INDEX
A.
ABDORBHAMAN III., his efforts for
the advancement of literature,
III. 4.
Abreu, Duarte de, III. 324.
Acciajuolo, the seneschal, of Naples,
I. 142.
Acquaviva, cardinal, III. 125.
Aga, Hassan, dey of Algiers, III.
138.
Aguirre, Lope de, III. 110.
Agyropylo, Giovanni, I. 163.
Alfieri, Vittorio, his birth and parentage,
II. 250. His early education;
placed at a public school
at Turin, 252. System of education
pursued at the academy, 253.
Progress of his education, 255.
Circumstances of his life greatly
altered, 256. Anecdote characteristic
of the obstinacy of his
disposition, 258. Visits his mother
at Genoa, 259. Admitted
as ensign into the provincial
regiment of Asti, 260. Visits
Rome and Naples under the care
of an English catholic, 261. Regards
coldly those objects which
render Rome a city of absolute
enchantment, 262. Visits France
and England, 263. Singularities
of his character, 261. Circumstances
of his entrance into Paris,
265. His enthusiasm on visiting
London, 266. Becomes really in
love, 267. Disappointed in a
matrimonial project proposed to
him by his brother-in-law, 268.
Comes of age, according to the
laws of his country, and sets out
on his travels with an income of
1200l. a-year, and a large sum
in ready money, 268. Visits
England; his attachment to a
lady of rank, 269. Is challenged
by her husband, 270. Leaves his
unworthy mistress, and pursues
his travels, 271. Anecdote characteristic
of the violence of his
temper, 272. Becomes a cavalier
servente to a lady of rank, 273.
Determines to break off the disgraceful
intercourse, 274. Gives
the first token of the spirit of
composition, in a sonnet in commemoration
of the freedom he
had acquired, 274. At the age
of seven and twenty, enters into
the difficult engagement with the
public and himself, to become the
writer of tragedies, 275. Difficulties
which he had to overcome,
276. Resolves to pass six months
in Tuscany, to learn, hear, and
feel Tuscan only, 277. His labours
in literature confined
chiefly to formation of style, 278.
Commencement of his friendship
with Gori, 279. Commencement
of his attachment to Louisa
Stolberg, countess of Albany, 280.
Energy and conciseness the distinguishing
marks of his dramas,
282. Outline of his tragedy,
entitled "Philip," 284. Takes
up his residence at Rome, 286.
Remarks on his sacred dramas,
287. His continued intimacy
with the countess of Albany, 288.
Goes into voluntary exile, to prevent
any actual measures of prohibition
and banishment, 290.
Returns to Italy after two years,
absence, 291. Outline of his
tragedy, entitled "Myrrha," 292.
Accompanies the countess of
Albany to Paris, and establishes
himself there, 293. Betakes
himself to writing the memoirs
of his life, 294. Remarks on his
translation of the Æneid, 295.
Driven from France by the revolution
of 1791, 296. Returns
to Florence with the countess of
Albany, 297. His translation of
"Sallust," an excellent specimen
of style, 293. At the age of forty-six,
applies himself with ardour
to the study of the Greek language,
299. His melancholy increased
by the irritation caused
by political events, 300. His last
illness and death, in the fifty-sixth
year of his age, 301. Translation
from a sonnet, in which he describes
his own person, 302.
Alfonso, duke of Ferrara, I. 207.
Allegri, Francesco, I. 145.
Alphonso X., his zeal for literature;
his poetry, III. 11.
Alphonso XI., his poems, III. 12.
Amalasunta, the Gothic queen of
Spain, III. 3.
Andrea, prince of Hungary, I. 91.
Angelo, Michael, I. 34.
Angulo, doctor Gregorio de, III.
201.
Antiquário, Jacopo, I. 165.
Aquinas, Thomas, I. 9.
Archimedes, II. 3.
Aretino, I. 11.
Ariosto, Ludovico, his birth, parentage,
and early education, I.
196. Composes a drama on the
story of Pyramus and Thisbe,
197. Becomes eminent among his
contemporaries for the critical
skill with which he elucidated
obscure passages in Horace and
Ovid, 198. The golden age of his
life shortened by the death of his
father, 199. Obliged, at the age
of four and twenty, to turn from
quiet to active duties, and exchange
Homer for waste books
and ledgers, 200. Remarks on
his satires, 201. Courted, admired,
applauded, and of course envied,
in the first circle of Italian
society, both for his conversation,
his learning, and his poetry, 202.
Remarks on his work, entitled
"Astolpho's Journey to the
Moon," 203. Remarks on his
"Orlando Furioso," 204. Sent by
the duke of Ferrara, as ambassador
to Rome, to pacify the wrath of
Julius II., 205. His second embassy
to Rome, and uncourteous reception
from the pontiff, 206. Singular
manner in which the duke
retaliates for the indignity shown
to himself and his representative,
207. Causes for the principal
interruptions in his literary labours,
208. Refuses to accompany
the cardinal Hippolito to
visit his archbishopric in Segovia,
209. His whimsical letter to his
brother Alessandro on the subject,
212. Persuaded to enter
into the service of the duke of
Ferrara, 217. His literary pursuits
retarded by his struggles
against the solicitudes, discomforts,
and mortifications of narrow
and precarious circumstances,
218. His curious reasons
for not taking priest's orders, 219.
Is patronised by Leo X., 219. His
own account of Leo's ingratitude,
220. Extracts from his satires,
222. His description of his visit
to Rome, and his specious reception
by Leo, 223. Further extracts
from his satires, 224. Simple,
yet facetious, style of his
fables, 225. Appointed to the
government of Graffagnana, a
mountainous district, lying between
Modena and Lucca, 226.
Story of a rencontre with some
of his uncouth neighbours, 227.
Extract from his Fifth Satire, 229.
Invited to accept a third embassy
to Rome, 230. His reason for
refusing, as given in the Seventh
Satire, 231. After three years,
being released from the cares of
his government, he returns with
entire devotion of his time and
talents to the "Sacred College of
the Muses," 232. Anecdote,
characteristic at once of his
phlegm and his acuteness in his
art, 233. Critique on his Seven
Satires, 233. His last illness and
death, 234. His person and character,
236. No poet of any age
has more inseparably identified
his conception with his language,
238. Impossibility of translating
them, 239. Anecdote of, 241.
Whimsical peculiarities of his
personal habits, 242. His last
hours, 243. Monuments to his
memory, 244. Remarks on his
works in general, 245. Review
of his "Orlando Furioso," 250.
Immoral tendency of his writings, 254.
Aristotle, II. 5.
Attila the Hun, I. 2.
Audibert de Noves, I. 68.
Ayala, III. 12.
B.
Barbariccia, I. 15.
Barbato, the chancellor of the king
of Naples, I. 120.
Bardi, cavalier de, I. 6.
Barlaam, Bernardo, I. 91.
Barreto, Pedro, governor of Sofala,
III. 323.
Barrili, Giovanni, I. 120.
Basseville, Hugh, II. 314.
Bazan, Don Alvaro, III. 113.
Beatrice Portinari, I. 6.
Bella, the mother of Dante, I. 2.
Bellarmine, cardinal, II. 33.
Bembo, Bernardo, I. 35.
Bembo, cardinal, I. 204.
Benavides, don Diego de, III. 141.
Bene, Sennucio del, I. 90.
Benedict XII., pope, I. 89.
Bermudez, Geronimo, a monk of
the order of St. Dominic, author
of the first original tragedy published
in Spain, III. 97.
Berni, Francesco, his birth and
early life, I. 188. Notice of his
writings, 189.
Bianchi, I. 18.
Bibbiena, cardinal, I. 188.
Boccaccio, Giovanni di, his birth
and parentage, I. 116. His early
education, 117. His sensations
on visiting the tomb of Virgil,
119. His first meeting with Petrarch,
120. His own account of
his attachment to the lady Mary,
natural daughter of Robert, king
of Naples, 121. Description of
her person, 122. Outline of his
poem, entitled "Filocopo," 123.
The first to render the ottava
rima familiar to the Italians, 124.
Obliged to return to Florence,
125. The "Decameron," a
model of the Tuscan dialect, 125.
Writes his "Ameto," a composition
of mingled prose and verse,
the first of the kind, 126. Returns
to Naples on his father's
second marriage, 126. His description
of the plague in Florence,
129. His works preached
against and prohibited by Salvanorola,
130. Returns to Florence
on the death of his father.
Commencement of his intimacy
with Petrarch, 131. Sent on
various embassies, 132. His political
negotiations, 133. His
letter to Petrarch, expressing his
regret and disappointment on his
having taken up his abode at
Milan, under the protection of
Giovanni Visconti, 133. Petrarch's
moderate answer, 134.
Popularity of the "Decameron,"
134. His disinterested love of
letters, and extraordinary efforts
to create and diffuse a knowledge
of the Greek language and
writers, 135. Spends large sums
of money in the acquisition of
ancient manuscripts, 136. Anecdote
illustrative of his anxiety
for the possession of them, 136.
