Machiavelli, Niccolo, his birth and
parentage, I. 257. Placed as
secretary under Marcellus Virgil,
258. Elected chancellor of the second
court, 259. Named secretary
of the Council of Ten, 259. His
missions to various sovereigns and
states, 259. Convulsed state of
Italy at this period, 260. His mission
to Caterina Sforza, 262. His
letters to the state during this
and all his other missions, 262.
The great doubt that clouds his
character, regards the spirit in
which he wrote the "Prince,"
263. Accused of being the confidant
of Cæsar Borgia in his
plots, 264. Sent by the Florentine
government to the duke of
Imola, 267. His letter to his
government on the subject of
his mission, 268. His letter to
the signoria of Florence, 269.
His minute details of his conversations
with Borgia, 270. His
unsuccessful solicitations to be
recalled, 271. His efforts to discover
Borgia's secret views, 272.
His letters to the government,
earnestly desiring to be recalled,
273. His letters, describing Borgia's
movements, 274. His account
of Borgia's treacherous
and cruel act of revenge, 276.
Expressions in his letter, characteristic
of Italian policy and
morals at that period, 277. Returns
to Florence, and is replaced
by an ambassador of more authority,
278. Outline of "The
Decenal," 278. Anecdote relating
to Borgia's system of government,
related in the "Prince," 279.
Sent on a legation to Rome, just
at the time of the downfal of
Cæsar Borgia, 280. His frequent
interviews with the fallen
prince, 282. His succeeding embassies,
284. Succeeds in persuading
the signoria of Florence
to form a native militia, 285. His
embassy to the emperor Maximilian,
286. His observations on
the state of Germany, 286. Employed
to convey to Mantua the
money composing a part of the
subsidy to the emperor, 287. His
letters during this mission disclose
a curious system of bribery
with regard to the minister of
Louis XII., 287. His interview
with the French king at Blois,
288. His letter, detailing the expedition
of the allies against the
republic, 289. Review of his
fourteen services, 290. His imprisonment,
and liberation, 291.
His letter to the Florentine ambassador,
292. Review of his
private correspondence, and his
other writings, 293. His letter
to Vettori, the Florentine ambassador,
294. Analysis of his
work, entitled the "Prince,"
298. Review of his "Essay on
the First Decade of Livy," and
his other works, 304. His despairing
letters to Vettori, 305.
His "Essay on the Reform of
the Government of Florence,"
written at the request of Leo X.,
306. His correspondence with
Francesco Guicciardini, the celebrated
historian, 307. Commences
his "History of Florence;"
receives a regular but
limited salary as historiographer,
from Clement VII., 308. Employed
to inspect the progress of
the fortification of Rome, 309.
Returns to Florence full of hope,
and is disappointed, 310. His
death, 311. His person, _ib._
Madonna Gemma, wife of Dante,
I. 10.
Malegucci, Sigismondo, I. 204.
Malespina, the marchese, I. 28.
Manrique, Jorge, remarks on his
poetry, III. 13.
Manrique, don Geronimo, grand
inquisitor, III. 193.
Manso, marquess of Villa, II. 159.
Manuel, don Juan, brief review of
his works, III. 12.
Maraffi, Luigi, II. 31.
Marcias, remarks on his poetry,
III. 13. His melancholy death.
Mariner, Vicente, III. 199.
Marini, Giambattista, his birth and
parentage, II. 174. Encouraged
by Tasso to pursue his poetic
career, 174. Publishes a volume
of lyrical poetry, which establishes
his fame, 175. His literary
quarrels, 176. Publishes his
"Adone" while at Paris; outline
of the story, 177. Returns
to Italy; is again involved in
literary squabbles, 178. His death,
in the fifty-sixth year of his age,
179.
Marmont, general, II. 318.
Marotto, Domenico, I. 227.
Mary, natural daughter of Robert,
king of Naples, I. 122.
Marzemedici, archbishop of Florence,
II. 28.
Mascheroni, Lorenzo, a celebrated
mathematician, II. 323.
Mathew Corvino, king of Hungary,
I. 160.
Matrapillo, Morato Raez, III. 138.
Mayer, Simon, II. 21.
Medici, Cosmo de', founder of the
Medicean library, I. 152.
Medici, Lorenzo de', his early life,
I. 152. Devotes most of his time
and fortune to the cultivation of
literature and the fine arts, 153.
Institutes a yearly celebration of
the anniversary of Plato's birth
and death, 153. His chief merit
derived from the revival of his
native language, 154. Commentary
on his first sonnets, 155.
Extract of a translation of one of
his sonnets, 156. Brief review of
his other poems, 157. His death,
at the early age of forty-four, 159.
Memmi, Simon, I. 84.
Mena, Juan de, the most renowned
of the early writers, III. 14. Review
of his works, 15. His death,
15. Extracts from his poems, 16.
Analysis of the "Labyrinto," 17.
Mendoza, don Diego Hurtado de,
his birth and parentage, III. 58.
His early education, 59. His
"Lazarillo de Tormes" declaratory
of the originality of his
genius, 59. Deputed by Charles
V. to attend the council of Trent,
60. Confirms the opinion already
entertained of his talents by a
learned and elegant oration, 60.
Sent as ambassador to Rome;
named governor and captain-general
of Siena, and ordered to
introduce a Spanish garrison, and
to build a citadel for its protection,
61. Becomes the object of universal
hatred by his haughty and
unfeeling conduct, 62. Repairs
to Rome, to influence the election
of a new pope, 62. Named
gonfaloniere of the church, 62.
