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INDEX

INDEX

Ability to perform his highest functions, necessary to the courtier,
even if he be not called on, 283

Abrahams, N. C. L., 421

Absurd similes, 129

Accolti, Benedetto, 333
Bernardo,—see Unico Aretino
Pietro, 333

Accomplishments, etc., of the courtier; how to be employed, 81 et seq.;
the proper aim of, 246 et seq.

Achaia, 171, 387

Achilles, 61, 62, 64, 284, 348, 349, 414

Acquapendente, 158, 382

Adams, Thomas, 421

Adrian VI, 317, 413

Adriatic, the, 8

Adulation of princes, 248

Ady, Mrs. Henry, 338, 399

Æneas, 339, 393

Æneid, a quotation from the, 365

Æschines, 51, 54, 344

Æsop, 78, 356, 357

Affectation:
to be avoided, 35, 83;
instances of:
in oratory, 35;
in dancing, 36;
in attire, 36;
in riding, 37;
in boasting, 37;
in music, 37;
in painting, 37;
in speech, 38;
in preferring to practise that in which one does not most excel,
117

“Aforesaid,” story about a Sienese who mistook Aforesaid for a name,
130

Age, the courtier’s functions affected by his, 281, 283-4

Agesilaus, 250, 408

Agilulph, Duke of Turin, 393

Agnello, Antonio, 126, 361-2
Giulio, 362

Agone, the Piazza d’, 249, 407

Aguilar, the Marquess of, 384

Alamanni, 149-50

Albert III, Duke of Bavaria, 374

Alberti, Giovanni, 421

Albizzi, 370

Albret, Charlotte d’, 377

Alcibiades, 57, 89, 356, 402

Aldana, Captain, 152, 379

Aldine Press, 315, 419

Aldus (Teobaldo Manucci), 315, 329, 332, 394, 405

Alessandrina Library at Rome, 417

Alexander the Great, 28, 34, 57, 58, 61, 62, 63, 68, 70, 103, 109, 142,
146, 205, 207, 210, 212, 274, 275, 284, 285, 338, 348, 351, 358,
401, 411, 414

Alexander III, 364

Alexander VI (Roderigo Lenzuoli Borgia), 10, 126, 147, 216, 318, 328,
336, 340, 361, 365, 367, 369, 371, 372, 375, 377, 380, 382, 395,
397, 400

Alexander Jannæus, King of the Jews, 191, 389

Alexandra, Queen of the Jews, 191, 389

Alexandria in Egypt, founded by Alexander the Great, 274, 411

Alexandria, the Bishop of, (Giannantonio di Sangiorgio), 142, 372

Alexandrian Cardinal, the, (Giovanni Antonio di Sangiorgio), 142, 372

Alfonso I of Naples, 146, 153, 156, 375-6

Alfonso II of Naples, 10, 327, 363, 383, 397, 398, 400

Alfonso the Magnanimous,—see Alfonso I of Naples

Alidosi, Francesco,—see Pavia, the Cardinal of Almada, Brazaida de,—see
Castagneta, the Countess of Juan Baez de, 384

Almogaver,—see Boscan

Altamura, the Prince of, 399

Altoviti, 149-50

Alva, the Duke of, 315

“Amadis of Gaul,” 405

Amalasontha, Queen of the Goths, 202, 393

Ambrogini, Angelo,—see Poliziano
Benedetto, 345

Ambros, 359

Ambrosiana Library at Milan, 417

Amiable manners necessary to the courtier, 91

Ancelin, Thibauld, 420

Ancona, absurd duelling of two cousins of, 30

Angelica Library at Rome, 417

Angelier, Abel l’, 421
Arnoul l’, 419

Angoulême, Count Charles d’, 346
Monseigneur d’,—see Francis I of France

Anichino, a character in Boccaccio, 164

Anne of Brittany, Queen of France, 202, 371, 395, 396

Anne of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans, 371

Antæus, 275, 411

Antigonus, King of Macedon, 351

Antiphanes, 364

Antonello da Forli, 147, 376

Antonio di Tommaso, 375

Antonius, Marcus, (the orator), 44, 51, 339

Apelles, 37, 68, 70, 338, 351, 402

Apennines, 8, 43

Aphrodite, 387, 388

Apollo, 356

Apollo Belvedere, 349, 410

Aptitude for fun, requisite in a man who would be amusing, 154

Apulia, use of music in, as a cure for bite of tarantula, 15

Aquila, Serafino dall’,—see Serafino dall’Aquila

Aquino, the Bishop of,—see Mario de’ Maffei

Aragon, Alfonso II of Naples,—see Alfonso II of Naples
Alfonso V of,—see Alfonso I of Naples
Beatrice, Queen of Hungary, 204, 336, 397, 399, 400
Catherine, wife of Henry VIII of England, 412
Eleanora, Duchess of Ferrara, 204-5, 336, 363, 397, 398, 399
Federico III of Naples,—see Federico III of Naples
Ferdinand of,—see Ferdinand the Catholic
Ferdinand I of Naples,—see Ferdinand I of Naples
Ferdinand II of Naples,—see Ferdinand II of Naples
Ferdinand the Just, 375
Ferdinand, Duke of Calabria, 400
Isabella, Duchess of Milan, 204, 327, 381, 398, 400
Joanna, wife-aunt of Ferdinand II of Naples, 327, 397
Juan II, King of Navarre and, 397
Juana, wife of Philip of Austria, 413
Ludovico, Cardinal, 159, 341, 383

Archaisms of speech discussed, 39-54

Archiuzow, an alleged Russian translator of THE COURTIER, 324

Arco, MS. bibliographical notes by the late Count d’, 417

Ares, 411

Aretino, Pietro, 333
Unico, (Bernardo Accolti),—see Unico Aretino

Argentina, madonna, 196

_Arguzie_, 121, 143

Arion, 349

Ariosto, Alfonso, 2, 7, 75, 171, 243, 320
Ludovico, 320, 336, 345

Aristippus of Cyrene, 59, 348

Aristobulus I, King of the Jews, 389

Aristodemus, 264, 409

Aristogeiton, 390

Aristotle, 34, 57, 63, 284-5, 286, 323, 370, 374, 388, 391, 409, 414

Arms, the courtier’s true profession, 25

Arms vs. letters, 60-2

Arnold, Fr., 337

Arrogance of princes, 248-9

Art, enjoyment of beauty in nature increased by a knowledge of, 69

Artemisia, 205, 400-1

Arthur Tudor, son of Henry VII of England, 412

Artifice, discussion on, 118

Artifice in love, deprecated, 165-6

Ascension, Venetian festival of the, 131, 364

Ascham, Roger, 316

Asia, 101, 275

_Asinus Domino Blandiens_, one of Æsop’s fables, 357

Asnapper (Sardanapalus), 206, 401

Aspasia, 197, 390-1

Assurbanipal (Sardanapalus), 206, 401

Atanagi’s _Rime Scelte_, 331

Athena, 387

Athenian dialect:
spoken with excessive care by Theophrastus, 5;
not rigidly adhered to by excellent Greek authors, 47