His unwearied and successful
labour in the cause of Hellenic
literature, 137. Obtains a decree
from the Florentine government
for the erection of a Greek professorship
in their university, 138.
Beneficial change in moral habits
brought about by the admonitions
and example of Petrarch,
138. The work begun by Petrarch,
achieved by a singular
circumstance, 139. His letter to
Petrarch on the subject, 140.
Adopts the clerical dress, and
endeavours to suppress those
writings which scandalised the
pious, 142. Retreats from Florence,
and takes up his abode at
the castle of Certaldo, 143. Brief
review of his later works, 144.
Appointed, on two occasions, ambassador
to pope Urban V., 145.
His letter to Petrarch, describing
his visit to the daughter and son-in-law
of that poet, 146. Retires
to the quiet of Certaldo, where
he busies himself in the publication
of his work of the "Genealogy
of the Gods," 147. Appointed
by the Florentine government
to the professorship for
the public explanation of the
"Divina Commedia," 148. His
last illness and death, 149.
Bojardo, Matteo Maria, his birth,
parentage, and early life, I. 181.
His marriage and death, 182.
Abstract of the story of his
"Orlando Innamorato," 183.
Boniface, pepe, VIII., I. 66.
Borgia, Cæsar, his early life, I. 265.
His remorseless cruelty, 267.
His conversations with Machiavelli,
268. Anecdote characteristic
of his system of government,
279.
His downfal, 281. His
imprisonment and death, 284.
Boscan Almogaver, Mosen Juan,
the first Spanish poet who introduced
the Italian style, III. 21.
Outline of his life, 22. Circumstances
which induced him to introduce
the Italian style, 23.
His translation of Castiglione's
"Libro del Cortigiano," 24. Commencement
of his friendship with
Diego de Mendoza, 25. Translation
of his epistles in imitation
of Horace, 26. His death, 32.
His person, 33. Review of his
writings, 34.
Boutervek, III. 8.
Bowring, Dr. his translation of the
Spanish Cancionero, III. 9.
Bozzole, Federigo da, II. 66.
Bracciolini, Poggio, I. 151.
Brossana, Francesco, I. 105.
Bruni, Leonardo, I. 18.
Bruno, Giordano, II. 4.
Bubwith, Nicholas, bishop of Bath,
I. 8.
Bulgarelli, Marianna, the prima
donna, II. 191. Her friendship
for Metastasio, 192. Her death,
198.
Buondelmonte, Zanobi, I. 304.
Burchiello, the word "burlesque"
derived from his name and the
style of his writings, I. 180.
Burney, Dr., his account of his
visit to Metastasio in 1772, II. 210.
C.
Cabassoles, Philip de, bishop of
Cavaillon, his intimacy with Petrarch,
I. 83.
Cabral, Antonio, III. 324.
Cabral, Fernando Alvares, III. 311.
Cacciaguida, I. 2.
Caccini, his personal attack upon
Galileo from the pulpit, II. 31.
Cassalpinus, Andrew, the celebrated
botanist, II. 3.
Cæsarini, Virginio, II. 37.
Caffarelli, general, II. 375.
Calderon, don Pedro, his birth,
parentage, and early education,
III. 279. His fame established as a
poet, 280. Enters the military service
at the age of five and twenty,
280. Summoned to court by a
royal order, for the sake of writing
a drama for a palace festival,
281. Quits the army, and becomes
a priest, 281. His death
and character, 282. Review of
his writings, 283.
Calistus II., pope, I. 169.
Caloria, Tommaso, I. 87.
Caluso, the abatte, II. 274.
Camara, Ruy Diaz de, III. 327.
Camerlingo, cardinal, II. 163.
Camoens, Vasco Perez de, his birth
and parentage, III. 296. Extract
from his "Lusiad," 299. Translation
of a sonnet in commemoration
of that attachment which
shed a disastrous influence over
the rest of his life, 303. Compared
with Petrarch, 304. Dr.
Southey's translation of one of
his sonnets, 306. His exile, 307.
Mutilated in the wars of his
country, but receives neither reward
nor preferment, 310. His
pathetic description of his friend
Noronha's exile, 312. Offers to
serve as a volunteer, and accompanies
Vasconcellos in his expedition
against the Mahometans,
315. Suspected of composing another
satire; arrested, and banished
to China, 316. Retires
from the details of business, to
pursue his poetical occupations,
317. Obtains leave to return to
Goa; is wrecked at the mouth
of the Mecon, 315. Pursues his
voyage to Goa, where he is received
by the viceroy with kindness
and distinction, 320. Extracts
from the seventh canto of
the "Lusiad," 321. His poem commemorating
the death of Caterina
d'Atayde, 322. Accompanies
Baretto, when he was appointed
governor of Sofala, 323. Returns
to Portugal, 324. Political
state of the country disadvantageous
to him, 325. Writes the
"Parnasso de Luis Camoens,"
325. A pension of 15,000 reis
granted to him, 326. His illness
and poverty, 327. His interview
with the cavalier Camara, 328.
His death, 329. His person, 329.
Review of his life, 330. Review
of his writings, 332.
Campaldino, the battle of, I. 14.
Camporese, the renowned philosopher,
II. 189.
Cancionero, the, III. 9.
Canigiani, Eletta, the mother of
Petrarch, I. 61.
Caprona, the siege of, I. 15.
Carafa, Federigo, III. 41.
Carnescecchi, Pietro, II. 81.
Caro, Rodrigo, III. 83.
Casavecchia, Filippo, I. 296.
Castañeda, Gabrièl de, III. 133.
Castelli, Benedetti, II. 28.
Castillano, Diego, III. 138.
Castillejo, Cristoval, III. 93. Specimen
of his style, 94.
Cavalcanti, Guido, I. 19.
Cavalcanti, Mainardo de', I. 134.
Caza, Francesco della, I. 263.
Celsi, Lorenzo, doge of Venice, I.
105.
Cervantes, III. 120. His birth and
parentage; little known of his
early life, 123. Enters a student
in the university of Salamanca,
124. His poems published at
Madrid, 125. Leaves Madrid in
the service of cardinal Acquaviva,
125. Visits Rome; changes
the whole course of his life; and
volunteers to be a soldier, 126.
His services during the Turkish
war, 127. Wounded in the battle
of Lepanto, 128. Receives an
increase of pay, and is passed
into a company of the tercio of
Figueroa, 128. Visits Rome, Florence,
Venice, Bologna, Naples,
and Palermo, 129. Taken prisoner
by an Algerine squadron
on his return to Spain, 130. Interesting
details of his captivity,
131. Makes several attempts to
regain his liberty, 133. Detected
in planning his escape; is sentenced
to the bastinado, 137.
His courage and heroism excite
the respect of the friars of the
Order of Mercy, who resided at
Algiers for the purpose of treating
for the ransom of the Christian
captives, 139. Ransomed for
500 golden ducats, and left free
to return to Spain, 140. Determines
to refute certain calumnies
of which he was the object, 141.
Returns to his native land depressed
by poverty, and obscured
by want, 142. Becomes again a
soldier by profession, 143. First
appears as an author in the year
1584, 144. His marriage with
donna Catilina de Palacios y
Salazar, 145. Commences writing
for the theatre; endeavours to
rectify the deficiencies of the
stage and scenery, 146. Accepts
the situation of commissary, and
sets out with his family for Seville,
147. His office abolished;
he becomes the agent to various
municipalities, corporations, and
wealthy individuals, 148. During
his distasteful employment at
Seville, acquires the bitter view
of human affairs displayed in
Don Quixote, 149. Translation
of his verses to the monument of
the kings at Seville, 150. Various
annoyances which he suffered
in his financial occupations
at Seville, 151. Anecdote, displaying
the style in which justice
was carried on in Spain, 152.
Removes with his family to Valladolid,
153. His poverty the great
and clinging evil of his life, 153.
His letter to his uncle during his
imprisonment at La Mancha, 154.
Writes "Don Quixote" during his
imprisonment, 155. Fails in his
attempt to introduce himself to
the duke of Lerma, 156. Difficulties
which he encounters in
publishing "Don Quixote," 157.
The "Buscapié" attributed to
him, 158. Success of "Don Quixote"
excites the enmity of the
men of letters of his day, 160.
Suspected of murder, and thrown
with his entire family into prison,
162. Is set at liberty, 162.
Publishes his "Voyage to Parnassus,"
164. Anecdote, showing
the high esteem in which "Don
Quixote" was held, 165. Brings
cut his "Twelve Tales," which
raises yet higher his character
as an author, 167. His portrait
of himself, in his preface to the
"Twelve Tales," 168. His account
of the origin of the Spanish
drama, and the amelioration
that he in his younger days introduced,
169. Publishes his
"Persiles and Sigismunda," and
the second part of "Don Quixote,"
170. His dedication of it
to the count of Lemos, 171. His
last illness, 172. His interview
with the student of Toledo, 173.
