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Cafaggiuolo, villa of, 255

Calcagnini, Celio, 56 his message to Olympia Morata, 62.

Calvin at Ferrara, 72 turned out from Ferrara, 75 prosecutes Jerome Bolsec, 112

Cappello palace, situation of, 222

Caraffa, Cardinal, 80

Casino, importance of, in Italian domestic economy, 229

Catherine de' Medici, her severe answer to Francesco, 309

Catherine II. of Russia, invites Corilla, 401

Cerreto, Ducal Villa, 320

Classical studies, female, in sixteenth century, 2, _et seq._

Clement VII., Pope, his dealings with the Duke of Ferrara, 51, _et seq._

Collar, Duke Borso's golden, 34

Columbano, Princess, takes La Corilla to Naples, 396

Comedy, Italian, in the sixteenth century, 208

Corilla, La, her real name and birth, 395 drives a thriving trade, 399 employed by Maria Theresa, 401 invited by Catherine of Russia, 401 by Joseph II., 402 enters Arcady, 403 proposals for her crowning, 405 the difficulty in the way, _ib._ subjects in which she was examined, 408 her examination, 409, _et seq._ her coronation, 113 pasquinades on her retirement to Florence and death, 416

Cosmo I., sonnet to, 15

Cosmo de' Medici, court of, 227

Cosmo I. of Florence, founds the Florentine academy, 398

Creeds, affairs of head not heart, 122

Curione, Celio, 56 first acquaintance with Morato, 65 his adventures, _ib._ conversations with Morato, 66 visit to Ferrara, 69 his letter to Olympia's mother, 140 encourages Olympia in her classical studies, 147