Athens, 101, 197
feminine constancy commemorated by a statue at, 192

Athos, Mount, 274, 411

Atri, Giacomo d’, (Count Pianella),—see Pianella

Attendolo, Muzio, called Sforza, 381

Attire appropriate to the courtier, 102-4

Augustus, 190, 388, 401

Aurelian, the Emperor, 401

Austria, Margarita of, 202, 395-6
Maximilian of,—see Maximilian I
Philip of, 413

Autharis, King of the Lombards, 393

Ayola, Maria de, 317

Bacon, Francis, afterwards Lord Verulam, 316

Bactria, 285, 414

Bad government, the evils of, 249

Bad master, the courtier to leave the service of a, 99, 285

Baja, 274, 410

Bajazet II of Turkey, 141, 173, 372, 388

Balance and contrast, in art and character, 83

Baldi, Bernardino, 327

Baldness, jests about Bernardo Bibbiena’s, 122, 155

_Ballare_ and _danzare_ compared, 352-3, 382

_Ballatore_, 156, 382

Balzo, Antonia del, 400, 404
Isabella del, Queen of Naples,—see Isabella del Balzo

_Banchi_, a street in Rome, the scene of a trick played upon Bibbiena,
159-60, 383

Bandello, 366

Barbara of Brandenburg, Marchioness of Mantua, 374, 404

Barbarelli, Giorgio,—see Giorgione

Barbarian influence upon Latin, resulting in Italian, 43

Barbary pirates, touching incident following a husband’s rescue from,
195-7

Barbèra, Gaspare, 422

Bari, Roberto da,—see Roberto da Bari

Barletta, 73, 87, 352

Barletta, the tournament at, 351

Barlettani, Lucrezia, 367

Barozzi, Pietro, the (Arch-) Bishop of Padua, 136, 366

Bartolommeo, joke concerning the name, 151

Basa, Bernardo, 420

Basset, a dance performed after the first evening’s discussion, 73, 352

Battesworth, A., 421

Bavaria, Duke Albert III of, 374
Margarita of,—see Margarita of Bavaria

Bayeux, the Bishop of,—see Canossa, Ludovico da

Beatrice, a character in Boccaccio, 164, 165
of Lorraine, 394

Beaufort, Margaret, Countess of Richmond, 413

Beauty:
personal beauty requisite in the courtier, 23;
beauty unadorned, 55;
love defined as “a certain desire to enjoy beauty,” 288;
two ways of enjoying beauty, 289;
beauty, an effluence of divine goodness, 289;
cannot be truly enjoyed by possessing the body in which it is found,
290;
“beauty is good:” true love of beauty works for good, 291;
effect of women’s beauty on their own character, 292-3, 296;
“Do not believe that beauty is not always good,” 293;
beauty, a true sign of inward goodness, 294;
beauty through utility, 294-5;
“the good and the beautiful are in a way one and the same thing,”
295;
bodily beauty derived from beauty of the soul, 295-6;
beautiful women, more chaste than ugly women, 296;
beauty does not spring from the body wherein it shines, 298;
beauty best enjoyed through sight and hearing, 298;
beauty engendered in beauty, 299;
beauty to be enjoyed for itself, and not for the sake of the body
wherein it dwells, 302-3;
the highest enjoyment of beauty is the enjoyment of beauty in the
abstract, apart from bodily form, 303-4

Beazzano, Agostino,—see Bevazzano

Beccadello, Cesare, 160-1, 383
Domenico Maria, 383
Ludovico, 383

_Becco_, a he-goat, 129, 363

Beggar and lady at church, story of, 125

Belcolore (a character in Boccaccio), 127

Bellini, the, 343
Gentile, 341
Giacopo, 341
Giovanni, 341
Niccolosa, 341

Belvedere, a pavilion in the Vatican Gardens, 274

Bembo, Bernardo, 330
Pietro, 12, 18, 60, 61, 104, 106, 121, 130, 244, 255, 259-60, 287,
288-307, 308, 319, 320, 321, 330-1, 332, 333, 334, 336, 340, 342,
343, 345, 348, 358, 359, 362, 363, 364, 367, 368, 369, 374, 379,
380, 383, 403, 407, 415

Bembo’s _Gli Asolani_, 330, 336, 415
Prose, 340

Bentivogli, the, 375

Bentivoglio, Francesca, 314
Laura, 373

Berenson, Bernhard, 343

Berg, Adam, 420

Bergamasque dialect, rude by contrast with others, 41, 338
peasant, story of two great ladies deceived by a, 156-7

Bergamo, 105, 338

Bergamo, Lattanzio da, 376

Bernardone, Gianfrancesco, (St. Francis of Assisi), 416

Bernhardt, Madame Sara, 380

Bernice of Pontus, 389

Beroaldo, Filippo, the elder, 368
Filippo, the younger, 139, 319, 352, 368

Berry, Arthur, “Short History of Astronomy,” 360, 415

Bersine, wife of Alexander the Great, 401

Berto, 26, 128, 336

Bettoni, Niccolò, 421

Bevazzano, Agostino, 144, 374
Francesco, 374

Bias, 263, 408

Bibbiena, Bernardo Dovizi da, 2, 12, 28, 32, 36, 43, 110, 121, 122,
123-65, 166, 167, 170, 230, 234, 237, 238, 244, 276, 279, 321-2,
332, 334, 342, 348, 360, 361, 363, 367, 379, 407, 413

Bibbiena’s _Calandra_, 314, 321, 335, 356, 367

Bible, citations from the, 96, 137, 139, 301, 305, 357, 366, 415, 416

Bibulus, Marcus, 389

Bidon, 50, 340

Biga, Maddalena, a virtuous peasant girl, 403

Biondo, Flavio, 410

Birth, gentle, requisite in the courtier, 22-5

_Bischizzo, bisticcio_, 136, 365

Bishop, George, 421

Blanc, Charles, 327

Blanche, Queen of France, 395

Blasphemy, to be avoided, 143

Blind, story of two gamesters who made their companion believe that he
was, 157-9

Boadilla (or Bobadilla), My lady, (Beatriz Fernandez de Bobadilla,
Marchioness of Moya), 148, 164, 377

Boccaccio, Giovanni, 3, 4, 5, 41, 42, 49, 50, 51, 52, 164, 165, 167,
323, 339

Boccaccio’s _Corbaccio_, 384
Decameron, 127, 161, 384

Bohemia, Ladislas II of, 397

Boisy, Sieur de, 346

Bologna: subdued by Julius II, 12;
mentioned as full of turmoil, 139;
the Archbishop of,—see Pavia, the Cardinal of

Bonaparte, Napoleon, 313

Bonfons, Nicholas, 420, 421

Boniface, Duke of Tuscany, 394

Borgia, Cardinal Francesco, 156, 382
Cesare, (“Duke Valentino”), 147, 313, 318, 325, 328, 329, 331, 341,
343, 376, 377, 378
Giovanni, 377
Juana (or Isabella), 328
Lucrezia, 322, 328, 330, 359, 363, 373, 377, 399
Roderigo Lenzuoli,—see Alexander VI

Boristhenes,—see Dnieper

Borso, Duke,—see Este

Boscan Almogaver, Juan, 315, 320, 338, 377, 419, 420, 421

_Bottone_, play upon the word, 152

Bottone da Cesena, 152, 380

Bourcidan, Claude, 420

Bowyer, W., 421

Box, story of Cato and a rustic who had jostled him with a, 149

Braccesque leave, 167, 384

Bracciano, the Dukes of, 404

Braccio da Montone, 355

Braidense Library at Milan, 417

Bramante, the architect, 321, 335, 342, 381, 383, 410

Brancaleone, Gentile, 325

Brandenburg, Barbara of,—see Barbara of Brandenburg

Branthôme, 368, 379, 395

Brawl, a dance, 87, 356

Brescian, comic story of a, 131

British Museum Library, 316, 417

Brittany, Anne of,—see Anne of Brittany
Duke Francis II of, 395

Brunelleschi, 370

Brunet’s _Manuel du Libraire_, 417
_Manuel du Libraire, Supplément_, 417

Bruno, a character in Boccaccio, 161

Brutus, Marcus Junius, 58, 190, 347, 389

Bruyère, La, 323

Bucentaur, the, 131, 364

Bucephalia in India, founded by Alexander the Great, 274, 411

Buffalmacco, a character in Boccaccio, 161

Building architectural monuments, a duty of princes, 274

Buonarroti, Ludovico (Simoni), 343
Michelangelo,—see Michelangelo

Burgundy, Charles the Bold, 396
Mary of, 395, 396, 413
Philip the Good, Duke of, 387
the order (of the Golden Fleece) at the court of, 173, 387

