M.

Macchiavelli, his comedy "Mandragola," 210

Malvasia, his history of E. Sirani, 391

Marco, St. Piazza of, in Florence, 225 Casino di, 229

Marot, Clement, at Ferrara, 75 his lines on Duchess Renée, 76

Martelli, Camilla, 228, 240 comes out of her convent–prison, 321

Martinetti, his history, 335

Material prosperity disclaimed as an object by Catholic writers, 30

Mattaselani, Dr., his evidence respecting E. Sirani's death, 387

Maurice, Elector of Saxony, 170

Medici family, domestic tragedy, 227

Michiel, Giovanni, envoy from Venice to Florence, 297

Mondragone, Marchesa, arranges meeting of Francesco and Bianca, 229, 230

Montaigne, his description of Bianca Cappello, 226

Morata, Olympia, her birth, 55–60 early promise and beauty, 62 first seeds of Protestant doctrine, 67 her acquirements at thirteen years old, 70 flattered by all Ferrara, 71 becomes an inmate of the Court, 79 her delight at her new position, 82 her earliest compositions, 83 her lecturing at sixteen, 84 specimen of her elocution, 86 verses to her from Giraldi, 88 her Greek verses, 90 her female friendships, 100 early religious indifferentism, and subsequent strong convictions, 103, 107 translations from Boccaccio, 103 her Greek epitaph on Cardinal Bembo, 106 at her father's death–bed, 109 dismissed from the palace, 110 visits Fannio in his prison, 116 commencement of religious convictions, 117 changed circumstances, 119 her lines on virginity, _ib._ letter to Curione on her time of disgrace, 120 commencement of regeneration, 122 her love, 126 her marriage, _ib._ separated from her husband, 127 her letter to her husband, 128 detention of her dresses by the Court, 130 dialogue with Lavinia della Rovere, 132 finally leaves Italy, 139 her journey across the Alps, 141 her letter to Giraldi, 146 misgivings as to her classical studies, _ib._ Curione encourages her, 147 her stay with Hermann, _ib._ urges Lavinia della Rovere to save Fannio, 148 her stay with John Sinapi, 149 her ideas of a special providence, 150, 174 settles at Schweinfurth, 151 her real name questioned, 152 is an interesting character both to the religionist and the moralist, _ib._ letter to Curione, 155 sends money to her mother, 156 letter to Lavinia della Rovere, 157 moderation of her Calvinism, _ib._ her dialogue between Philotima and Theophila, 159 receives her books from Italy, 160 receives Theodora Sinapi, 161 lectures a backsliding divine, 165 tends her husband in his sickness, 174 her letter during the siege to Lavinia della Rovere, 174 letter to her sister describing her flight from Schweinfurth, 176 miserable journey to Erbach, 178 her health destroyed, 179 at Hirschhorn, 183 is offered a chair of Greek at Heidelberg, 184 receives letter and books from Curione, 187 ignorance of German, 190 declines to be at the Court of the Electress of Heidelberg, 192 receives Theodora Sinapi at Heidelberg, 192 theology of her letters, 193 her desire for death, 194 her last letter to Curione, 196 her last moments, 197 her epitaph, 198 her European reputation, 199 the basis of it, 200 value of her story to us, 203

Morato, Peregrino, fixes himself at Ferrara, 55 his Protestantism, 60 his criticism on Bembo, 61 his exile, 63 his training of his daughter, 64 his difficulties, _ib._ returns to Ferrara, 70 appointed tutor to the Duke's sons, _ib._ his instructions to his daughter, 85 his illness and death, 108

O.

Ori, Matthew, inquisitor, 113

"Oricellari Orti," their history, 274 given to Bianca Cappello, 275 a night's amusement there, 276

P.

Paganism of Italian society in the sixteenth century, 3

Palazzo Vecchio at Florence, chapel in, 292

Pallavicini, Princess, La Corilla's patroness, 395

Pamfili, Camillo, created cardinal, 353 his gross ignorance, 354 his marriage, 356 succeeds to his mother's wealth, 364

Pamfili, G. Batista, Olympia's husband, 348

Pamfili, Olympia, her birth, 348 her marriage, _ib._ her ambitious plans, 349 her avarice, 354 her venality, 355 banished from the Vatican, 358 returns, _ib._ her mode of life in the Vatican, 359 her last simoniacal bargain, 360 her plans after the death of Innocent, 361 makes advances to Alexander VII., 363 banished from Rome, 364 her death, _ib._

Pavia, Curione at, 68

Pedagogues lay, a new social feature in the sixteenth century, 54 their social position, 64

Pellegrina, Bianca's daughter, birth of, 232

Persecution increases, 195

Pestilence in Ferrara, 49

Petrarch, crowned at the Capitol, 394

Philip II. of Spain, odious to the German electors, 169 informed of Francesco's marriage with Bianca, 294 approves of the murder of Donna Eleonora de' Medici, 256 godfather to the Duchess Giovanna's son, 273

