
of his age, [211].
Miranda, Saa de, a Portuguese
poet, born in 1494, and died in
1558; his connection with Spanish
poetry, III. [88].
Mirandola, Giovanni Pico della,
his birth and early education, I.
[161]. Character of his writings,
[161]. His death, in the thirty-second
year of his age, [162].
Moneada, don Miguel de, III. [127].
Mondejar, the marquis de, III. [41].
Montalvan, friend and disciple of
Lope de Vega, III. [189].
Monte, cardinal del, II. [4].
Montefalcone, Niccolo di, I. [147].
Montemayor, Jorge de; his birth
and parentage, III. [89]. Establishes
his fame as an author, by
writing his "Diana," [89]. Outline
and style of the poem, [90].
His death, [92].
Monti, Vincenzo, his birth and parentage,
II. [305]. Anecdote of his
childhood, [306]. His early education,
[307]. Gives up every
other pursuit, and dedicates himself
wholly to the cultivation of
literature and poetry, [308]. Accompanies
cardinal Borghese to
Rome, [309]. Want of political
integrity, and ready worship of
ruling powers, the great blot of
his character, [310]. Continues
to cultivate his poetic tastes, [311].
Success of his tragedy entitled
"Aristodemo," [312]. Outline of
the piece, [313]. His marriage,
[314]. Celebrates the death of his
friend Basseville, in a poem entitled
"Basvilliana," [315]. Outline
and style of the poem, [316].
Leaves Rome for Tuscany; his
familiar intercourse with general
Marmont, [318]. Becomes a revolutionary
poet, [319]. Appointed
to the survivorship of the professor's
chair at Brera, [321]. Falls
into a deplorable state of destitution,
[322]. Celebrates his return
to his beloved Italy by a beautiful
hymn, [323]. Outline of his
poem entitled "Mascheroniana,"
[324]. Appointed to a professorship
in the university of Pavia;
named court poet and historiographer,
[326]. Made cavalier of
the iron crown, member of the
Institute, and of the legion of
honour, [327]. Celebrates the
event of Napoleon being crowned
king of Italy in a poem, entitled
"Il Benificio," [328]. His poem
in celebration of the attempted
usurpation of the Spanish throne,
[329]. Remarks on his poem entitled
the "Sword of Frederic,"
[331]. His translation of Ceruti,
[332]. Writes, by command, a
cantata entitled "Mistico Omaggio,"
[334]. The marriage of his
daughter, one of the most fortunate
incidents of his life, [335].
His observations on the subject
of a reform of the national dictionary,
[336]. Extracts from his
letters to Mustoxidi on the subject,
[336]. To another friend, on
the same subject, [339]. His
literary disputes with Mazza,
Cesarotti and Bettinelli terminate
in mutual friendship and
esteem, [341]. His letter on the
subject of the classic and romantic
schools, [341]. His letter
to his wife, [343]. His letter to
his friend Mustoxidi, on the
death of his son-in-law, [347].
Publishes the last volume of his
"Proposta," [348]. His last illness,
and death, in the seventy-fourth
year of his age, [349]. His
public and private character, [350].
His person, [351].
Montoya, Luisa de, III. [162].
Mora, Rodrigo de, III. [127].
Mosti, Agostino, II. [153].
Muñoz, Fernando, III. [192].
Murtola, Gasparo, II. [175].
Mustoxidi, II. [333].
N.
Naharro, Bartolomé Torres, one of
the earliest Spanish dramatists,
III. [97]. Mentioned by the editor
of Cervantes' comedies, as the
real inventor of the Spanish
drama, [98]. His reforms in the
Spanish theatricals, [99].
Navagero, Andrea, III. [39].
Nasi, Alessandro, I. [287].
Negrete, doctor Juan de, III. [226].
Neri, I. [18].
Noronha, dom Alfonso de, III. [309].
Nozzolini, Ptolemy, II. [28].
O.
Obizzo III., marquis of Este, I.
[196].
Oliva, Perez de, one of the earliest
Spanish dramatists, III. [96].
Orsino, Paolo, I. [246].
P.
Pacheco, Francisco, the celebrated
painter, III. [148].
Pachione, Philippo. I. [227].
Pajares, Alonso Diaz, III. [122].
Panizzi, Dr., I. [168].
Pastrengo, William da, I. [84].
Paul II., pope, I. [180].
Pedrosa, Luis, III. [138].
Pellicer, don Juan Antonio, III. [121].
Pellicer, don Joseph, III. [202].
Pepoli, Geronimo, II. [71].
Perticari, count, II. [336].
Perugini, Paolo, I. [120].
Petracco, Pietro, I. [23].
Petrarch, Francesco, his birth and
parentage, I. [61]. His early life,
[62]. Sent to study at the university
of Montpellier, [63]. Sent to
Bologna; makes considerable
progress in the study of the law,
[64]. Recalled to France by the
death of his father, [64]. Abandons
the law, and devotes himself to
the clerical profession, [65]. His
sedulous attention to dress, [65].
Becomes the favourite and companion
of the ecclesiastical and
lay nobles who form the papal
court, [65]. Commencement of his
friendship with Giacomo Colonna,
[66]. His description of
Colonna, [67]. His character, [67].
His first meeting with Laura de
Side, [68]. Endeavours to merge
the living passion of his soul into
the airy and unsubstantial devotion
of Platonic attachment, [70].