Burleigh, Lord, (Sir William Cecil), 316

Burney, Dr., 359

Burning Bush of Moses, 305

Burning of the ships by the Trojan women, 197-8

Bynneman, Henry, 420

Cacus, 275, 411

Cæcilia Tanaquil, Caia, 190, 389

Cæsar, Caius Julius, 54, 57, 58, 118, 205, 346, 347, 360, 362, 378,
388, 389, 401

Cæsarion, 401

Caglio, story of the bishopric of, 137

Calabria, Duke Alfonso of, afterwards Alfonso II of Naples, 130, 363
Duke Ferdinand of, (son of Federico III of Naples), 205

Calandrino (a character in Boccaccio), 127, 161, 362

Calfurnio, Giovanni, 138, 366-7

Caligula, the Emperor, 388

Calixtus III., 328

Callisthenes, 285, 414

Calmeta, Collo Vincenzo, 71, 72, 97, 98, 99, 116, 352

_Calunnia_, imputation, 384

Calzini, Egidio, 327

Camma, 194-5

Cammelli, Antonio,—see Pistoia

Campani, Niccolò, da Siena,—see Strascino

Campaspe, 70, 351

Cane, Facino, 355

Canossa, Conrad of, 394
Count Ludovico da, Bishop of Bayeux, 12, 20-72, 121, 138, 176, 202,
233, 236, 237, 244, 279, 292, 293, 297, 329, 332, 342, 346, 360,
361, 394, 407

Çapila, Miguel de, 420

Capitol at Rome, a woman’s effort to secure the surrender of the, 199

Captain of the Church, Duke Guidobaldo made, 10

Capua, story of the sack of, 214

Cara, Marchetto, 50, 340

Carbo, Caius Papirius, 51, 344

Cardinals:
referred to in the prayer for heretics and schismatics, 138;
Raphael’s retort to the two, 149, 377-8

Cardona, Don Giovanni di, 146, 375, 376
Don Pedro di, Count of Gosilano, 375
Don Ugo di, 147, 375, 376

Cards and dice, 108

Carillo, Alonso, 148, 150, 164, 377

Carlos, Don, Prince of Spain, (afterwards Charles V of Spain), 276, and
see Charles V of Spain

Carmenta, another name for Nicostrate, 391

Carnesecchi, G., 422

Carpaccio, 343

Carpentras, the Bishop of,—see Sadoleto, Giacomo

Casanatense Library at Rome, 417

Casanova, Marcantonio, his distiches on “The Spartan Mother Slaying Her
Son,” 393

Castagneta, the Count of, 384
the Countess of, 164, 384

Castel del Rio, the Lord of, 375

Castellina, story about the siege of, 130, 363

Castiglione, Anna, 314
A. P., 421
Count Baldesar, 6, 7, 75, 171, 243, 276, 313-5, 316, 317, 318, 319,
320, 322, 323, 325, 327, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 337, 338, 340,
342, 343, 344, 346, 347, 348, 349, 351, 356, 357, 358, 360, 361,
362, 363, 364, 367, 369, 375, 379, 382, 383, 384, 387, 388, 390,
391, 392, 393, 394, 395, 396, 398, 399, 400, 404, 407, 408, 409,
410, 411, 413, 415, 419, 420, 421
his _Tirsi_, 314, 331, 332
Count Camillo, 314, 347

Castiglione, Count Cristoforo, 313
Ippolita, 314
Tealdo, Archbishop of Milan, 313

Castile, 202, 203

Castillo, Andrea, 382
a Spanish name jestingly bestowed upon a Bergamasque cow-herd, 156

Castor, 404

Castriani, Antonio da, Bishop of Cagli, 366

Castro, Violante de, 384

Cataline’s conspiracy, 200, 392

Cato, Marcus Porcius, 44, 146, 339

Cato Uticensis, Marcus Porcius, 149, 181, 190, 378

Catonian severity of countenance assumed hypocritically, 209

Catria, Mount, 309

Cattanei, Tommaso,—see Cervia, the Bishop of

Cattani, Francesco, da Diacceto,—see Diacceto

Catullus, 55, 126, 345, 346

Caucasia, 285

Cavaillon, the Bishop of,—see Mario de’ Maffei

Cavalcalovo, Gerolamo, 420

_Cavalier servente_, 361

Cavriani Library at Mantua, 417

Cecil, Sir William, afterwards Lord Burleigh, 316

Cellini, Benvenuto, 346, 350, 379, 382, 414

Celsus, St., 383

Ceres, 197

Cerignola, humourous incident after the battle of, 147, 376

Cervia, the Bishop of, (Tommaso Cattanei), 153, 382

Cesena, Bottone da,—see Bottone

Ceva, the Marquess Febus di, 71, 114, 351
the Marquess Gerardino di, 71, 351
the Marquess Giovanni di, 351

Chalcondylas, Demetrios, 313, 344, 374

Chancery, the, 159, 383

Chaperon, Jean, 315

Chapman, John Jay, 348

Chapuis, Gabriel, 420, 421

“Characters,” a work by Theophrastus, translated and afterwards
expanded by La Bruyère, 323

Charlemagne, the Emperor, 413

Charles the Bold of Burgundy, 396

Charles V of Spain, 276, 314, 315, 319, 332, 337, 371, 387, 396, 413,
414

Charles VIII of France, 117, 202, 317, 327, 328, 330, 347, 360, 367,
368, 371, 372, 373, 374, 381, 395, 396, 398, 400, 409

Charlotte of Savoy, 395

Chase, the, an appropriate pastime for the courtier, 31

Chastity:
discussions concerning, 162-3, 208-9;
instances of, 211 et seq.

Chaumont, the Grand Master de, 379-80

Cheirocrates, 411

Chess: 108-9;
story of the monkey who played, 133-4

Chigi, Agostino, 383

Chigiana Library at Rome, 417

Chignones, Diego de, 139, 368

Chilon of Sparta, 408

Chios, a story of Philip V’s siege of, 200

Chiote women and their husbands, a story of, 200-1

Chiron, 64, 349

Choice of friends, 105-7

Christian Cicero, the, (Lactantius Firmianus), 392

Chrysoloras, 370

Cian, Vittorio, 334, 335, 349, 353, 367, 369, 373, 377, 378, 379, 380,
382, 383, 422

Ciarla, Magia, 342

Ciccarelli, Antonio, 363, 377, 420, 421

Cicero, Marcus Tullius, 5, 44, 49, 51, 52, 53, 54, 129, 200, 339, 346,
362, 363, 379, 389, 392, 408

Cicero’s _Brutus_, 323
_De Amicitia_, 358
_De Officiis_, 402
_De Oratore_, 324, 344, 408
_De Senectute_, 397
_Pro Archia_, 34