Phœnix burning in Ferrara, 51

Picchena, Curzio, envoy employed by Francesco de' Medici as a poisoner, 289

Pietro de' Medici, 228 his character, 239 his marriage, 240 urged to re–marry, 319 stays at Florence to watch Bianca, 321 his letter to the Cardinal, 322 ill–treated by the Duke, 324 his interview with Bianca, 325 his report of it to the Cardinal, 326

Po, river, difficulties connected with, 97

Poetesses, Tiraboschi's list of, 1

Poggio–a–Caiano, ducal villa, 321 the Duke's death there, 332 Bianca's death there, _ib._

Pratolino, Ducal villa, 314

Progress, moral, proofs of, 42

Psalms translated into Greek by Olympia, and set to music by Grünthler, 164

Publishers, eminent, send presents of books to Olympia, 187

Puteano, Ericio, his inscription on Isabella Andreini, 211

R.

Rabelais on the Fuggers, 143

Renée of France, her marriage with Hercules II., 57 her person and character, 58 her Protestantism, 59 theological difficulties with her husband, 72 secret reception of Calvin, 72

## scene in her closet, 74

in durance, 81 abandons Olympia, 113, 130

Reno river, difficulties connected with, 98

Respectability, prized by Italians, 238

Riario family is founded, 166 present family, ancestor of, 173

Ricci, Bartolomeo, 56

Ricci, Cassandra de, her murder, 236

Roman history, society, means of rising in, 349

Rosaria, Princess, Camillo Pamfili's wife, 357

Rosarias, Andreas, poor schoolmaster out of employ, 193

Roscoe's defence of Lucrezia Borgia, 39

Rudolph, the Emperor, his reply to the Italian Princes, 310

S.

Salviati, Maria, sonnet to, 16

Savoy, Duke of, his claim to pre–eminence over other Italian princes, 309

Scandal in Europe, caused by Olympia Pamfili, 357

Scenery, appreciation of, a modern sentiment, 142

Schweinfurth, Olympia finds a home at, 151 its condition in the sixteenth century, 154 idea of Olympia's home in, 162 siege of, 172 pestilence in, 173 destruction of the city, 176

Serene, title of, squabbles about, 307

Servants, Olympia's troubles with, 188

Sinapi, Chilian, 56

Sinapi, John, 56 letter from, 88 Olympia's letters to, 131 settled at Würzburg, 149 receives Olympia in his house, _ib._ death of his wife, 166 sends Olympia a volume recovered from the sack of Schweinfurth, 186 his letter to Olympia, 187

Sirani, Elisabetta, her artistic merits, 367 story of her death, 368 her home in Bologna, 369 her catalogue of her works, 370 her rapidity of execution, 371 paints before Cosmo of Tuscany, _ib._ before the Duchess of Brunswick, 372 her disposal of her earnings, 373 frugal life, _ib._ falls into ill–health, 379 her death, 380 mourning in Bologna for her death, 380 her personal appearance, 391

Sirani, G. Andrea, Elisabetta's father, 369 his conduct to Lucia Tolomelli, 377 withdraws his accusation against Lucia, 387

Sirani, Anna Maria, Elisabetta's sister, 369

Sirani, Barbara, Elisabetta's sister, 369 is ill with fever, 379

Sirani, Margherita, Elisabetta's mother, 375

Soderini, Giovanni Vettorio, his extraordinary letter, 336

Strozzi, Filippo, his character, 11 his connection with Tullia d'Aragona, 12

Strozzi, Matteo, envoy to Venice, 295

Squadrone volante, in the Conclave, 362

T.

Tagliavia, Peter, at Trent, 5 his reminiscences, 6 educates his daughter, 8

Tasso crowned at the Capitol, 394

Terence, Adelphi of, performed before Paul III. at Ferrara, 95

Theodore, daughter of John Sinapi, a pupil of Olympia, 161

Theology, Olympia's, 193

Theriaca medicine, 380

Tiepolo, Antonio, envoy from Venice to Florence, 297

Tiraboschi, his notion of comedy, 208

Torelli, Lelio, his murder, 247

Toselli, Mazzoni, his pamphlet on E. Sirani, 369

Tragedy, Italian, in the sixteenth century, 207

Treuthuger, the schoolmaster at Hirschhorn, 183

Troilo, Orsini, 247

Tullia d'Aragona, her birth, and early talents, 8 difficulties of dates respecting her, 10 her beauty, 14 her husband, 15 scene at her house, 17 leaves Rome, 18 specimen of her poetry, 19 quits "La Bohème," 22 her translation of Guerrino el Meschino, _ib._ her opinion of Boccaccio, 24 her propriety, 25 her Dialogue on the Infinity of Love, 26 her death, 28