CONTENTS.

TULLIA D'ARAGONA.

Born, about 1510. Died, about 1570.

CHAPTER I.
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My Lord Cardinal's daughter[1]
CHAPTER II.
Aspasia rediviva[10]
CHAPTER III.
"All's well, that ends well"[21]

OLYMPIA MORATA.

Born, 1526. Died, 1555.

CHAPTER I.
Good old times in Ferrara.—How a Pope's daughter became aDuchess; bygones were bygones; and Love was still the lord of all[30]
CHAPTER II.
Troublous new times in Ferrara.—How a French King's daughterbecame a Duchess; bygones were aught but bygones; andMitre and Cowl were lords of all[54]
CHAPTER III.
How shall a Pope be saved? with the answer thereto.—How shallour Olympia be saved? To be taken into consideration in asubsequent chapter [77]
CHAPTER IV.
"The whirligig of time brings in his revenges."—Still Undine.—The"salvation" question stands over[92]
CHAPTER V.
Dark days.—The great question begins to be answered[108]
CHAPTER VI.
The question fully answered at last.—Farewell, Ferrara!—Welcomeinhospitable Caucasus.—Omne solum forti patria est [122]
CHAPTER VII.
At Augsburg; and at Würzburg[143]
CHAPTER VIII.
The home at Schweinfurth [154]
CHAPTER IX.
The makers of history.—The flight from Schweinfurth[168]
CHAPTER X.
A new home in Heidelberg; and a last home beneath it.—What isOlympia Morata to us?[182]