Cicero, the Christian, (Lactantius Firmianus), 392

Ciminelli, Serafino,—see Serafino dall’Aquila

Cimon, 250, 407-8

Circe, 272, 409

Circumspection:
necessary to the courtier, 59;
even more necessary to the court lady, 176

Cithern:
played by Socrates, 63;
Achilles taught by Chiron to play upon the, 64

Civita Vecchia, 274, 410

Claudio, Scipio, 419

Claudius, the Emperor, 388

Clearchus, “tyrant of Pontus,” 264, 409

Clement VII (Giulio de’ Medici), 314, 317, 319, 331, 335, 345, 369, 374

Cleobulus of Rhodes, 408

Cleopatra, 205, 401

Clerke, Bartholomew, 420, 421

Clermont, Isabelle de, Queen of Naples, 327, 397

Cleves, Anne of, 371

Cloquemin, Loys, 420

Cloven Tongues, 305

Clymene, 408

Colin, Jacques, 315-6, 419, 420

Colonna, Caterina, 394
Fabrizio, 319
Francesco, his _Hypnerotomachia Poliphili_, 405
Marcantonio, 140, 371
Pierantonio, 371
Vittoria, Marchioness of Pescara, 1, 319-20, 323, 324, 369, 371, 394

Columbus, Christopher, 396

Comino, Giuseppe, 421

Command, he is always obeyed who knows how to, 265

Commines, 395

Commonwealths, Duke Guidobaldo in the service of the Venetian and
Florentine, 10

Como, the Bishop of, 366

Concealment:
of art, 35;
the courtier need not conceal his good deeds, 84

Conduct, Federico Fregoso propounds rules of, 83

Confession of ignorance, discussed, 116-7

Conquest, princes ought not to aim at, 266

Consalvo de Cordoba, 139, 141, 147, 204, 313, 327, 368-9, 371, 376, 400

Constable, T. and A., printers, 422

Conti, Bernardina, 371

Continence and temperance, contrasted and discussed, 257

Continence of Scipio, the story of the, 207-8

Contrast and balance, in art and character, 82-3

Conversation, to be varied to suit the company, 92

Conversion of the heathen, 275-6

Cooke, Sir Anthony, 316

Cordoba, Consalvo de,—see Consalvo
Francisco Fernandez de,—see Fernandez

Corinna, 197, 391

Corio, Lodovico, 324, 422

Cornelia, 190, 344, 389

Corrozet, Gelles, 419

Corsiniana Library at Rome,

Corvinus, Matthias,—see Matthias Corvinus

Coscia, Andrea, 152, 380

Costume appropriate to the courtier, 102-4

Cotta, Caius Aurelius, 51, 344

Courage requisite in the courtier, 25

Court Lady, the:
beginning of the discussion on, 173;
must be womanly, 175;
her need of beauty, 176;
must be affable, vivacious, witty, not too prudish, 176;
not too familiar, not a scandal-monger, tactful in conversation,
177-8;
not addicted to over-rugged exercises, or too ready to dance or sing,
179;
her dress, 179-80;
must be no less well informed than the courtier, and understand even
those exercises that she does not practise; she must also be
accomplished in literature, music, painting and dancing, 180;
Pallavicino objects to such multiplicity of acquirement, 181-2

COURTIER, THE BOOK OF THE. reasons for writing, 1, 7;
reasons for hasty publication of, 1;
“a picture of the court of Urbino,” 2;
excuse for not writing in the Tuscan dialect, 3-5;
purports to record actual dialogues, 8;
when written, 319

Courtiers’ duty to entice their prince towards virtue, 250-1

Courtiership:
the subject of the book, 7;
beginning of the discussion concerning the perfection of, 19;
beginning of the discussion concerning the proper aims of, 246;
explanation of the word, 325

Crassus, Lucius Licinius, the orator, 44, 49, 51, 339, 344
Marcus Licinius, the triumvir, 347

Crassus Mucianus, Publius Licinius, 101, 358

Crato, Johannes, 420

Creede, T., 421

Crema, Margarita, 362

Cretans, cultivators of music, 64

Crimson velvet, jest about a captain who celebrated his infrequent
victories by wearing, 152

Crivello, Biagino, 153, 381

Crotona, the five beautiful maidens of, 70, 351

Cuña, Don Pedro de,—see Messina, the Prior of

Cuppis (or Coppi) da Montefolco, Bernardo de, 404
Lucrezia de, 404

Curll, E., 421

Curtius Rufus, Quintus, his History of Alexander the Great, 358

Custom, the basis of manners, 7

Cyrene, 348

Cyrus, 201, 393, 400

_Damasco_, play upon the word, 150

Dances: see Basset, Brawl, Morris-dance, _Moresca_, _Roegarze_

Dancing:
affectation in, 36;
how to be practised, 86-7

Dante, 323, 330, 339, 340, 363, 381

Dante’s _Divina Commedia_, 323
_Inferno_, 360
_Paradiso_, 416
_Purgatorio_, 376
_Vita Nuova_, 348

_Danzare_ and _ballare_ compared, 352-3, 382

D’Arco, MS. bibliographical notes by the late Count, at Mantua, 417

Darius III of Persia, 103, 207, 212, 358, 401

Dauson, Thomas, 420

Day, John, 420

Death from excessive joy, an instance of, 195-7

Deceased friends, the author’s eulogy of his, 2-3, 243-4

Deceptions and tricks practised by lovers, 217-8

Defects and foibles, limits to be observed in ridiculing, 128

Defender of the Faith, origin of the title, 412

Deianeira, 415

Demarata, 390

Demetrius I of Macedon, 69, 351, 392

Demetrius II of Macedon, 200, 392

Democritus, 124, 337, 361

Demosthenes, 344

Denham, Henry, 420

Dennistoun, James, 317, 322, 334

Dennistoun’s “Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino,” 335, 337, 377, 397

Derketo, a Syrian goddess, 401

Deserve, the best way to win princes’ favour is to deserve it, 96

Devices (_imprese_), 12, 330

Diacceto, Francesco Cattani da, 51, 345-6

Diacceto’s _Tre Libri d’Amore_, 346

Diana, 194

Digressions from the main subject of the work:
on literary style, 38-54;
on pleasantries and witticism, 120-162;
on the attributes of the perfect court lady, 175-228;
on Platonic love, 288-307

Dinocrates, 411

Dio of Syracuse, 285, 414-5

Diocletian, the Emperor, 404

Diogenes Laertius, 348

Diomed, 275, 411

Dionysius the Elder of Syracuse, 348, 415

Dionysius the Younger of Syracuse, 285, 415

Diotima, 197, 308, 391

Disguises, fancy dress, etc., 87-8

Disparagement, to be avoided, 115-6

Divorce, impliedly favoured, 224

Djem Othman, 141, 371-2

Dnieper, comic story of words frozen in crossing the, 132-3

Dolce, Ludovico, 420

Dolet, Estienne, 419

Domenico, a printer at Venice, 420

Donatello, 341

Donato, Geronimo, 136, 365-6

Don Carlos, Prince of Spain, (afterwards Charles V of Spain), 276, and
see Charles V of Spain

Donkey, story of peasant who had lost his, 128-9

_Double entente_, instances of allowable, 125

Doves, story of a tiresome fellow and his, 148

Dovizi, Bernardo,—see Bibbiena Pietro, 321

Drake, S., 421

Drawing, a necessary accomplishment for the courtier, 65

Dreams, Alfonso I’s jesting advice to a servant regarding, 153

Dress:
the courtier’s, 102-4;
an index of character, 103-5;
the court lady’s, 179-80