His poetic life dated from the
time of his attachment to Laura,
[71]. His predilection for travelling,
[72]. Becomes an inmate in
the house of cardinal Colonna;
his unbounded ardour for acquiring
knowledge, [73]. Visits
Paris; continues his travels
through Aix-la-Chapelle and Cologne,
[74]. Visits Rome; his sensations
on entering the eternal
city, [75]. Leaves Italy, and travels
through Spain to Cadiz, and
northward as far as the sea-coast
of England, [76]. Makes an excursion
to Mont Ventoux, one of
the highest mountains in Europe,
[76]. His letter to father Dionisio
Robertis, giving an account of
the expedition, [77]. Retires to
Vaucluse, [78]. His manner of life,
[79]. Extract from a translation of
one of the canzoni, as a specimen
of his style, [80]. Character of his
mistress, [82]. His intimacy with
Philip de Cabassoles, bishop of
Cavaillon, [83]. His letter to Giacomo
Colonna, on his soliciting
him to go to Rome, [84]. Receives
letters from the Roman senate
and the university of Paris, inviting
him to receive the laurel
crown of poetry; he decides in
favour of Rome, [85]. Repairs to
Rome, and is crowned in the
capitol with great solemnity, in
presence of all the nobles and
high-born ladies of the city, [86].
Returns to Avignon; takes on
himself the office of barrister, and
pleads the cause of the Correggio,
against their enemies the Rossi,
before the pope, and succeeds in
obtaining a decision in their favour,
[87]. His grief on hearing
of the death of Thomas of Messina:
his extraordinary dream,
[88]. Named prior of Migliarino,
in the diocese of Pisa, [89]. His
unabated love for Laura, [90]. Applies
himself to Greek, under
Bernardo Barlaam, [91]. Writes
his work entitled "The Secret of
Francesco Petrarca," [91]. Sent as
ambassador to Naples, to establish
the papal claim, [92]. Writes letters
full of encouragement to
Rienzi, the tribune, [93]. Repairs
to his house at Parma; his extraordinary
dream, [94]. His grief
on hearing of the death of Laura,
[95]. His record of her death, [95].
Gives large sums in charity for
the sake of her soul, and causes
many masses to be said for the
same purpose, [97]. Receives a
decree of the Florentine republic,
reinstating him in his paternal
inheritance, together with letters
inviting him to accept of a professor's
chair in their university,
[99]. His letters to pope Clement
VI.; again solicited to accept the
lace of apostolic secretary, which
e again refuses, [100]. His treatise
"On Solitary Life," [101].
Induced by the solicitations of
Giovanni Visconti to remain in
Milan, [102]. His conversation
with the emperor Charles V., [102].
Sent to Vienna to negotiate a
peace, and afterwards sent to
Paris to congratulate John, [103].
His manner of life at Milan, [104].
His record of the death of his
son; takes up his abode at
Padua, [105]. His writings compared
with those of Dante, [106].
His description of Laura's death,
[107]. Continues to interest himself
deeply in the political state of
his country, [109]. His letter to
Boccaccio; his congratulatory
letter to Pope Urban V., [110]. Is
seized with a violent illness on
his way to Rome, [111]. His treatise,
entitled "On my own Ignorance
and that of others," [112].
His opinion of the "Decameron"
of Boccaccio, [113]. His death,
[114].
His will, [114].
Peraga, Bonaventura da, I. [114].
Petroni, Pietro, I. [139].
Pickler, Giovanni, II. [314].
Pietro, Francesco Santo, III. [127].
Pignoria, Lorenzo, II. [13].
Pineda, don Juan de, III. [108].
Pio, prince of Savoy, II. [193].
Pistolfo, M. Bonaventura, I. [230].
Pistoia, Cina da, I. [64].
Pletho, Gemisthus, I. [151].
Polenta, Guido Novello da, lord of
Ravenna, I. [29].
Politian, II. [15].
Poliziano, Angelo, his birth and
parentage, I. [162]. Review of his
writings, [163]. Appointed tutor
to the children of Lorenzo de'
Medici, [164]. At the age of
twenty-nine appointed to the professorship
of Greek and Latin
eloquence in the university of
Florence, [165]. His death, [167].
Porras, doctor Mathias, corregidor
of the province of Canta, in Peru,
III. [213].
Porta, Baptista, II. [14].
Portugal, early poets of, III. [288].
Pulci, Bernardo, remarks on his
works, I. [167].
Pulci, Luca, his works, I. [167].
Pulci, Luigi, style of his writings,
I. [168].
Extract from his "Morgante
Maggiore," [171]. Outline of
the poem, [173].
Q.
Quarqualio, Luca, I. [159].
Querenghi, his letter to cardinal
D'Este, giving an account of
Galileo's controversial discussions
at Rome, III. [34].
Quevedo, don Francisco Gomez de,
his birth, parentage, and early
education, III. [246]. His career
checked by a circumstance which
may be considered as fortunate,
[257]. Obliged to fly; takes refuge
in Italy, and thence, invited by
the viceroy, repairs to Naples, [258].
Sent by him as his ambassador to
Madrid, to recount his exploits,
and explain his designs, [259]. Accused
of joining in the Bedmar
conspiracy against Venice, [261].
Continues to escape the vigilance
of the senate, and makes his escape
in the guise of a mendicant,
[262]. His political services, [264].
His literary productions; his imprisonment
and liberation, [265].
Several places offered to him, all
of which he declines, and gives
himself up to study and philosophy,
[266]. Gives up his church
preferments, for the sake of marrying,
[266]. His playful yet bitter
poem, alluding to his evil fate,
[267]. Suspected of writing libels
against the court, arrested, and
imprisoned in a dungeon of the
Royal Casa de San Marcos de
Leon, [268]. His letter, describing
the squalid wretchedness of his
dungeon, [269]. His memorial to
the count duke Olivarez, [270].
His death, [272]. His person and
character, [272]. Critique on his
writings, [273].