79. Ulpian: a Roman jurist (170-228 A. D.), belonging to the
degenerate age of Roman literature.
99. <Elucescebat>: he was illustrious; formed from <elucesco>, an
inceptive verb from <eluceo>: in post classic Latin.
102. Else I give the Pope my villas: perhaps a threat founded on the
custom of Julius II and other popes, according to Burckhardt, of
enlarging their power "by making themselves heirs of the cardinals
and clergy . . . Hence the splendor of tile tombs of the prelates
. . . a part of the plunder being in this way saved from the hands
of the Pope."
108. A vizor and a Term: a mask, and a bust springing from a square
pillar, representing the Roman god Terminus, who presided over
boundaries.