Ducats:
as a laudatory simile, 140-1;
story of the prior who had borrowed ten thousand, 150-1

Duchess of Urbino, the,—see Gonzaga, Eleanora and Elisabetta

Duel:
the courtier to know how to conduct a, 30;
story about a, 152

_Due torti_, play upon the words, 151

Duhamel, l’Abbé, 421

“Duke Borso,”—see Este, Borso d’, Duke of Ferrara

“Duke Federico,”—see Montefeltro, Federico di, Duke of Urbino

“Duke Filippo,”—see Visconti, Filippo Maria

“Duke Valentino,”—see Borgia, Cesare

Durán, Alfonso, 421

Dürer, Albert, 342, 343

Earth, story about disposing of earth from an excavation, 129-30

Edward III of England, 387

Edward IV of England, 413

Edward VII of England, 380

Egano, a character in Boccaccio, 164, 165

Egnatius, a character in Catullus, 55, 346

Egypt, the pyramids of, said to have been built in order to keep the
Egyptians busy, 267

Eleanora of Portugal, 396

Elias, 305

Elis in Achaia, 171, 387

Elizabeth of England, 316, 329

Elizabeth of Portugal, 387

Elizabeth of York, 412, 413

Elmo, St., 147, 376

Elocution, the essentials of, 4

Emanuel I of Portugal, 133, 364

Emilia Pia,—see Pia

Empedocles, 337

Employment of the courtier’s qualities, etc., beginning of Federico
Fregoso’s discourse upon, 80

England, the author’s absence in, 8, 276, 325

Ennius, Quintus, 44, 49, 148, 339

Envy, the courtier to avoid arousing, 82

Epaminondas, 64, 250, 349, 408

Ephesus, 68

Epicharis, 192, 390

Epimetheus, 252, 408

Equicola, Mario, 398

Equipment of the cavalier, the necessity for proper, 85

Erasmus, 348, 357, 367

Erasmus, St., 376

Eris, the goddess of discord, 387

Errea, Elvira, 368

Erythræans, the, 200, 393

Este, Alfonso d’, Duke of Ferrara, 322, 330, 363, 399, 400
Beatrice d’, Duchess of Milan, 204, 333, 336, 338, 352, 363, 381,
394, 398, 399
Bianca Maria d’, 394
Borso d’, Duke of Ferrara, 77, 355, 363, 384
Ercole d’, Duke of Ferrara, 129, 330, 336, 363, 398, 399
Ginevra d’, 394
Ippolito d’, Cardinal, 22-3, 329, 336, 363
Isabella d’, Marchioness of Mantua, 204, 332, 333, 334, 338, 341,
343, 352, 363, 381, 394, 398-9, 409, 413
Niccolò d’, Duke of Ferrara, 355, 363, 384

Este family, eulogy of the women of the, 202

Ettore Romano Giovenale, 71, 351-2

Europe and Asia, united by Alexander the Great, 275

Eurydice, 384

Evander, 44, 197, 339, 391

Evil:
the correlative and necessary accompaniment of good, 78;
ignorance is the root of, 254-6

Exalted station attained by several members of the court of Urbino, 244

Exercises:
those proper for the courtier, 29-31;
those inappropriate for the courtier, 31

Eye, story of the quack and the peasant who had lost an, 150

Fabié, Antonio Maria, 320, 367, 377, 383, 417, 421

Fabius Pictor, Quintus, 65, 349

Fagiani, Bernardin, 420

Falsehood, the origin of princes’ errours, 248

Fancy dress and masks, 87-8

Farri, Domenico, 420

Fasanini, Landomia, 383

Favorinus, 357

Favours, not in general to be sought by the courtier, 94-6

Federico III of Naples, 205, 358, 383, 397, 399, 400

Fedra (Tommaso Inghirami), 138, 367, 375

Feltre, Vittorino da,—see Vittorino da Feltre

Ferdinand I of Naples, 327, 363, 383, 397, 400

Ferdinand II of Naples, 10, 35, 118, 141, 204, 327-8, 368, 397, 400

Ferdinand the Catholic:
referred to as “the king,” 148, 164;
mentioned, 202, 203, 219, 313, 327, 359, 368, 371, 377, 396, 397,
400, 412, 413

Ferdinand the Just, King of Aragon and Sicily, 375

Fernandez de Cordoba, Francesco, 420

Ferrara, the Dukes of,—see Este

Fetti, Fra Mariano,—see Fra Mariano Fetti

Fiaccadori, 421

Ficino, 345

_Fierezza_, boldness, 83, 356

Fiery Chariot of Elias, 305

Fig-tree, story about a man who begged a branch from his neighbour’s,
149

Filiberta of Savoy, 320, 346

Filiberto, Duke of Savoy, 396

Filippello’s wife, a character in Boccaccio, 164, 165, 166

Filippo, Duke,—see Visconti, Filippo Maria

Finger-rings, story of Alfonso I’s, 146

Firmianus, Lactantius, “the Christian Cicero,” 392

First impression:
amusing story illustrating the importance of, 111-2;
the courtier to try to make a good, 113

Five nuns and the friar, story of the, 136-7

Flogged, story of man condemned to be, 129

Florence, 39, 43, 44, 140, 151

Florence, the Archbishop of, (Roberto Folco), 142, 372

Florentine Council, humourous sally made in the, 149-50

Florentine territory, story of a soldier who had fled from, 147

Florentines, wont to wear the hood, 104

Florido, Orazio, 71, 352

Foglietta, Agostino, 145, 374-5

Foglino, Scarmiglione da, 377

Foix, Gaston de, 379

Folco, Roberto, Archbishop of Florence, 142, 372

Forden, Katherine, 316

Foreign phrases, instances of allowable use of, 46

Forged document of renunciation, story of a, 151

Forli, Antonello da,—see Antonello da Forli

Fornovo, the battle of, 360

Fortebracci, Braccio, 384

Fra Mariano Fetti, 16, 122, 162, 335

France, 31, 57, 97, 114

Francia, Francesco Raibolini, better known as, 332

Franciotti, Gianfrancesco, 361

Francis I of France, 56-7, 275, 315, 320, 322, 330, 332, 337, 341, 346,
347, 371, 376, 387, 405, 412, 413

Francis II, Duke of Brittany, 395

Francis, St., 308, 416

Fra Serafino, 16, 37, 108, 162, 335

Frederick Barbarossa, 360, 364

Frederick III, Emperor of Germany, 396

Fregosa, Costanza, 14, 54, 73, 334

Fregoso, Agostino, 322
Costanza,—see Fregosa
Federico, 12, 19, 39, 40, 49, 50, 52, 53, 54, 72, 80, 81, 83, 86, 88,
90, 91, 93, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 102, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108,
109, 110, 113, 114, 117, 118, 120, 121, 122, 155, 169, 170, 172,
173, 221, 222, 223, 224, 234, 244, 294, 321, 330, 331, 334, 340,
346, 367, 407
Ottaviano, 2, 12, 17, 18, 163, 167, 168, 174, 218, 240, 241, 242,
244, 245-87, 322, 330, 334, 376, 407, 409, 414

French fashion of dress:
affected by some, 102;
tends to over amplitude, 103

Frenchmen:
martial exercises excelled in by, 30-1;
said to disprize letters, 56;
whether or not they are presumptuous, 97;
their freedom of manner, 115

Friar and the five nuns, story of the, 136-7

Friars, hypocrisy of the, 188-9

Friends:
choice of, 105-7;
peril of too blind confidence in, 106;
reciprocal duties of, 107