His farewell letter to the count
of Lemos, 174. His death, in the
sixty-ninth year of his age, 174.
His character, 174. Brief review
of his works, 175. Extract
from his "Numantia," 176. Extract
from the comedy of "Life
in Algiers," 178. Extract from
his "Voyage to Parnassus," 184.
Cetina, III. 93.
Charlemagne, I. 2.
Charles of Valois, I. 20.
Chiabrera, Gabbriello, his birth,
parentage, and early education,
II. 163. Enters into the service
of cardinal Camerlingo, 163.
Writes some odes in imitation of
Pindar; makes the Greek lyrical
poets his models, 164.
Wishes to transfuse the spirit of
the Greeks into the Italian language,
165. Style of his poetry,
166. Specimen of his serious
style, as translated by Wordsworth,
166. His death and character, 168.
Chiaramonte, Scipio, II. 44.
Chrysoloras, Emanuel, I. 151.
Ciani, a Carthusian monk; his visit
to Boccaccio, I. 139.
Clement VI., pope, I. 89.
Colombe, Lodovico delle, II. 28.
Colonna, Giacomo, commencement
of his friendship with Petrarch,
I. 66.
Colonna, cardinal, I. 73.
Colonna, Vittoria, her birth, parentage,
and marriage, II. 77.
Her letter to her husband during
his imprisonment, 78. Her grief
at his death, 79. Extracts from
her poems, 80. Her death, 81.
Conrad III., emperor, I. 2.
Consalvo, the Spanish general, I. 284.
Convennole, I. 63.
Copernicus, II. 7.
Correggio, Azzo, I. 87.
Coutinho, Miguel Rodriguez, III.
321.
Couto, Diogo de III. 324.
D.
Dante Alighieri, his parentage, I.
1. Born in the spring of 1265, 2.
Fable concerning his birth, 3.
Extracts from his "Paradiso,"
and his "Inferno," 4. His early
education, 5. Enters upon his
noviciate at a convent of the
Minor Friars, but withdraws before
the term of probation was
ended, 6. Story of his early love
for Beatrice, 7. Pursues his
studies in the universities of
Padua, Bologna, and Paris, 8.
Supposed to have visited Oxford,
8. High estimation in which
his works were held in England,
9. His progress in the schools
of divinity and philosophy, 9.
His marriage with Madonna
Gemma, 10. Style of his poetry,
11. His domestic discomforts,
12. His character as a citizen, a
soldier, and a magistrate, 13.
Serves among the cavalry in the
battle of Campaldino, 14. His
extraordinary valour during that
engagement; his allusion to it
in Canto XII. of the "Inferno,"
15. Is again in the field
at the siege of Caprona, 15. Extract
from Canto XXI. of the
"Inferno," alluding to this action,
16. Traditional account of
his embassies to the courts of
Hungary, Naples, and France,
16. Chosen in the year 1300, by
the suffrages of the people, chief
prior of his native city, 17. His
endeavours to put down the factions
of the Bianchi and Neri,
18. Appeals to the people at
large to support the executive
government, 19. Accused of partiality
to the Bianchi, 20. Undertakes
an embassy to Rome, to
solicit the good offices of the
pope towards pacifying his fellow
citizens without foreign interference,
21. Anecdote of, 21.
During his absence, his dwelling
demolished by the Neri, his property
confiscated, and a fine of
8000 lire decreed against him,
with banishment for two years,
22. Joins himself with the
Bianchi, who transfer their affections
to the Ghibelines, deeming
the adherents of the emperor
less the enemies of their country
than their adversaries, 23.
Withdraws
from the confederacy in
disgust, 23. Extract from his
"Del Paradiso," in allusion to
this subject, 24. Extract from
his "Purgatorio," 25. Endeavours
to obtain a reversal of his
unrighteous sentence, 25. Appeals
to Henry of Luxemburgh;
dedicates his political treatise,
entitled "De Monarchia," to
that prince, 26. A third decree
passed against him; he retires to
France, 27. Anecdotes of his
caustic humour, 28. Compared
with Marius, 29. His mental
sufferings during his nineteen
years' banishment, 30. His letter,
refusing the conditions offered
by the Florentine government,
31. His death, on the 14th
of September, 1321, 33. His
splendid funeral, 34. Monuments
raised to his memory, 35.
His confiscated property restored
to his family, 35. His memory
execrated, and his writings proscribed
by pope John XXII., 35.
His person, as described by Boccaccio,
37. Anecdote of, 38. His
family, 39. Notice of his writings,
40. Origin of the "Divina
Commedia," 42. Dramatic character
of the work, 44. Extract
from Canto X. of the "Inferno,"
46. His character as a man and
a poet, 54. Character of his
poetry, 58.
Demisiano, II. 15.
Demourier, General, II. 315.
Digby, Sir Kenelm, II. 11.
Donati, Corso, I. 12.
Donati Lucretia, I. 156.
Dramatists, the, of Spain, III. 95.
E.
Elia, the faithful servant of Alfieri,
II. 266.
Enriquez, Feliciano, III. 141.
Enzina, Juan, style of his writing,
III. 17. Translation of one of his
songs, 18.
Ercilla, don Alonzo de, III. 103.
His birth, parentage, and early
education, 103. Appointed page
to prince Philip, 104. Leaves the
personal service of the prince to
join the expedition sent against
the Araucanos, an Indian tribe,
in South America, which had
risen against Spain, 106. His
account of the expedition, 107.
Narrowly escapes an early and
disastrous end, 108. Leaves Chili
in disgust, without having been
duly rewarded for his services,
110. Proceeds to the Terceiras,
and thence to Spain, 111. His
marriage, 111. Appointed chamberlain
to Maximilian, 112.
Anecdote of, 112. Only known in
the literary world by his poem,
"La Araucana," 113. Critique
on his poem, 114.
Espinel, Vicente, his birth and
parentage, III. 239. His death,
240.
Este, cardinal Hippolito d', I. 203.
Anecdote illustrative of his cruelty, 209.
Esto, Bianca d', II. 76.
Exarch, Onofrio, III. 138.
Ezpeleta, don Gaspar de, III. 161.
F.
Fabricius, John, II. 25.
Fabbroni, II. 10.
Faggiuolo, signori della, I. 28.
Faliero, Marino, doge of Venice, I. 105.
Falucci, the conti, I. 28.
Fantoni, Sebastian, II. 51.
Farinelli, the singer, his friendship
for Metastasio, II. 209.
Farnese, Orazio, III. 62.
Fedele, Cassandra, II. 76. Her
death, 76.
Feliciana de Vega, III. 227.
Fermo, Oliverotto da, I. 266.
Ferranti, Pietro, I. 21.
Ferrara, Cieco da, his writings, I.
179.
Ferreira, Antonio, mentioned as
the classic poet of Portugal, III.
292. His death and character,
293. Style of his writings, 294.
Ficino, Marsiglio, I. 152. His birth
and early education, 159. Brief
review of his works, 160. His
death, in the sixty-sixth year of
his age, 161.
Figueroa, don Lope, III. 127.
Filicaja, Vincenzo da; his birth,
parentage, and early education,
II. 180. His marriage, 181. His
enthusiastic piety, 181. His characteristics,
facil dignity, and
clearness, 182. Fills several law
offices of great power and emolument,
183. His death, in the
sixty-fifth year of his age, 184.
Foscarinus, Paul Anthony, II. 51.
Foscolo, Ugo, his birth and parentage,
II. 354. His early education,
355. Resolves to follow the steps
of Alfieri, and to acquire fame as
a tragedian; produces his drama
of "Thyestes" at the early age
of nineteen, 356. Political allusions
that gave it its chief interest,
357. Extracts from his
work, entitled "Letters of Jacopo
Ortis," 358. Leaves Venice,
and takes the road to Tuscany,
360. Pursues his way to Milan,
the then capital of the Cisalpine
republic, 361. His indignation at
the sentence passed by the great
council against the Latin language,
362. Falls in love with a
young lady of Pisa, 362. His attachment
not fortunate; he suffers
all the throes of disappointment
and grief, 363. Becomes an
officer in the Lombard legion,
363. His bravery during the
siege of Geneva, 364. His letter
to Napoleon, 364. Returns to Milan
after the battle of Marengo,
365. Increases his fame by the
publication of his "Last Letters
of Jacopo Ortis," 365. Outline
of the piece, 366. Its success
immediate and striking, 369.
His person, as described by Pecchio,
369. Anecdotes of, 370.
Publishes an oration to Bonaparte,
371. Its style forcible and
rhetorical, 372. Enters on the
study of the Greek language;
undertakes the translation of
Sterne's "Sentimental Journey,"
373. His egotistical account of
his own singularities, 374. Undertakes
to make a new edition
of the military works of Montecucoli,
with notes, 375. Writes
his "Ode on Sepulchres;" outline
of the poem, 376. Publishes
his translation of the first book of
the Iliad, 377. Installed professor
in the university of Pavia, 377.
