[277] Cooked cheese.
[278] Three hectolitres.
[279] Letter torn.
[280] Ten hectolitres.
[281] Carte Medicee, &c., Filza xxxiv. No. 320.
[282] Vita Laurentii Medicis, op. cit. ii. 223.
[283] The fall of Otranto mentioned in this letter was such a godsend to Lorenzo that he was suspected of being in league with the Turk. It forced the King of Naples to recall his son, the Duke of Calabria, from Siena, where he had aided the nobles to overthrow the popular government, and the Pope to cancel the interdict and make peace with Florence. In November an embassy, with old Luigi Guicciardini at its head, went to Rome and were solemnly reprimanded by Sixtus and then blessed. The only condition he imposed was the equipment of fifteen galleys to serve against the Turk.
[284] Arch. Med. ante Prin., Filza xxxiv. No. 367.
[285] Lucrezia Tornabuoni, op. cit.
[286] Arch. Med. ante Prin., Filza, No. 43, inside No. 150.