Frigio, Niccolò,—see Frisio

Frisio (or Frigio), Niccolò, 12, 169, 172, 174, 188, 191, 192, 194,
195, 197, 205, 216, 279, 334, 402

Frosinone, the battle of, 379

Frozen words, story about, 132-3

Gæa, 411

Galatea, 388

Galba, Sergius Sulpicius, 44, 51, 340, 344

Galeotto, Giantommaso, 138, 367

Galeotto Marzi da Narni, 136, 365, 367

Galpino, a servant of “My lord Magnifico,” 144

Gama, Vasco da, 364

Gambara, Veronica, 395

Gambling, 108

Games proposed by various members of the court, 13-9

Gaming, 108

Garigliano, the battle of, 313

Garter, the order of the, 173, 313, 387

Garzia, Diego, 141, 371

Garzoni’s _L’Hospidale de Pazzi Incurabili_, 373

Gaspar, my lord,—see Pallavicino

Gaultier, Pierre, 420

Gazuolo, story of a peasant girl of, 214

General repute, illustrations of the influence of, 113

Generosity, a duty of princes, 273-4

Generous, all givers are not, 276-7

Genoa, the Doge of,—see Fregoso, Ottaviano

Genoese Riviera, wine from the, 113

Genoese spendthrift, retort made by a, 139

Gentle birth, requisite in the courtier, 22-5

George, St., 404

German fashion of dress:
affected by some, 102;
tends to over scantiness, 103

German student at Rome, story of a, 139

German women of Roman times, heroism of, 201

Geryon, 275, 411

Ghirlandajo, 343

Giancristoforo Romano, 12, 66, 135, 333, 404

Gianluca da Pontremolo, 151

Giglio, Domenico, 420, 421

Giolito de’ Ferrari, Gabriel, 419, 420

Giorgio da Castelfranco,—see Giorgione

Giorgione, 50, 313, 343-4, 350, 369

Giovenale, Ettore Romano, 71, 351-2
Latino, de’ Manetti, 151, 379

Giovio, Paolo, 330, 369, 420

Giulia, a virtuous peasant girl, 403

Giulio Romano, 314

Giunta, the heirs of Filippo di, 320, 419, 421

Giunti, Benedetto, 419

Giunti, the heirs of Bernardo, 420

Glutton, rebuke administered by the Marquess Federico to a, 145

Goethe’s “Travels in Italy,” 334-5

Golden Fleece, the order of the, 173, 387

Gonnella, a buffoon, 162, 384

Gonnella, Bernardo, his father, 384

Gonzaga, Alessandro, 142, 143, 373
Barbara, Duchess of Würtemberg, 394, 404
Cecilia, 394
Cesare, 12, 14, 21, 28, 32, 37, 69, 70, 86, 96, 104, 128, 131, 134,
174, 179, 208, 210, 213, 215, 216, 218, 231, 235, 236, 237, 243,
245, 257, 269, 273, 296, 307, 309, 331-2, 402, 403, 407
Eleanora, Duchess of Urbino, 244, 318, 407
Elisabetta, Duchess of Urbino, 2, 11-2, 13, 16, 20, 32, 43, 71, 73,
80, 104, 112, 156, 163, 167, 169, 170, 172, 174, 175, 216, 221,
228, 236, 241, 242, 245, 265, 269, 273, 280, 287, 288, 292, 297,
307, 309, 314, 317, 318, 322-3, 329, 334, 335, 341, 352, 380, 388,
394, 398, 404, 405, 407, 409
Federico, Marquess of Mantua, 145, 148, 279, 322, 340, 373, 409
Federico, Marquess and afterwards Duke of Mantua, 279, 343, 362, 373,
374, 379, 413-4
Francesco,—see Gianfrancesco
Giampietro, 331
Gianfrancesco, Marquess of Mantua, 274, 313, 317, 318, 341, 352, 360,
372, 373, 374, 381, 383, 398, 407, 409-10, 413
Gianfrancesco, uncle to “My lady Duchess,” 404
Giovanni, 142, 373
Ludovico, Bishop of Mantua, 215, 403-4
Ludovico, Marquess of Mantua, 374, 404
Luigi, 331
Luigia, 313
Maddalena, 380
Margarita, 73, 192, 352

Gonzaga family, eulogy of the women of the, 202

Good, the correlative and necessary accompaniment of evil, 78

Good government, three forms of, 260

Gosilano, the Count of, (Don Pedro di Cardona), 375

Goths, the time when Italy was ruled by the, 202

_Governo misto_, 261, 269-70, 409

Gracchi, the, 344, 389

Gracchus, Caius Sempronius, 51, 344

Grace:
cannot be learned, but may be cultivated, 34;
lies chiefly in the avoidance of affectation, 35

Grace requisite in the courtier, 23

Granada, the conquest of, 203, 219-20

Grand Turk, the,—see Bajazet II

Graphic narrative, 127

Gravity of visage, the effect of pleasantry heightened by, 154

Great Captain, the,—see Consalvo de Cordoba

Greece, 65, 192, 219

Greek:
Hannibal said to have written in, 58;
the courtier to be conversant with, 59;
Castiglione prefers that his son should devote less attention to
Latin than to, 347

Greek dialects, discussion of, 47

Gregory, St., 393

Grove’s Dictionary of Music, 359

Guicciardini, 409

Hadrian’s mausoleum, afterwards the Castle of St. Angelo, 367

Handmaidens, the Festival of the, 199-200, 392

Hands, the beauty of, 55

Hanging, the method by which a Spanish cavalier hoped to escape, 148-9

Hannibal, 58, 201, 274, 347, 376, 392, 408

Harmodius, 390

Harmonia, 191, 389-90

Harsy, Denys de, 419

Hasdrubal, 191, 389

Helen of Troy, 351, 387, 415

Henry, Prince of Wales,—see Henry VIII of England

Henry IV of England, 413

Henry V of England, 412-3

Henry VII of England, 313, 327, 412-3

Henry VIII of England, 276, 332, 348, 371, 412

Hera, 387

Heraclea, 390

Hercules, 171, 275, 305, 408, 411, 412

Hermes, 339, 391

Hermit, Lavinello’s, a character in Bembo’s _Gli Asolani_, 288, 415

Hernand, Pietro, 368

Hernand y Aguilar, Gonzalvo,—see Consalvo de Cordoba

Herodotus, 400

Herrick, Robert, 338

Hesiod, 49

Hiero of Syracuse, 191, 389-90

High standard, to be aimed at, even if a higher cannot be attained, 116

Hipparchus, 390

History, the courtier to be versed in, 59

Hobbie, Sir Thomas, 316

Hoby, Thomas, 316, 420, 421, 422
William, 316

Hohenstauffen rulers of Naples, 375

Homer, 41, 44, 49, 53, 57, 61, 62, 284, 315, 348, 391

Honesty and uprightness, requisite in the courtier, 56

Honour of women, discussion as to the regard to be shown to the, 162

Horace, 44, 340

Horse afraid of weapons, story about a, 138

Horse-breeding, 274

Horsemanship, the courtier to be an adept in, 30

Hortensius Hortalus, Quintus, 44, 339

Huguetan, Jean, 420

Humanities, the courtier to be versed in the, 59

Humour, beginning of the discussion on, 120

Hunchbacks, story of two, 151

Hungary, “the other queen of,”—see Aragon, Beatrice

Hunyadi, János, of Hungary, 397

Husbands and wives, ill treatment between, 193

_Hypnerotomachia Poliphili_, 405

Iapetus, 408

Icarus, 342

Ignorance:
as to confessing, 116-7;
one of the gravest faults of princes, 247;
the root of evil, 254-6

