XXII. ALEXANDER DE MEDICE AND THE MILLER’S DAUGHTER.

The gentle and iust act of Alexander de Medices Duke of Florence, vpon a

gentleman whom he fauoured, who hauing rauished the Daughter of a poore

Myller, caused him to mary hir, for the greater honour and celebration

whereof, he appoynted hir a rich and honourable Dowry.

[_Source and Origin._--Bandello, Part ii., nov. 15.

_Painter._--I. ii. 155; II. ii. 127; III. ii. 248; IV. ii. 406.

_Derivates._--Fletcher, _Maid of the Mill_.]

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