His introductory oration on the
origin and use of letters, 378.
Retreats from the university, to
the seclusion of the Lake of
Como, 378. Commences his
"Ode to the Graces," 379. Political
tendency of his writings,
380. Submits to an exile from
Milan, and again visits Tuscany,
381. Style of his writings in
general, 382. Resumes his military
duties; promoted to the
rank of colonel, 384. His conversation
with Pecchio; leaves
Italy in disguise, and takes refuge
in Switzerland, 385. Repairs
to England, and is received
with open arms by the Whig
party, 386. Ceases to be a lion,
and retires to the neighbourhood
of St. John's Wood, near the Regent's
Park, 387. Supports himself
chiefly by writing for the Quarterly
Review, 387. Outline of
his tragedy of "Ricciarda," 388.
Delivers a course of lectures on
Italian literature, 389. Obliged
to provide for daily necessity, by
writing for various reviews and
magazines, 390. His illness, 391.
His death, 392. His character
and literary merits, 393.
Francesca, daughter of Petrarch,
I. 106.
Frangipani, I. 1.
Franzesi, don Juan, III, 62.
Fuccarius, II. 13.
G.
Gærtner, II. 15.
Gassendi, II. 15.
Galileo, the history of his life and
labours, pregnant with a peculiar
interest to the general reader, as
well as the philosopher, II. 1.
His birth and parentage, 2. His
early years spent in the construction
of instruments and pieces of
machinery, which were calculated
chiefly to amuse himself and his
schoolfellows, 2. Music, drawing,
and painting, the occupations
of his leisure hours, 3. Papers
from the elementary works of
geometry to the writings of Archimedes,
3. Writes an essay on
the hydrostatical balance, 3. Engaged
to investigate the centre
of gravity in solid bodies, 4.
Appointed lecturer on mathematics
at Pisa, 4. His reiterated
and successful attacks against the
followers and doctrines of Aristotle,
5. Resigns his professorship
at Pisa, and is appointed to
fill the chair of mathematics in
the university of Padua, 6.
Obliged to add to his income by
the labours of his pen, 6. His
own account of his conversion to
the Copernican system of philosophy,
7. Teaches the Ptolemaic
out of compliance with the popular
feeling, after he had convinced
himself of the truth of
the Copernican doctrines, 8. His
reputation widely extended over
Europe, 9. Completes the first
period of his engagement at
Padua, and is re-elected for other
six years with an increased
salary of 320 florins, 9. His observations
on the new star, which
attracted the notice of astronomers
in 1604, 10. Again appointed
to the professorship at
Padua, with an augmented stipend
of 520 florins, 10. His attention
occupied with the examination
of the properties of the
loadstone, 10. In 1607, he first
directs his telescope to the heavens,
11. Solicited by Cosmo de'
Medici to return to Padua, 12.
The professorship conferred on
him for life, and his salary raised
to 1000 florins, 13. Invents that
form of telescope which still
bears his name, 14. Interest
which the exhibition of the
telescope excited at Venice, 15.
The first celestial object to which
he applied it, was the moon, 15.
His observations on the moon,
16. His examination of the fixed
stars and the planets, 17. His
discovery of the Medicean stars,
18. Dedicated his work, entitled
the "Sidereal Messenger," to
Cosmo de' Medici, 19. Reception
which his discoveries met
with, 20. Resigns his professorship
at Padua, and takes up his
residence at Florence as philosopher
and principal mathematician
to the grand duke of Tuscany, 21.
The first and sole discoverer of
Jupiter and satellites, 22. Excites
the curiosity of astronomers by
the publication of his first
enigma, 23. Visits Rome, where
he is received with honour by
princes, cardinals, and prelates,
24. Erects his telescope in the
Quirinal Gardens, 24. His solar
observations, 26. Publishes his
discourse on floating bodies,
chiefly remarkable as a specimen
of the sagacity and intellectual
power of its author, 28. His
discoveries place him at the
head of the great men of his age,
29. His letter to his friend and
pupil, the abbé Castelli, to prove
that the Scriptures were not
intended to teach us science
and philosophy, 31. Publishes a
longer letter, of seventy pages, defending
and illustrating his former
views respecting the influence
of scriptural language on
the two contending systems, 32.
Summoned before the inquisition,
to answer for the heretical
doctrines which he published, 33.
Acquitted on condition that he
renounced the obnoxious doctrines,
and pledged himself that
he would neither teach, defend,
nor publish them in future, 33.
His controversial discussion at
Rome, 34. Discovers a method
of finding the longitude at sea,
35. Unable, from illness, to partake
in the general interest excited
by the three comets, which
visited our system in 1618, 36.
Replies to the attack of Oratio
Grassi, in a volume entitled "Il
Saggiatore," 37. Undertakes a
journey to Rome, to congratulate
his friend Barberini upon his
elevation to the papal chair, 38.
Endeavours to bespeak the good
will of the cardinal towards the
Copernican system, 39. His
theory of the tides, 40. Ties
which bound him to the Romish
hierarchy, 41. Publishes a work,
demonstrating the Copernican
system, 42. Influence of this
work on the public mind, 43.
Summoned a second time before
the inquisition, 45. His trial, 46.
His defence, 47. Sentence of the
court, 49. His abjuration of his
doctrines, 50. The sentence of
abjuration read at several universities,
and his friends and his
disciples summoned to witness
the public degradation of their
master, 52. Returns to Tuscany,
58. His melancholy and indisposition,
53. Obtains leave from
the pope to return to Florence,
54. Publishes his "Dialogues on
Local Motion," 55. Discovers
the moon's diurnal liberation, 55.
Becomes totally blind, 56. Renieri
undertakes to arrange and
complete his observations and
calculations, 57. His death, 58.
The inquisition disputes his
right of making a will, and of
being buried in consecrated
ground, 58. His character as a
man of science, and as a member
of the social circle, 60. His
person, 61.
Gamba, Marina, II. 10.
Gano, of Mayence, I. 170.
Garcia Sanchez, remarks on his
poetry, III. 13.
Garibay, Esteban de, III. 162.
Gavasa, Alberto, III. 231.
Geraldi, Cinthio, I. 28.
Giacomo, king of Majorca, I. 147.
Gil, Juan, III. 140.
Gilbert, Dr., II. 11.
Giovanni, queen of Naples, I. 91.
Goldoni, Carlo, his birth and parentage,
II. 213. His predilection
for the drama, 214. Placed at
school at Perugia, 215. Taken
by his father to Rimini, to pursue
his studies under a celebrated
professor, 216. Leaves Rimini
with a company of strolling
comedians, 217. Arrives at
Chiozza; his dislike to the medical
profession, 218. Repairs to
Venice to study law under his
uncle, 219. Enters the university
of Pavia, 220. Expelled the
college for writing a satire; accompanies
his father to Udine,
where he studies law under an
eminent advocate, 221. Proceeds
to Modena to pursue his
legal studies, 222. His letter to
his parents, declaring his resolve
of entering the order of Capuchin
monks, 223. Returns to Chiozza,
cured of every wish to shut himself
up in a cloister, 223. Appointed
to a situation under government,
224. His account of
his first love, 224. Enters the profession
of barrister at Venice,
225. Incident which occurred to
destroy his prospects, 226. Leaves
Venice; obtains letters of introduction
at Milan, 227. Failure
of his opera, entitled "Amalasunta,"
228. Appointed gentleman
in the palace of signor
Bartolini, 229. Dismissed from
his situation; sets out for Modena,
where his mother resided,
230. Attacked by robbers on his
journey, 231. Installed poet to
the theatrical company at Venice;
success of his "Belisarius," 232.
Accompanies the manager to
Genoa and Florence, 233. His
marriage, 233. Commences his
long meditated reform of the
Italian theatre, 234. Obtains the
Genoese consulship at Venice,
235. Embarks for Bologna; his
journey full of accidents by flood
and field, 236. Returns to Rimini,
237. Becomes a pleader
once again, and for three years
practices at the Pisan bar, 238.
Outline of his tragedy, entitled
"La Donna di Garbo," 239. His
drama on the subject of Richardson's
novel of "Pamela," 240.
Writes sixteen comedies in the
course of one season, 241. His
illness occasioned by his extraordinary
exertion, 242. Becomes
the censor of the manners and
satirist of the follies of his country,
242. Outline of his comedies,
243. Invited to Rome during
the carnival, 244. Receives an
offer from the French court of an
engagement for two years, on
very advantageous terms, 245.
His debût as an author in the
French capital, 246. His death,
in the eighty-fifth year of his
age, 246.
Gongora, don Luis de, III. 243. His
birth, parentage, and early education,
243. His death, in the
sixty-sixth year of his age, 244.