Iliad, the, kept by Alexander the Great at his bedside, 57

Imitation, in literary style: 41;
more necessary for the moderns than for the ancients, 49

_Imprese_ (devices), 12, 330

Improbabilities, to be avoided in conversation, 119

Incongruity, the source of laughter, 124

Incontinence in men, no more excusable than unchastity in women, 206

India, 285

Inghirami, Paolo, 367
Tommaso, (“Fedra”), 138, 367, 375

Innocent VIII, 341, 371, 372

Innuendo, instances of witty, 145-7

Innys, William, 421

Ippolito d’Este,—see Este

Isabella del Balzo, Queen of Naples, 205, 397, 399-400

Isabella the Catholic:
referred to as “the queen,” 150;
mentioned, 156, 202-4, 219, 377, 378, 384, 396-7, 412, 413

Isaia di Pippo of Pisa, 333

Ischia, the island of, 319

Ismail Sufi I of Persia, 173, 387-8

Isocrates, 51, 344, 409

Isola Ferma, 222, 405

Italian language, derived from the Latin, 43

Italians:
martial exercises in which they excelled, 30;
military decadence of, 58-9, 347;
lamentable lack of any style of dress peculiar to, 103;
become a prey to other nations, 103, 347

Italy, 5, 8, 9, 12, 13, 40, 43, 44, 46, 103, 114, 171, 198, 202, 274,
347

James I of England, 413

James IV of Scotland, 413

Janus, 407

Japan, THE COURTIER said to have been carried to, 324

J. C. L. L. J., an anonymous German translator of THE COURTIER, 316,
421

Jem,—see Djem

Jena University Library, 417

Jerome, St.,—see St. Jerome

Jobinus, Bernhardus, 420, 421

Johannes Hyrcanus, King of the Jews, 389

John III of Portugal, 317

John, King of Hungary, 397

Joly, Aristide, (_De Balthassaris Castillionis opere_, etc.), 417

Jousting, deemed by Djem too serious for sport, 141

Jove, 184, 252, 388

Jovinianus, St. Jerome’s first tract against, 388

Juan, Infant of Castile, 396

Juan II of Castile, 396

Juan II of Navarre and Aragon, 397

Judgment Day, story of lady who dreaded to appear nude on the, 132

Julius II (Giuliano della Rovere), 10, 12-3, 137, 138, 151, 153, 274,
313, 314, 318, 319, 321, 325, 328-9, 330, 332, 334, 335, 336, 342,
343, 361, 365, 366, 371, 372, 375, 377, 378, 380, 382, 383, 400,
404, 410, 413

Juno, 199

Jupiter Feretrius, 325

Juste, Françoys, 419

Justice, the good prince’s first care, 270

Justinian, the Emperor, 393

“King Louis,”—see Louis XII

“King of France, The,” a phrase signifying the acme of royal power, 272

Kiss, the origin and meaning of the, 300-1

Knowledge, the essential prerequisite of literary style, 45

Kratzer, Lorenz, 316, 420

Lacedemonians, cultivators of music, 64

Ladislas II of Bohemia, 397

Lady at church and the beggar, story of the, 125

Lælius, Caius (Sapiens), 51, 106, 344, 358

Laïs, 402

Landi, Agostino, 334
Caterina, 334
Count Marcantonio, 334

Landriano, Gerardo, Bishop of Como, 366

Language, in what consists the excellence of, 53

Languages, the courtier ought to know many, 115

Laocoön, the, 349

Lapi, Checca, 384

Lascaris, Constantine, 330, 397

Lasso, Pedro, 420

Latin:
the source of Italian, 43;
the courtier to be conversant with, 59;
Castiglione prefers that his son should devote more attention to
Greek than to, 347

Latinistic forms of several Italian words advocated, 48, 54, 340

Latino Giovenale de’ Manetti, 151, 379

Lat_r_in tongue, 136

Lattanzio da Bergamo, 376

Laughter:
peculiar to man, 123;
incongruity affirmed to be its source, 124

Laura, 220, 404-5

Laure de Noves, 405

Lavinello, 415

Lavinello’s Hermit, a character in Bembo’s _Gli Asolani_, 288, 415

Law, princes’ need to show respect for, 271

Leæna, 192, 390

Leaping, an accomplishment proper for the courtier, 31

Leghorn, 196

Lei, Bernardino, Bishop of Cagli, 366

Lemonnier, Felice, 421

Lenzuoli, Giuffredo (or Alfonso), 328
Roderigo,—see Alexander VI

Leo X (“My lord Cardinal”), 152, 313, 314, 317, 319, 320, 321, 322,
329, 331, 332, 333, 335, 336, 337, 340, 341, 342, 345, 352, 361,
362, 364, 365, 368, 369, 370, 373, 374, 380-1, 382, 411, 413

Leonardo da Vinci, 50, 336, 337, 341, 346, 350, 366, 381
his _Codex Atlanticus_, 360
his “Treatise on Painting,” 350

Leonico Tomeo, Niccolò, 145, 374

Letters:
the true ornament of the mind, 56;
disprized by the French at the beginning of the 16th century, 56;
but esteemed by the youthful Francis (I), 56-7;
and by captains of ancient times, 57-8;
the true conservator of glory, 58;
letters vs. arms, discussed, 60-2

Leuconia, 200, 393

Liberty, 259-61

Library of the Palace of Urbino, 9, 331

Library of the Spanish Academy at Madrid, 417

Libreria Salesiana, 421

Literary piracy:
hasty publication of THE COURTIER arose from dread of, 1;
frequency of, 320

Literary style, discussion of, 3-5, 38-54

Literary usage:
how determined, 48;
subject to change, 48-9

Livy (Titus Livius), 47, 326, 340, 358, 375, 391

Lombard, the author admits writing as a, 5

Lombards:
addicted to the use of foreign words, 38;
fond of fantastic dress, 104

Lombardy: 104;
eulogy of noble ladies of, 204

Longinus, the lance of, 372

Longis, Jean, 419

Lor—, Jean, 419

Loreto, Our Lady of, 158, 382

Lorraine, Beatrice of, 394

Louis, St., 395

Louis IX of France, 395

Louis XI of France, 387, 395

Louis XII of France, 141, 202, 313, 318, 330, 332, 337, 341, 346, 359,
371, 376, 381, 395, 396, 400, 409

Louise of Savoy, 346

Love:
the course to be pursued by women (married and unmarried) in love,
223-40;
how men are to win women’s love, 229-30;
how men are to declare their love, 231-2;
openness in love, 233-4;
how love is retained, 234-6;
rivalry in love, 234-6;
secrecy in love, 237-40;
whether love be seemly in an old courtier, 286-7;
beginning of Bembo’s discourse on Platonic love, 288;
love defined as “a certain desire to enjoy beauty,” 288;
defects of carnal love, 290;
maturity less prone to carnal love, than youth, 291;
true love of beauty is beneficent, 291;
sensual love in a measure excusable in the young, 292;
sensual love not excusable in those of mature years, 292, 297;
spiritual love, 304-5;
Bembo’s invocation to divine love, 305-7;
instances in which the mysteries of divine love have been revealed to
women, 308

