A Decade of Italian Women, vol. 2 (of 2)

by Thomas Adolphus Trollope

NOTES.

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NOTES TO THE LIFE OF TULLIA D'ARAGONA.

1.—[Page 7.]

There is in the possession of M. Eugène Piot, of Paris, who has kindly communicated it to me, a contemporary song in celebration of the beauty and pomp of Giulia di Ferrara. It is of extreme rarity, and is a very curious morsel of Roman social history in the sixteenth century. The state, glory, splendour, and social standing of the celebrated Roman courtesan are vauntingly set forth in verses put by the writer into her own mouth. The intention, however, is evidently satirical.

2.—[Page 13.]

The phraseology of the original marks the nature of Strozzi's connection with Tullia more unmistakeably than any permissible English translation could do. The Italian words are, "Senza qualche pratica di donne non saprei vivere; onde ho più volentieri praticato seco, che con altra;" &c.

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NOTES TO THE LIFE OF OLYMPIA MORATA.

1.—[Page 39.]