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Ladies, learned, their number in the sixteenth century, 1

Lavinia della Rovere, her friendship with Olympia Morata, 101 her religious inquiries and indifferentism, 102 visits Fannio in his prison, 116 her faithful friendship, 120 not happy, 132

Leo X., Pope, his designs on Ferrara, 50

Letters, difficulty of sending from Germany to Italy, 156

L'Humore of Bologna, anecdote of, 17

Lintz, Chair of Medicine there offered to Grünthler, 165

Literature, safe, princes who patronise, 397

Lucia Tolomelli, the maid in the Sirani family, 374 her troubles with her mistress, 375 her escapade with the tinker, 376 imprisoned in the poor–house, 377 her fairings, _ib._ suspected of poisoning E. Sirani, 383 grounds of suspicion, 384 claimed by the church, 385 her second arrest and examination, _ib._ her defence, 386 her exile, 387

Lucrezia Borgia, her marriage, 37, 42 her previous character, 38 defended by Roscoe, 39 moral phenomenon, 41 entry into Ferrara, 46 evening of her life and death, 51 contrasted with Duchess Renée, 59