“Ædile Joanne Mariani Christianiss. Gallorum Hierusalem et Siciliæ—Citra forum Rex Carolus VIII. in his—Divæ Matris Ædibus idus Novemb.:—1485 ex insperato comedit—Pisanæ libertatis argumentum nunquam—Tantam Magnus Alexander liberalitatem—Ostendit.”
[82] These ruins are now called the Baths of Nero.
[83] San Michele in Borgo. The church, which was built by Niccolo Pisano, shows no trace of Roman work.
[84] San Pietro in Grado. It probably dates from the tenth century, and is built of ancient fragments. The tradition is that S. Peter landed here and built the church.
[85] Third son of Cosimo I. He murdered his wife, Eleanora of Toledo, who was so frequently painted by Bronzino. He died in 1604.
[86] Dante, Inferno, xxxiii., alludes to the position of these islands—
“Muovansi la Capraia e la Gorgona,
E faccian siepe ad Arno in su la foce
Si ch’ egli annieghi in te ogni persona.”
[87] Leonardo da Vinci, in his “Treatise on Botany,” makes similar remarks as to the rings in timber and the effect of a north aspect on the character of the wood.