His person, 245. Specimen of
his style, 246. Lope de Vega,
essay upon him and his system,
248.
Gonzaga, cardinal, I. 35.
Gori, Francesco, II. 278.
Grassi, Oratio, II. 37.
Gravina, Vincenzo, the celebrated
jurisconsult, II. 185.
Grazia, M. Vincenzo di, II. 28.
Gualdo, Paolo, II. 14.
Guarini, Battista, his birth, parentage,
and early education, II.
82. Named counsellor and secretary
of state by Alfonso, duke of
Ferrara, 83. Sent by him to negotiate
his election to the Polish
throne; his letter to his wife on
the subject, 83. His letter to a
friend on the subject of his "Pastor
Fido," 87. Extract from Fanshawe's
translation of the poem,
the "Pastor Fido," the principal
monument of his poetic genius,
88. Review of the poem looked
on as second only to Tasso among
the poets of the age, 91. Returns
to his post at court; sent on a
mission to Umbria and Milan, 92.
His pecuniary difficulties and
domestic afflictions; leaves Ferrara
privately and in haste, 93.
Establishes himself at Florence,
where he is honourably received
by the grand duke Ferdinand, 94.
His irascible temper, 94. His
death, in the seventy-fifth year
of his age, 95.
Gubbio, Busone da, I. 27.
Guevara, Antonio de, III. 147.
Guicciardini, Francesco, his birth
and parentage, II. 63. At an
early age takes a doctor's degree
in law; and is appointed by the
government to read the Institute
in the university of Florence, 61.
His marriage, 64. Sent by the
republic as ambassador to Ferdinand,
king of Aragon, 65.
Sent to receive the pope at Cortona,
65. Named by the pope
consistorial advocate, also governor
of Reggio and Modena,
66. Prudence, firmness, and
severity, the characteristics of
his administration, 67. Named
lieutenant general of the pontifical
army in the ecclesiastical
states, 67. Enters, with all the
zeal of personal resentment, into
the cause of the Medici, 69.
Named by the pope governor of
Bologna, 70. Retires from the
government on the death of Clement
VII., 71. Withdraws himself
from public life, and retires
to his country seat at Montici,
72. Solicited by Paul III. to leave
his retreat, and to enter again on
public life, 73. His death, 73.
His person and character, 74.
Guiducci, Marco, an astronomer of
Florence, II. 36.
H.
Halam, Robert, bishop of Salisbury,
I. 8.
Harrington, Sir John, the first
English translator of Ariosto, I.
216.
Harriot, Thomas, II. 22.
Herrera, Fernando date of his birth
and family unknown, III. 83. Critique
on his poetry; list of his
prose works, 84. His "Ode to
Sleep," 87.
Hohenzoller, cardinal, II. 38.
Hoyos, Juan Lopez de, III. 124.
Hugh de Sâde, I. 68.
Huygens, Constantine, II. 57.
I.
Immola, Benvenuta da, I. 2.
Isotta of Padua, II. 76.
Istria, count Capo d', II. 392.
Isunza, Pedro, III. 148.
Ivaldi, don, II. 251.
J.
Jane, queen of Naples, I. 125.
Jansen, the inventor of the Dutch
telescope, II. 13.
John I. of Aragon, III. 6.
John of Florence, canon of Pisa, I.
65.
John II. of Aragon, his love of
poetry and learning secure him
the affections of his adherents;
and, in the midst of civil commotion,
despite his deficiency of
resolution, gathers round him a
court faithful to his cause, and
civilised by its love of letters, III.
12.
John XXII., pope, II. 101.
Jordí, Mosen Jordi de Sant, the
first and best known of the Spanish
troubadours, III. 6.
Jovius, Paul, I. 257.
Julius II., pope, I. 264.
K.
Kepler, II. 19.
L.
Labadini, Lazzaro, II. 169.
Landino, Christofero, I. 152.
Latini, Brunetto, tutor to Dante, I.
4.
Laura de Sâde, her first meeting
with Petrarch, I. 68. Her death,
95.
Leon, Luis Ponce de, his birth,
parentage, and education, III. 71.
Style of his writings, 72. Made
doctor of theology by the university
of Salamanca, 72. Elected
to chair of St. Thomas, 72. Confined
in a dungeon of the inquisition
for translating the
Scriptures into the vulgar tongue,
73. Translation of his "Ode to
the Virgin," composed during
his imprisonment, 74. Liberated
at the end of five years, and
restored to all his honours and
employments, 76. His death, in
the sixty-fourth year of his age,
76. His person, 76. His amiable
character, 77. Brief review of
his writings, 78. Mr. Wiffen's
translation of his "Ode on the
Moorish Invasion," 79.
Lippa Ariosta, I. 196.
Lobeira, Vasco, author of the first
romance of chivalry, III. 10.
Louis of Bavaria, I. 133.
Lima, Simon Freire de, III. 151.
Luna, don Juan de, III. 61.
M.
Machiavelli, Niccolo, his birth and
parentage, I. 257. Placed as
secretary under Marcellus Virgil,
258. Elected chancellor of the second
court, 259. Named secretary
of the Council of Ten, 259. His
missions to various sovereigns and
states, 259. Convulsed state of
Italy at this period, 260. His mission
to Caterina Sforza, 262. His
letters to the state during this
and all his other missions, 262.
The great doubt that clouds his
character, regards the spirit in
which he wrote the "Prince,"
263. Accused of being the confidant
of Cæsar Borgia in his
plots, 264. Sent by the Florentine
government to the duke of
Imola, 267. His letter to his
government on the subject of
his mission, 268. His letter to
the signoria of Florence, 269.
His minute details of his conversations
with Borgia, 270. His
unsuccessful solicitations to be
recalled, 271. His efforts to discover
Borgia's secret views, 272.
His letters to the government,
earnestly desiring to be recalled,
273. His letters, describing Borgia's
movements, 274. His account
of Borgia's treacherous
and cruel act of revenge, 276.
Expressions in his letter, characteristic
of Italian policy and
morals at that period, 277. Returns
to Florence, and is replaced
by an ambassador of more authority,
278. Outline of "The
Decenal," 278. Anecdote relating
to Borgia's system of government,
related in the "Prince," 279.
Sent on a legation to Rome, just
at the time of the downfal of
Cæsar Borgia, 280. His frequent
interviews with the fallen
prince, 282. His succeeding embassies,
284. Succeeds in persuading
the signoria of Florence
to form a native militia, 285. His
embassy to the emperor Maximilian,
286. His observations on
the state of Germany, 286. Employed
to convey to Mantua the
money composing a part of the
subsidy to the emperor, 287. His
letters during this mission disclose
a curious system of bribery
with regard to the minister of
Louis XII., 287. His interview
with the French king at Blois,
288. His letter, detailing the expedition
of the allies against the
republic, 289. Review of his
fourteen services, 290. His imprisonment,
and liberation, 291.
His letter to the Florentine ambassador,
292. Review of his
private correspondence, and his
other writings, 293. His letter
to Vettori, the Florentine ambassador,
294. Analysis of his
work, entitled the "Prince,"
298. Review of his "Essay on
the First Decade of Livy," and
his other works, 304. His despairing
letters to Vettori, 305.
His "Essay on the Reform of
the Government of Florence,"
written at the request of Leo X.,
306. His correspondence with
Francesco Guicciardini, the celebrated
historian, 307. Commences
his "History of Florence;"
receives a regular but
limited salary as historiographer,
from Clement VII., 308. Employed
to inspect the progress of
the fortification of Rome, 309.
Returns to Florence full of hope,
and is disappointed, 310. His
death, 311.
His person, ib.
Madonna Gemma, wife of Dante,
I. 10.
Malegucci, Sigismondo, I. 204.
Malespina, the marchese, I. 28.
Manrique, Jorge, remarks on his
poetry, III. 13.
Manrique, don Geronimo, grand
inquisitor, III. 193.
Manso, marquess of Villa, II. 159.
Manuel, don Juan, brief review of
his works, III. 12.
Maraffi, Luigi, II. 31.
Marcias, remarks on his poetry,
III. 13. His melancholy death.
Mariner, Vicente, III. 199.
Marini, Giambattista, his birth and
parentage, II. 174. Encouraged
by Tasso to pursue his poetic
career, 174. Publishes a volume
of lyrical poetry, which establishes
his fame, 175. His literary
quarrels, 176. Publishes his
"Adone" while at Paris; outline
of the story, 177. Returns
to Italy; is again involved in
literary squabbles, 178. His death,
in the fifty-sixth year of his age,
179.
Marmont, general, II. 318.
Marotto, Domenico, I. 227.
Mary, natural daughter of Robert,
king of Naples, I. 122.
Marzemedici, archbishop of Florence,
II. 28.
Mascheroni, Lorenzo, a celebrated
mathematician, II. 323.
Mathew Corvino, king of Hungary,
I. 160.
Matrapillo, Morato Raez, III. 138.
Mayer, Simon, II. 21.
