[Footnote 108: In a note, p. 135 of Mr Andrews' History of Great
Britain, a very different character is given of this pope: 'As ignorant
as turbulent.' 'He received without respect, or hospitality, the
learned Greeks who fled from the Constantinople, and gave so trifling
a reward to Theo. Gaza for a translation that the angry sage flung
it away, and, leaving the audience, repeated a greek proverb, that
thistles only could delight the palate of an ass.' Luckily the pope did
not understand the language of the sarcasm.]
[Footnote 109: Innocent VIII.--John Baptista Cibo, a noble genoese, but
originally of greek extraction. He was called, prior to his elevation
to the papacy, the Cardinal of Melfe. He had several children before he
entered holy orders, and did not neglect them during his reign.]
[Footnote 110: See the english historians.]
[Footnote 111: Their passport is, in the Fœdera, dated 10th December
1490, for themselves and four score horses.]
[Footnote 112: See l'Histoire de la Bretagne.]