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共 44 段- Nor was I willing to limit myself to the Tuscan usage of to-
- 7.—“It is a remarkable thing,” replied my lord Gaspar, “that
- “I do not deny that the same virtues may rule the low-born a
- “Accordingly we may affirm that to be true art which does no
- “In such fashion would I have our Courtier speak and write;
- “You say truly, that this fault has long been prevalent amon
- “You say very truly that both the one and the other are imit
- So, discoursing of this, everyone sat down in the usual plac
- “But of all ages, that of manhood is the most temperate, bec
- “There are however some simpletons, who, even in the company
- “What clearer proof of the weight of opinion would you have?
- “But what laughter is, and where it abides, and how it somet
- 58.—“Now of the ready pleasantries that are contained in a s
- 71.—“It is also fine when in a retort we censure something w
- “Nay,” replied messer Federico, “I have come to so good an i
- “The same I say of certain others who use enchantments in th
- “And on the other hand, there is no man so shameless and ins
- “Since you too are pleased to enter upon sacred things, do y
- “You tell me of a single bad woman, while I tell you of coun
- “But to answer you further touching that unheard-of continen
- “My lord Magnifico, to spur you on to say something more, I
- “Hence it may be well said that eyes are the guide in love,
- 2.—If, then, these men had lived, I think they would have re
- “I do not know, my lord Ottaviano, whether my lord Gaspar ou
- 27.—“Therefore it is also the good prince’s office so to est
- “But let us leave this discourse and return to our subject.
- “Do you not remember, my lord Gaspar, that although he is li
- 62.—“Therefore when the gracious aspect of some fair woman m
- “Of this let messer Pietro Bembo be the judge, and let us ab
- Note 6 page 1. VITTORIA COLONNA, (born 1490; died 1547), was
- Note 33 page 10. Pope ALEXANDER VI, (born 1431; died 1503),
- Note 62 page 17. This letter S was evidently one of the gold
- Note 100 page 50. GIORGIO BARBARELLI, known as GIORGIONE or
- Note 143 page 71. COLLO VINCENZO CALMETA of Castelnuovo, (di
- Note 196 page 127. Pope NICHOLAS V, Tommaso Parentucelli, (b
- Note 246 page 140. COSIMO DE' MEDICI, _Pater Patriæ_, (born
- Note 290 page 151. ‘The renunciation of a benefice,’ i.e. th
- Note 350 page 191. The reference here is to MITHRIDATES VI,
- Note 394 page 204. BEATRICE OF ARAGON, (born 1457; died 1508
- Giuliano de’ Medici was created Duke of Nemours in 1515. As
- Note 477 page 294. These ‘five other stars’ are of course th
- Boisy, Sieur de, 346
- History, the courtier to be versed in, 59
- Rivera, Donna Costanza de, 377