Medici, Cosmo de', founder of the
Medicean library, I. 152.
Medici, Lorenzo de', his early life,
I. 152. Devotes most of his time
and fortune to the cultivation of
literature and the fine arts, 153.
Institutes a yearly celebration of
the anniversary of Plato's birth
and death, 153. His chief merit
derived from the revival of his
native language, 154. Commentary
on his first sonnets, 155.
Extract of a translation of one of
his sonnets, 156. Brief review of
his other poems, 157. His death,
at the early age of forty-four, 159.
Memmi, Simon, I. 84.
Mena, Juan de, the most renowned
of the early writers, III. 14. Review
of his works, 15. His death,
15. Extracts from his poems, 16.
Analysis of the "Labyrinto," 17.
Mendoza, don Diego Hurtado de,
his birth and parentage, III. 58.
His early education, 59. His
"Lazarillo de Tormes" declaratory
of the originality of his
genius, 59. Deputed by Charles
V. to attend the council of Trent,
60. Confirms the opinion already
entertained of his talents by a
learned and elegant oration, 60.
Sent as ambassador to Rome;
named governor and captain-general
of Siena, and ordered to
introduce a Spanish garrison, and
to build a citadel for its protection,
61. Becomes the object of universal
hatred by his haughty and
unfeeling conduct, 62. Repairs
to Rome, to influence the election
of a new pope, 62. Named
gonfaloniere of the church, 62.
Recalled from the government of
Siena to Spain, 63. His philosophical,
political, and poetical
works, 64. Shows himself an enthusiastic
lover of learning, and
a liberal patron of learned men,
64. Anecdote of, characteristic
of the vehemence of his temper,
65. His "History of the War of
the Moriscos in Granada," the
most esteemed of his prose works,
66. His death, 67. His character
and person, 68. Brief review of
his writings, 68.
Metastasio, Pietro, his birth and obscure
origin, II. 185. At an early
age attracts by his talents as improvisatore,
185. Writes a tragedy,
entitled "Giustino," at the
early age of fourteen, 186. Continues
to improvisare verse in
company, 187. Evils that result
to the intellect perpetually bent
on so exciting a proceeding, 188.
Sent to study at Magna Græcia,
189. Returns to Rome, and gives
himself up to the study of poetry,
189. Removes to Naples; determines
to give up poetry, and
to study the law, 190. Commanded
by the viceroy to write a
drama to celebrate the birthday
of the empress Elizabeth Christina;
success of the piece, 191.
Quits the law, and again devotes
himself to the Muses, 191. Receives
a commission to furnish
the Neapolitan theatre with an
opera for the carnival of 1724;
success of the piece, 192. Receives
a letter from prince Pio of
Savoy, inviting him to become
the court poet of Vienna, 193.
Fulfils his engagement of supplying
the Roman theatre with
two pieces for the carnival,
and makes his appearance at
Vienna, surrounded by the halo
of a recent triumph, 194. Appointed
treasurer to the province
of Cosenzo, worth annually
350 sequins, 195. His feelings
ingenuously expressed in his letters
to Marianna Bulgarelli, 196.
His letters to his brother on
hearing of her death, 198. Peculiar
merits of his poetry, and excellencies
of his dramas, 200. The
"Grazie agli inganni tuoi," and
the "Partenza," among the best
of his productions, 203. His ill
health attributed to change of
climate, 204. His life only to be
found in his letters, 205. His
letters to his brother, 207. His
enthusiastic friendship for Farinelli,
the singer, 208. His manner
of living at Vienna, 210. His
letter to Farinelli, 211. His
death, in the eighty-fourth year
of his age, 211.
Miranda, Saa de, a Portuguese
poet, born in 1494, and died in
1558; his connection with Spanish
poetry, III. 88.
Mirandola, Giovanni Pico della,
his birth and early education, I.
161. Character of his writings,
161. His death, in the thirty-second
year of his age, 162.
Moneada, don Miguel de, III. 127.
Mondejar, the marquis de, III. 41.
Montalvan, friend and disciple of
Lope de Vega, III. 189.
Monte, cardinal del, II. 4.
Montefalcone, Niccolo di, I. 147.
Montemayor, Jorge de; his birth
and parentage, III. 89. Establishes
his fame as an author, by
writing his "Diana," 89. Outline
and style of the poem, 90.
His death, 92.
Monti, Vincenzo, his birth and parentage,
II. 305. Anecdote of his
childhood, 306. His early education,
307. Gives up every
other pursuit, and dedicates himself
wholly to the cultivation of
literature and poetry, 308. Accompanies
cardinal Borghese to
Rome, 309. Want of political
integrity, and ready worship of
ruling powers, the great blot of
his character, 310. Continues
to cultivate his poetic tastes, 311.
Success of his tragedy entitled
"Aristodemo," 312. Outline of
the piece, 313. His marriage,
314. Celebrates the death of his
friend Basseville, in a poem entitled
"Basvilliana," 315. Outline
and style of the poem, 316.
Leaves Rome for Tuscany; his
familiar intercourse with general
Marmont, 318. Becomes a revolutionary
poet, 319. Appointed
to the survivorship of the professor's
chair at Brera, 321. Falls
into a deplorable state of destitution,
322. Celebrates his return
to his beloved Italy by a beautiful
hymn, 323. Outline of his
poem entitled "Mascheroniana,"
324. Appointed to a professorship
in the university of Pavia;
named court poet and historiographer,
326. Made cavalier of
the iron crown, member of the
Institute, and of the legion of
honour, 327. Celebrates the
event of Napoleon being crowned
king of Italy in a poem, entitled
"Il Benificio," 328. His poem
in celebration of the attempted
usurpation of the Spanish throne,
329. Remarks on his poem entitled
the "Sword of Frederic,"
331. His translation of Ceruti,
332. Writes, by command, a
cantata entitled "Mistico Omaggio,"
334. The marriage of his
daughter, one of the most fortunate
incidents of his life, 335.
His observations on the subject
of a reform of the national dictionary,
336. Extracts from his
letters to Mustoxidi on the subject,
336. To another friend, on
the same subject, 339. His
literary disputes with Mazza,
Cesarotti and Bettinelli terminate
in mutual friendship and
esteem, 341. His letter on the
subject of the classic and romantic
schools, 341. His letter
to his wife, 343. His letter to
his friend Mustoxidi, on the
death of his son-in-law, 347.
Publishes the last volume of his
"Proposta," 348. His last illness,
and death, in the seventy-fourth
year of his age, 349. His
public and private character, 350.
His person, 351.
Montoya, Luisa de, III. 162.
Mora, Rodrigo de, III. 127.
Mosti, Agostino, II. 153.
Muñoz, Fernando, III. 192.
Murtola, Gasparo, II. 175.
Mustoxidi, II. 333.
N.
Naharro, Bartolomé Torres, one of
the earliest Spanish dramatists,
III. 97. Mentioned by the editor
of Cervantes' comedies, as the
real inventor of the Spanish
drama, 98. His reforms in the
Spanish theatricals, 99.
Navagero, Andrea, III. 39.
Nasi, Alessandro, I. 287.
Negrete, doctor Juan de, III. 226.
Neri, I. 18.
Noronha, dom Alfonso de, III. 309.
Nozzolini, Ptolemy, II. 28.
O.
Obizzo III., marquis of Este, I.
196.
Oliva, Perez de, one of the earliest
Spanish dramatists, III. 96.
Orsino, Paolo, I. 246.
P.
Pacheco, Francisco, the celebrated
painter, III. 148.
Pachione, Philippo. I. 227.
Pajares, Alonso Diaz, III. 122.
Panizzi, Dr., I. 168.
Pastrengo, William da, I. 84.
Paul II., pope, I. 180.
Pedrosa, Luis, III. 138.
Pellicer, don Juan Antonio, III. 121.
Pellicer, don Joseph, III. 202.
Pepoli, Geronimo, II. 71.
Perticari, count, II. 336.
Perugini, Paolo, I. 120.
Petracco, Pietro, I. 23.
Petrarch, Francesco, his birth and
parentage, I. 61. His early life,
62. Sent to study at the university
of Montpellier, 63. Sent to
Bologna; makes considerable
progress in the study of the law,
64. Recalled to France by the
death of his father, 64. Abandons
the law, and devotes himself to
the clerical profession, 65. His
sedulous attention to dress, 65.
Becomes the favourite and companion
of the ecclesiastical and
lay nobles who form the papal
court, 65. Commencement of his
friendship with Giacomo Colonna,
66. His description of
Colonna, 67. His character, 67.
His first meeting with Laura de
Side, 68. Endeavours to merge
the living passion of his soul into
the airy and unsubstantial devotion
of Platonic attachment, 70.
