[385] Muratori Annali, tom. ix. p. 417.
[386] Poggii Opera, p. 155-164.
[387] Muratori Annali, tom. ix. p. 431.
[388] This translation of Diodorus Siculus was printed, Bononiæ, 1472, in folio. Bandini Catalogus Bibliothecæ Laurentianæ, tom. ii. p. 819.
[389] Poggii Hist. de Variet. Fortunæ, p. 3. From the prefatory remarks which Poggio prefixed to his version of the Cyropædia, and which are quoted by Bandini, in his Catalogus Bibliothecæ, Laurentianæ, tom. ii. p. 351, it should seem, that by omitting many of the dialogues and speeches, he had considerably abridged the work of Xenophon, whose eight books he had compressed into six. An Italian translation of Poggio’s version of the Cyropædia, made by his son Jacopo, was published at Florence by the Junta, an. 1521. It is worthy of remark, that Poggio was the first literary character who declared his opinion (an opinion now generally entertained) that the Cyropædia is not a history, but a political romance. Ton. Tr. vol. ii. p. 108.
[390] Facii Opera, p. 98.
[391] Bartolomeo Facio was a native of Spezia, a sea-port in the Genoese territory. The most curious inquirers into the history of literature have not yet been able to ascertain the precise period of his birth. From many passages however which occur in his works it appears, that he was indebted for instruction in the Latin and Greek languages to Guarino Veronese, whom he frequently mentions in terms of affectionate esteem. Facio was one of the numerous assemblage of scholars that rendered illustrious the court of Alfonso, king of Naples, by whom he was treated with distinguished honour. During his residence at Naples, the jealousy of rivalship betrayed him into a violent quarrel with Lorenzo Valla, against whom he composed four invectives. The following list of his other works is extracted from his life, prefixed by Mehus to an edition of his treatise De Viris illustribus, published at Florence, an. 1745.
1. De bello Veneto Clodiano ad Joannem Jacobum Spinulam Liber. Lugd. 1568.
2. Aliud parvi temporis bellum Venetum was printed together with the former.
3. De humanæ vitæ felicitate ad Alphonsum Arragonum et Siciliæ regem. Hanoviæ, typis Vechelianis, 1611. Post epitomen Felini Sandei de Regibus Siciliæ, &c.