Recalled from the government of
Siena to Spain, 63. His philosophical,
political, and poetical
works, 64. Shows himself an enthusiastic
lover of learning, and
a liberal patron of learned men,
64. Anecdote of, characteristic
of the vehemence of his temper,
65. His "History of the War of
the Moriscos in Granada," the
most esteemed of his prose works,
66. His death, 67. His character
and person, 68. Brief review of
his writings, 68.
Metastasio, Pietro, his birth and obscure
origin, II. 185. At an early
age attracts by his talents as improvisatore,
185. Writes a tragedy,
entitled "Giustino," at the
early age of fourteen, 186. Continues
to improvisare verse in
company, 187. Evils that result
to the intellect perpetually bent
on so exciting a proceeding, 188.
Sent to study at Magna Græcia,
189. Returns to Rome, and gives
himself up to the study of poetry,
189. Removes to Naples; determines
to give up poetry, and
to study the law, 190. Commanded
by the viceroy to write a
drama to celebrate the birthday
of the empress Elizabeth Christina;
success of the piece, 191.
Quits the law, and again devotes
himself to the Muses, 191. Receives
a commission to furnish
the Neapolitan theatre with an
opera for the carnival of 1724;
success of the piece, 192. Receives
a letter from prince Pio of
Savoy, inviting him to become
the court poet of Vienna, 193.
Fulfils his engagement of supplying
the Roman theatre with
two pieces for the carnival,
and makes his appearance at
Vienna, surrounded by the halo
of a recent triumph, 194. Appointed
treasurer to the province
of Cosenzo, worth annually
350 sequins, 195. His feelings
ingenuously expressed in his letters
to Marianna Bulgarelli, 196.
His letters to his brother on
hearing of her death, 198. Peculiar
merits of his poetry, and excellencies
of his dramas, 200. The
"Grazie agli inganni tuoi," and
the "Partenza," among the best
of his productions, 203. His ill
health attributed to change of
climate, 204. His life only to be
found in his letters, 205. His
letters to his brother, 207. His
enthusiastic friendship for Farinelli,
the singer, 208. His manner
of living at Vienna, 210. His
letter to Farinelli, 211. His
death, in the eighty-fourth year
of his age, 211.
Miranda, Saa de, a Portuguese
poet, born in 1494, and died in
1558; his connection with Spanish
poetry, III. 88.
Mirandola, Giovanni Pico della,
his birth and early education, I.
161. Character of his writings,
161. His death, in the thirty-second
year of his age, 162.
Moneada, don Miguel de, III. 127.
Mondejar, the marquis de, III. 41.
Montalvan, friend and disciple of
Lope de Vega, III. 189.
Monte, cardinal del, II. 4.
Montefalcone, Niccolo di, I. 147.
Montemayor, Jorge de; his birth
and parentage, III. 89. Establishes
his fame as an author, by
writing his "Diana," 89. Outline
and style of the poem, 90.
His death, 92.
Monti, Vincenzo, his birth and parentage,
II. 305. Anecdote of his
childhood, 306. His early education,
307. Gives up every
other pursuit, and dedicates himself
wholly to the cultivation of
literature and poetry, 308. Accompanies
cardinal Borghese to
Rome, 309. Want of political
integrity, and ready worship of
ruling powers, the great blot of
his character, 310. Continues
to cultivate his poetic tastes, 311.
Success of his tragedy entitled
"Aristodemo," 312. Outline of
the piece, 313. His marriage,
314. Celebrates the death of his
friend Basseville, in a poem entitled
"Basvilliana," 315. Outline
and style of the poem, 316.
Leaves Rome for Tuscany; his
familiar intercourse with general
Marmont, 318. Becomes a revolutionary
poet, 319. Appointed
to the survivorship of the professor's
chair at Brera, 321. Falls
into a deplorable state of destitution,
322. Celebrates his return
to his beloved Italy by a beautiful
hymn, 323. Outline of his
poem entitled "Mascheroniana,"
324. Appointed to a professorship
in the university of Pavia;
named court poet and historiographer,
326. Made cavalier of
the iron crown, member of the
Institute, and of the legion of
honour, 327. Celebrates the
event of Napoleon being crowned
king of Italy in a poem, entitled
"Il Benificio," 328. His poem
in celebration of the attempted
usurpation of the Spanish throne,
329. Remarks on his poem entitled
the "Sword of Frederic,"
331. His translation of Ceruti,
332. Writes, by command, a
cantata entitled "Mistico Omaggio,"
334. The marriage of his
daughter, one of the most fortunate
incidents of his life, 335.
His observations on the subject
of a reform of the national dictionary,
336. Extracts from his
letters to Mustoxidi on the subject,
336. To another friend, on
the same subject, 339. His
literary disputes with Mazza,
Cesarotti and Bettinelli terminate
in mutual friendship and
esteem, 341. His letter on the
subject of the classic and romantic
schools, 341. His letter
to his wife, 343. His letter to
his friend Mustoxidi, on the
death of his son-in-law, 347.
Publishes the last volume of his
"Proposta," 348. His last illness,
and death, in the seventy-fourth
year of his age, 349. His
public and private character, 350.
His person, 351.
Montoya, Luisa de, III. 162.
Mora, Rodrigo de, III. 127.
Mosti, Agostino, II. 153.
Muñoz, Fernando, III. 192.
Murtola, Gasparo, II. 175.
Mustoxidi, II. 333.