[297] Andrea Zuccalmaglio, Archbishop of Krain.
[298] An old Italian dance.
[299] Laurentii Medicis Vita, op. cit. ii. 227.
[300] Laurentius Medicis Vita, ii. 229.
[301] Lorenzo de Medicis Vita, op. cit. ii. 232.
[302] Guicciardini throws some doubt on Riario’s presence.
[303] For a full account of the Ferrarese war see Lorenzo de’ Medici, Alfred von Reumont, ii. 249 et seq.; A History of the Papacy, &c., Dr. Creighton, iv. 100 et seq.; Lorenzo de’ Medici, &c., E. Armstrong, M.A, 182 et seq.
[304] Laurentii Medicis Vita, &c., op. cit. ii. 298.
[305] Bartolommeo Scala, born at Colle 1430, was the son of a miller. “I came to the Republic,” he wrote, “bare of all things, a mere beggar, of the lowest birth, without money, rank, connections, or kindred. Cosimo, the Father of his country, raised me up by receiving me into his family.” He became Chancellor of Florence and is known for his feud with Poliziano.
[306] O lovely maiden.