His poetic life dated from the
time of his attachment to Laura,
71. His predilection for travelling,
72. Becomes an inmate in
the house of cardinal Colonna;
his unbounded ardour for acquiring
knowledge, 73. Visits
Paris; continues his travels
through Aix-la-Chapelle and Cologne,
74. Visits Rome; his sensations
on entering the eternal
city, 75. Leaves Italy, and travels
through Spain to Cadiz, and
northward as far as the sea-coast
of England, 76. Makes an excursion
to Mont Ventoux, one of
the highest mountains in Europe,
76. His letter to father Dionisio
Robertis, giving an account of
the expedition, 77. Retires to
Vaucluse, 78. His manner of life,
79. Extract from a translation of
one of the canzoni, as a specimen
of his style, 80. Character of his
mistress, 82. His intimacy with
Philip de Cabassoles, bishop of
Cavaillon, 83. His letter to Giacomo
Colonna, on his soliciting
him to go to Rome, 84. Receives
letters from the Roman senate
and the university of Paris, inviting
him to receive the laurel
crown of poetry; he decides in
favour of Rome, 85. Repairs to
Rome, and is crowned in the
capitol with great solemnity, in
presence of all the nobles and
high-born ladies of the city, 86.
Returns to Avignon; takes on
himself the office of barrister, and
pleads the cause of the Correggio,
against their enemies the Rossi,
before the pope, and succeeds in
obtaining a decision in their favour,
87. His grief on hearing
of the death of Thomas of Messina:
his extraordinary dream,
88. Named prior of Migliarino,
in the diocese of Pisa, 89. His
unabated love for Laura, 90. Applies
himself to Greek, under
Bernardo Barlaam, 91. Writes
his work entitled "The Secret of
Francesco Petrarca," 91. Sent as
ambassador to Naples, to establish
the papal claim, 92. Writes letters
full of encouragement to
Rienzi, the tribune, 93. Repairs
to his house at Parma; his extraordinary
dream, 94. His grief
on hearing of the death of Laura,
95. His record of her death, 95.
Gives large sums in charity for
the sake of her soul, and causes
many masses to be said for the
same purpose, 97. Receives a
decree of the Florentine republic,
reinstating him in his paternal
inheritance, together with letters
inviting him to accept of a professor's
chair in their university,
99. His letters to pope Clement
VI.; again solicited to accept the
lace of apostolic secretary, which
e again refuses, 100. His treatise
"On Solitary Life," 101.
Induced by the solicitations of
Giovanni Visconti to remain in
Milan, 102. His conversation
with the emperor Charles V., 102.
Sent to Vienna to negotiate a
peace, and afterwards sent to
Paris to congratulate John, 103.
His manner of life at Milan, 104.
His record of the death of his
son; takes up his abode at
Padua, 105. His writings compared
with those of Dante, 106.
His description of Laura's death,
107. Continues to interest himself
deeply in the political state of
his country, 109. His letter to
Boccaccio; his congratulatory
letter to Pope Urban V., 110. Is
seized with a violent illness on
his way to Rome, 111. His treatise,
entitled "On my own Ignorance
and that of others," 112.
His opinion of the "Decameron"
of Boccaccio, 113. His death,
114.
His will, 114.
Peraga, Bonaventura da, I. 114.
Petroni, Pietro, I. 139.
Pickler, Giovanni, II. 314.
Pietro, Francesco Santo, III. 127.
Pignoria, Lorenzo, II. 13.
Pineda, don Juan de, III. 108.
Pio, prince of Savoy, II. 193.
Pistolfo, M. Bonaventura, I. 230.
Pistoia, Cina da, I. 64.
Pletho, Gemisthus, I. 151.
Polenta, Guido Novello da, lord of
Ravenna, I. 29.
Politian, II. 15.
Poliziano, Angelo, his birth and
parentage, I. 162. Review of his
writings, 163. Appointed tutor
to the children of Lorenzo de'
Medici, 164. At the age of
twenty-nine appointed to the professorship
of Greek and Latin
eloquence in the university of
Florence, 165. His death, 167.
Porras, doctor Mathias, corregidor
of the province of Canta, in Peru,
III. 213.
Porta, Baptista, II. 14.
Portugal, early poets of, III. 288.
Pulci, Bernardo, remarks on his
works, I. 167.
Pulci, Luca, his works, I. 167.
Pulci, Luigi, style of his writings,
I. 168.
Extract from his "Morgante
Maggiore," 171. Outline of
the poem, 173.
Q.
Quarqualio, Luca, I. 159.
Querenghi, his letter to cardinal
D'Este, giving an account of
Galileo's controversial discussions
at Rome, III. 34.
Quevedo, don Francisco Gomez de,
his birth, parentage, and early
education, III. 246. His career
checked by a circumstance which
may be considered as fortunate,
257. Obliged to fly; takes refuge
in Italy, and thence, invited by
the viceroy, repairs to Naples, 258.
Sent by him as his ambassador to
Madrid, to recount his exploits,
and explain his designs, 259. Accused
of joining in the Bedmar
conspiracy against Venice, 261.
Continues to escape the vigilance
of the senate, and makes his escape
in the guise of a mendicant,
262. His political services, 264.
His literary productions; his imprisonment
and liberation, 265.
Several places offered to him, all
of which he declines, and gives
himself up to study and philosophy,
266. Gives up his church
preferments, for the sake of marrying,
266. His playful yet bitter
poem, alluding to his evil fate,
267. Suspected of writing libels
against the court, arrested, and
imprisoned in a dungeon of the
Royal Casa de San Marcos de
Leon, 268. His letter, describing
the squalid wretchedness of his
dungeon, 269. His memorial to
the count duke Olivarez, 270.
His death, 272. His person and
character, 272. Critique on his
writings, 273.
R.
Real, Lorenzo, II. 56.
Renieri, the friend and pupil of
Galileo, II. 57.
Ribeyro, Bernardim, one of the
earliest of the Portuguese poets,
III. 290.
Riccardi, Nicolo, II. 41.
Ricci, Giuliano, I. 312.
Ricci, Ostillo, II. 3.
Riego, the canon, II. 391.
Rienzi, Nicola di, I. 92.
Rioja, Francisco de, III. 223.
Rios, don Vicente de los, III. 121.
Robert, king of Naples, I. 86.
Robertis, Father Dionisio, I. 77.
Robertson, Dr., II. 22.
Rollo, Paolo, I. 238.
Romena, count Alessandro da, I.
23.
Roxas, Fernando de, III. 95. Author
of the first genuine Spanish play,
96.
Rucellai, Cosimo, I. 304.
Rueda, Lope de, celebrated as an
actor and pastoral poet, III. 98.
Ruiz, Juan, arch-priest of Hita;
brief review of his works, III. 12.
S.
Salvani, Provenzano, I. 24.
Salvanorola, I. 130.
Salvatico, conte Guido, I. 28.
Salvi, Giulio, III, 60.
Santillana, the marquess of, remarks
on his poems, III. 13.
Scala, Can' Grande de la, I. 27.
Scala, Alessandro, II. 75.
Scheiner, professor of mathematics
at Ingoldstadt, II. 25.
Schlegel, III. 234.
Scotus, Duns, I. 9.
Serram, Antonio, III. 324.
Serrano, señor Bachiller, III. 122.
Serraville, Giovanni da, bishop of
Fermo, I. 8.
Settimo, Guido, I. 63.
Sforza, Caterina, I. 262.
Sforza, Ippolita, II. 75.
Signa, Martino da, I. 149.
Sixtus IV., pope, I. 160.
Soderini Pietro, I. 288.
Sotomayor, don Alonzo Lopez de
Zuniga y, III. 157.
Spain, early and anonymous poetry
of, III. 1.
Spini Christofano, II. 180.
Stolberg, Louisa de, countess of
Albany, II. 280. Her attachment
to Alfieri, 285.
Strada, Giovanni da, I. 117.
Strozzi, Oberto, I. 188.
Sylveira, Hector da, III. 321.
T.
Talleyrand, cardinal, I. 100.
Tasso, Bernardo, his birth and
parentage, II. 98. His early life
and ill-directed love, 99. At the
age of forty-one, appointed secretary
to Ferrante Sanseverino,
prince of Salerno, 99. His marriage,
100. Commences his poem,
entitled "Amadigi," 100. His letter
to his sister Afra, 101. Summoned
away from the delightful
retirement of Sorrento to join his
patron in the war which had
broken out between the emperor
Charles V. and Francis I., 102.
Returns from the army, and enjoys
a brief prolongation of his
domestic quiet, 103. Declared a
rebel, and his estate confiscated,
along with the adherents of the
duke of Salerno, 104. His letter
to his daughter, 108. Flies from
Rome to Ravenna; invited by
the duke of Urbino to Pesara,
where he affords a welcome but
temporary asylum from the persecution
of his enemies, and the
pressure of indigence, 111. Repairs
to Venice to publish his
work entitled "Amadigi," 113.
Failure of the poem, 119. Places
his son at Padua to study jurisprudence,
122. His interview
with his son at Mantua, 130.