Love talk, the course to be pursued by women in, 221-3

Loyalty requisite in the courtier, 25

Loyson, Estienne, 421

Lucca, Proto da,—see Proto da Lucca

Lucca, story of the sables and the merchant of, 132-3

Lucian, 357

Luciani, Sebastiano, “del Piombo,” 335

Luciano of Laurana, architect of the Palace of Urbino, 410

Lucullus, Lucius Licinius, 58, 205, 250, 347, 408

Luther, 313, 330, 333

Luzio, Alessandro, 399

Luzio and Renier’s _Mantova e Urbino_, 410

Lycurgus, 64, 349

Lyons, a practical joke played by Bibbiena on the bridge at, 160-1

Lysias, 51, 344

Lysis the Pythagorean, 250, 408

Machiavelli, Niccolò, 316, 328, 385, 409

Machiavelli’s “Art of War,” 376
_Discorsi_, 356
_Principe_, 347, 377
_Storia Fiorentina_, 378

Maffei, Mario de’, da Volterra,—see Mario de’ Maffei

Maggi, Graziosa, 332

Magnificence, a duty of princes, 273-4

Mahaffy, J. P., 359

Mahomet, 275

Mahomet II of Turkey, 371, 372

Mamurius Veturius, 339

Man, the laughing animal, 123

Manetti, Latino Giovenale de’,—see Latino Giovenale

Manlius Torquatus, Titus, 100, 357

Manner and time of employing the courtier’s accomplishments, 81 et seq.

Manners, excessive freedom of, to be avoided, 114

Manrique, Don Garci Fernandez, 384

Mantegna, Andrea, 50, 341-2, 360, 372, 395, 409
a son of Andrea, 395

Mantua, the Bishop of,—see Gonzaga, Ludovico
the Marquesses of,—see Gonzaga

Manucci, Teobaldo,—see Aldus

Manutius, Aldus,—see Aldus

_Marano_, a heretic, a renegade Moor, 139, 369

Marcantonio, Master, 152, 380

Marcella, Elena, 330

Marcello, Silvestro, 319

Marciana Library at Venice, 417

Marcus Antonius, (the orator), 44, 51, 339

Margarita of Austria, 202, 395-6

Margarita of Bavaria, Marchioness of Mantua, 322, 373, 374, 409

Mariano Fetti, Fra,—see Fra Mariano Fetti

Mario de’ Maffei da Volterra, 144, 374

Marius, Caius, 201, 393

Mark Antony, 190, 347, 388

Markets, the New and Old, at Florence, 145

Marliani’s Life of Castiglione, 420, 421

Marriage, the right time for, 268-9

Mars Gradivus, 339

Martin V, 319, 325

Mary of Burgundy, 395, 396, 413

Mary Magdalen, St., 308

Mary Tudor, wife of Louis XII of France, 371

Marzi, Galeotto, da Narni,—see Galeotto

Masks and fancy dress, 87-8

Mass, jest about speed in saying, 152-3

Mass-book, story of the, 137-8

Massilia, custom of providing means of self-destruction at, 192, 390

Massimo, Roberto, da Bari,—see Roberto da Bari

Massot, Estienne, 421

Master Serafino, 150

Matilda, the Countess, 202, 393-4

Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, 204, 336, 365, 397-8, 399

Mausolus, King of Caria, 401

Maximilian I, Emperor of Germany, 143, 202, 359, 367, 371, 387, 395,
396, 397, 400, 413

Mayer, Johann, 421

Mazzoleni, 421

Mazzuchelli, Count Giammaria, Life of Castiglione, 417

Medici, Caterina de’, 346
Cosimo de’, _Pater Patriæ_, 140, 151, 345, 362, 370, 376, 378, 381
Giovanni de’, (Cosimo’s father), 370
Giovanni de’, "_delle Bande Nere_," 337
Giovanni de’, "My lord Cardinal,"—see Leo X
Giuliano de’, (brother of Lorenzo the Magnificent), 345, 378
Giuliano de’, “My lord Magnifico,” 2, 12, 37, 42, 56, 64, 71, 89-90,
102, 132, 142, 144, 168, 169, 170, 172, 174-238, 244, 256, 276,
280, 281, 308, 320-1, 331, 339, 341, 342, 343, 346, 349, 380, 390,
407, 414
Giulio de’,—see Clement VII
Grasso de’, 62, 348
Ippolito de’, 320, 329
Lorenzo de’, Duke of Urbino, 319, 321, 330, 352
Lorenzo de’, the Magnificent, 51, 145, 320, 321, 335, 343, 345, 359,
378, 380
Pietro de’, 345

Meliolo, Bartolommeo, 384
Ludovico, 162, 384

Men and women, beginning of the discussion on the comparative
excellence of, 182

Menerola, Teodora, 328

Mercury, 252

Merula, Giorgio, 313

Messina, the Prior of, (Don Pedro de Cuña), 150-1, 378

Metastasio, P., 421

Metrodorus, 69, 351

Micard, Cl., 420

Michael, apparently a tutor to Castiglione’s son, 347

Michelangelo Buonarroti, 2, 50, 67, 313, 320, 321, 328, 329, 343, 350,
410

Michelet on Louis XII of France, 371

Milan, 153
the Dukes of,—see Sforza and Visconti

Miletus, the Bishop of,—see Pavia, the Cardinal of

Milles, Guillermo de, 419

Miltiades, 408

Mime,—see _Moresca_

Mimicry, the limits to be observed in, 127-8

Minerva, 89, 252

Miniana Compagnia, la, 421

Minutoli, Riciardo, a character in Boccaccio, 164, 165, 166

Miser:
retort of a spendthrift to a, 139;
story of a servant who had saved the life of his miserly master,
144-5

Mithridates VI, Eupator, King of Pontus, 191, 389

Mixed government, 261, 269-70

Moderate fortunes, less power possessed by the very rich than by men
of, 271

Moderation, the essence of virtue, 277-8

Modesty requisite in the courtier, 26

Molart, Captain, 152, 379

Monarchy vs. democracy, 259-61

Monima of Pontus, 389

Monkey, story of chess played by a, 133-4

Monpezat, Pedro, 419

Montaigne:
quotation from his _Essais_, 347;
the village of Paglia mentioned in his diary, 382

Monte, Pietro, 12, 34, 92, 174, 333-4
Pietro dal, 334

Montechiarugolo, Count Guido Torello di, 314

Montefeltro, Agnese di, 319
Antonio di, 329
Aura di, 376
Battista di, 394
Brigida Sueva di, 394
Count of, (in 1154), 325
Federico di, Duke of Urbino, 9, 129, 156, 265, 274, 317, 325-6, 327,
356, 362, 376, 381, 410
Gentile di, 322
Giovanna di, 318
Guidantonio di, Duke of Urbino, 325
Guidobaldo di, Duke of Urbino, 1, 9-11, 80, 129, 138, 147, 152, 313,
317-8, 319, 321, 322, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 342, 343, 344,
352, 376, 377, 387, 394, 404, 410
Oddantonio di, Count of Urbino, 325
Violante di, 394
origin of the name, 325

Montefeltro family, eulogy of the women of the, 202, 394

Montefiore Inn, synonymous expression for a bad inn, 155, 382

Montone, Braccio da, 355

Moors:
story of a Pisan merchant captured and rescued from the, 195-7;
to be conquered for their souls’ good, 275

Morello, Sigismondo, da Ortona, 12, 46, 83, 90, 91, 92, 292, 293, 294,
296, 299, 332

_Moresca_, mime, morris-dance, 15, 81, 87, 335

_Morgante Maggiore_, a poem by Luigi Pulci, 365

Morosina, 331

Morris-dance,—see _Moresca_

Mosca, Giambattista Vendramini, 421

Moses, 305

Mount Athos, 274, 411

Mount Catria, 309, 416

Mount Œta, 305, 415

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