The first Spanish Poet who introduced the Italian Style 21
1500. His Birth 21
His noble Descent 21
His Marriage 21
Chosen Governor to the Duke of Alva 22
1525. Andrea Navagero, the Venetian Ambassador 22
His Arrival at the Court of Charles V. at Toledo; he meets
with Boscan and Garcilaso 22
He induces them to quit their national Redondillas 22
This Circumstance referred to by Boscan in the Dedication of
his Poems to the Duchess of Soma 23
A Translation of one of Garcilaso's Poems 24
Translation of the Epistle of Boscan to Don Diego Hurtado de
Mendoza 26
1543. Petrarch and Boscan compared 34