His death, in the seventy-sixth
year of his age, 131.
Tasso, Torquato, review of his life,
II. 96. His birth, 101. Nursery
traditions of, 103. His progress
in the rudiments of knowledge,
under the superintendence of his
mother, 104. His beautiful and
touching lines on his separation
from her, when called away from
Naples to join his mother at
Rome, 105. Compared with
Cowper, 106. His religious sentiments,
107. Prosecutes his
studies with indefatigable assiduity
at Rome, 108. His letter
to Vittoria Colonna, on the subject
of his sister's marriage, 109.
Removes to Bergamo, 111. Commencement
of his friendship with
the son of the duke d'Urbino,
112. Diversities of circumstances,
scene, and company,
calculated to cherish and confirm
all his natural aspirings, 114.
Remark upon a line of Boileau
which has done more injury to
his reputation than all the splenetic
criticisms of Sperone, 115.
Critique on his Writings, 116.
Studies the works of his great
Italian predecessors, 117. Employed
by his father in transcribing
his multitudinous poems and
letters, 118. Sudden and passionate
admiration with which his
"Rinaldo" was hailed throughout
Italy, 119. Placed at Padua
to study jurisprudence, 122. Gives
up the law, and devotes himself
to philosophy and the Muses, 123.
His reply to his father's remonstrance,
124. The appearance of
his "Rinaldo" the dawn of a
new day in the literature of
his country, 124. All the characteristics
of his peculiar genius
perceptible in the incidents, style,
embellishments, and conduct of
this juvenile essay, 126. Repairs
to Bologna to pursue his natural
studies, and indulge in his
poetical passion, 127. Expelled
from Bologna for a literary squib,
128. Removes to Padua, where
he is inrolled member of the
Academy degli Eterei, 129. Devotes
much of his attention to
the works of Aristotle and Plato,
129. Remarks on his "Discourse
on Heroic Poetry," 130. Nominated
one of the personal attendants
of the duke of Ferrara, 131.
Arrives at Ferrara, and is received
into the service of the duke's
brother, 132. Commencement of
his acquaintance with the princesses
Lucretia and Leonora of
Este, 133. His description of
his own emotions during his first
visit and sojourn at Ferrara, 134.
Writes an epithalamium on the
marriage of the princess Lucretia,
136. His attachment to the
princess Leonora, 137. Accompanies
the cardinal Luigi to the
court of France, 138. Personal
anecdotes of, 139. Accompanies
the embassy to Rome; his interview
with the pope, 140. Prosecutes
that splendid crusade of
his Muse the poetical siege of
Jerusalem, 140. His "Aminta"
received with universal admiration
throughout all Italy, 142.
Illness occasioned by his anxiety
about his "Gerusalemme Liberata,"
144. Charged with heresy
against Aristotle and good taste
on one hand, and on the other
with heresy against the church
and good morals, 145. Escapes
from his splendid captivity to
Rome; appointed historiographer
to the house of Este, 146. Incident
which exhibits him not
less in the character of a hero than
he had hitherto figured in that of
the laureate of poets, 147. Growing
symptoms of a mind diseased, 148.
His strange melancholy, 149.
Flies secretly to Ferrara to visit
his sister at Sorrento, 150.
Anecdote of, 151. Committed to
St. Anne's Hospital as a lunatic;
his letter to Scipio Gonzaga
during his confinement, 152. His
representation of the treatment
which he experienced during his
confinement, 153. His sonnets
to the cats of the hospital, imploring
them to lend him the
light of their eyes to write by,
154. Pursues his studies with
unabated ardour and intensity,
155.
His wild imaginations, 156.
Liberated at the special intercession
of the prince of Mantua,
157. His controversy with the
Della Cruscan Academy during
his imprisonment, 158. Remarkable
circumstances of his last
days, 159. Visits Rome, 160.
His death, in the fifty-first year
of his age, 161. His personal and
poetical character, 161.
Tassoni, Alessandro, his birth, parentage,
and early education;
studies jurisprudence at Ferrara,
II. 169. Enters the service of
cardinal Colonna; publishes his
"Considerations on various Subjects,"
171. Outline of the principal
episode of. "Secchia Rapita,"
172. His death, in the
seventy-first year of his age, 173.
Timoneda, III. 99.
Tiraboschi, I. 179.
Torella, Damigella, II. 76.
Tormes, Lazarillo de, III. 101.
Tornabuoni, Lucrezia, I. 167.
Torres, Balthazar de, III. 133.
Torricelli, II. 58.
Turpin, archbishop, I. 169.
U.
Ubaldi, Guido, II. 4.
Ugo IV., king of Cyprus and Jerusalem,
I. 144.
Urban V., pope, I. 145.
Urbino, Gentile d', bishop of Arezzo,
I. 152.
Urbino, captain Diego de, III. 127.
Urbino, donna Isabel de, her marriage
with Lope de Vega, III. 199.
Her death, 200.
Usategui, Luis de, III. 227.
V.
Vega, Garcilaso de la, his birth and
parentage, III. 37. His early predilection
for poetry and music,
38. Commences his career of
arms in the war declared against
France by Charles V., 39. Incurs
the displeasure of the
emperor, and is exiled to an
island of the Danube, 39. His
ode in commemoration of his imprisonment
characteristic of his
disposition, 40. Is recalled, and
attends the emperor in his expedition
against Tunis; is severely
wounded, 41. Extract from one
of his elegies to Boscan, 42. Appointed
by the emperor to command
eleven companies of infantry,
in the expedition against
France, 45. Killed in an engagement
at Muy, near Fréjus, in
the thirty-third year of his age,
46. His person and character,
47. Review of his poetry, 48.
Mr. Wiffen's translation of his
ode "To the Flower of Gnido,"
53.
Vega, Lope de, compared with
Cervantes, III. 189. His birth
and parentage, 190. Early indications
of talent, 191. Anecdote
characteristic of his vivacious
disposition, 192. His intimacy
with the grand inquisitor; enters
the university of Alcala, 193.
Enters the service of the duke
of Alva, 194. Writes the "Arcadia"
at the request of the
duke of Alva, 195. Style and
story of the poem, 196. His
marriage, 198. Engaged in a
duel, which obliges him to leave
Madrid, 199. Returns to Madrid,
becomes a soldier, and joins the
In vincible Armada, 200. Southey's
translation of his sonnets, 202.
Outline of his work entitled
"Dorotea," 204. His animated
description of the setting forth of
the Armada, 208. Writes the
"Beauty of Angelica" on the
deck of the San Juan, 210. Story
of the poem, 211. His extravagance
and prodigality, 212. His
advice to his son, 212. His
domestic afflictions, 214. Leaves
the gaieties of secular life, and
prepares for the priesthood, 215.
Visits Toledo, and takes orders;
says his first mass in a Carmelite
church, 216. Becomes a familiar
of the Inquisition, 216. His rising
character as an author, 217.
His amiable character, 217. Rises
higher and higher in the estimation
of the public, 219. Writes a
poem on the death of Mary
queen of Scots, entitled "Corona
Tragica," which he dedicates to
the pope, 220. Exaggeration with
regard to the number of verses
written by him, 221. Anecdote
of, 221. His epistles and other
poems a picture of the tranquillity
of his life as he advanced in age,
222. His amiable disposition and
placid temper, 224. His last illness,
225. His death, 226. His
person and character, 227. Review
of his writings, 228. Analysis
of the "Star of Seville,"
233.
Vella, Antonio de la, III. 140.
Velser, Mark, II. 25.
Vettori, Francesco, I. 292.
Veyga, Luis de, III. 324.
Viardôt, his exertions to discover
the yet hidden circumstances of
Cervantes' life, III. 121.
Vicente, Gil, styled the Portuguese
Plautus, III. 292. Style of his
writings, 293.
Villalobos, physician of Charles V.,
one of the earliest of the Spanish
dramatists, III. 96.
Villégas, Estévan Manuel de,
named the Anacreon of Spain,
III. 240. His birth and parentage,
240. His death, 240. His
translation
of Anacreon, 241. Translation
of his original Anacreontics,
242.
Villena, the Marquis of, so celebrated
for his acquirements in
natural and metaphysical knowledge,
that he was looked on as
a magician, also admired as a
poet, III. 13.
Virgil, Marcellus, I. 257.
Visconti, Giovanni, I. 101.
Visconti, Galeazzo, I. 103.
Vitelli, Vitellozzo, I. 266.
Viviani, II. 68.
Voss, Gerard, II. 7.
W.
Wachenfels, II. 19.
Wiffen, Mr., his translation of
Garcilaso de la Vega's poems,
III. 49. His translation of Luis
de Leon's ode on the Moorish
invasion, 79.
Z.
Zach, baron, II. 22.
Zeno, Apostolo, I. 168.;
II. 192.
Zenobio, I. 117.
Zuniga, doña Elena de, her marriage
with Garcilaso de la Vega,
III. 39.
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