Gærtner, II.15.Gassendi, II.15.Galileo, the history of his life andlabours, pregnant with a peculiarinterest to the general reader, aswell as the philosopher, II.1.His birth and parentage,2. Hisearly years spent in the constructionof instruments and pieces ofmachinery, which were calculatedchiefly to amuse himself and hisschoolfellows,2. Music, drawing,and painting, the occupationsof his leisure hours,3. Papersfrom the elementary works ofgeometry to the writings of Archimedes,3. Writes an essay onthe hydrostatical balance,3. Engagedto investigate the centreof gravity in solid bodies,4.Appointed lecturer on mathematicsat Pisa,4. His reiteratedand successful attacks against thefollowers and doctrines of Aristotle,5. Resigns his professorshipat Pisa, and is appointed tofill the chair of mathematics inthe university of Padua,6.Obliged to add to his income bythe labours of his pen,6. Hisown account of his conversion tothe Copernican system of philosophy,7. Teaches the Ptolemaicout of compliance with the popularfeeling, after he had convincedhimself of the truth ofthe Copernican doctrines,8. Hisreputation widely extended overEurope,9. Completes the firstperiod of his engagement atPadua, and is re-elected for othersix years with an increasedsalary of 320 florins,9. His observationson the new star, whichattracted the notice of astronomersin 1604,10. Again appointedto the professorship atPadua, with an augmented stipendof 520 florins,10. His attentionoccupied with the examinationof the properties of theloadstone,10. In 1607, he firstdirects his telescope to the heavens,11. Solicited by Cosmo de'Medici to return to Padua,12.The professorship conferred onhim for life, and his salary raisedto 1000 florins,13. Invents thatform of telescope which stillbears his name,14. Interestwhich the exhibition of thetelescope excited at Venice,15.The first celestial object to whichhe applied it, was the moon,15.His observations on the moon,16. His examination of the fixedstars and the planets,17. Hisdiscovery of the Medicean stars,18. Dedicated his work, entitledthe "Sidereal Messenger," toCosmo de' Medici,19. Receptionwhich his discoveries metwith,20. Resigns his professorshipat Padua, and takes up hisresidence at Florence as philosopherand principal mathematicianto the grand duke of Tuscany,21.The first and sole discoverer ofJupiter and satellites,22. Excitesthe curiosity of astronomers bythe publication of his firstenigma,23. Visits Rome, wherehe is received with honour byprinces, cardinals, and prelates,24. Erects his telescope in theQuirinal Gardens,24. His solarobservations,26. Publishes hisdiscourse on floating bodies,chiefly remarkable as a specimenof the sagacity and intellectualpower of its author,28. Hisdiscoveries place him at thehead of the great men of his age,29. His letter to his friend andpupil, the abbé Castelli, to provethat the Scriptures were notintended to teach us scienceand philosophy,31. Publishes alonger letter, of seventy pages, defendingand illustrating his formerviews respecting the influenceof scriptural language onthe two contending systems,32.Summoned before the inquisition,to answer for the hereticaldoctrines which he published,33.Acquitted on condition that herenounced the obnoxious doctrines,and pledged himself thathe would neither teach, defend,nor publish them in future,33.His controversial discussion atRome,34. Discovers a methodof finding the longitude at sea,35. Unable, from illness, to partakein the general interest excitedby the three comets, whichvisited our system in 1618,36.Replies to the attack of OratioGrassi, in a volume entitled "IlSaggiatore,"37. Undertakes ajourney to Rome, to congratulatehis friend Barberini upon hiselevation to the papal chair,38.Endeavours to bespeak the goodwill of the cardinal towards theCopernican system,39. Histheory of the tides,40. Tieswhich bound him to the Romishhierarchy,41. Publishes a work,demonstrating the Copernicansystem,42. Influence of thiswork on the public mind,43.Summoned a second time beforethe inquisition,45. His trial,46.His defence,47. Sentence of thecourt,49. His abjuration of hisdoctrines,50. The sentence ofabjuration read at several universities,and his friends and hisdisciples summoned to witnessthe public degradation of theirmaster,52. Returns to Tuscany,58. His melancholy and indisposition,53. Obtains leave fromthe pope to return to Florence,54. Publishes his "Dialogues onLocal Motion,"55. Discoversthe moon's diurnal liberation,55.Becomes totally blind,56. Renieriundertakes to arrange andcomplete his observations andcalculations,57. His death,58.The inquisition disputes hisright of making a will, and ofbeing buried in consecratedground,58. His character as aman of science, and as a memberof the social circle,60. Hisperson,61.Gamba, Marina, II.10.Gano, of Mayence, I.170.Garcia Sanchez, remarks on hispoetry, III.13.Garibay, Esteban de, III.162.Gavasa, Alberto, III.231.Geraldi, Cinthio, I.28.Giacomo, king of Majorca, I.147.Gil, Juan, III.140.Gilbert, Dr., II.11.Giovanni, queen of Naples, I.91.Goldoni, Carlo, his birth and parentage,II.213. His predilectionfor the drama,214. Placed atschool at Perugia,215. Takenby his father to Rimini, to pursuehis studies under a celebratedprofessor,216. Leaves Riminiwith a company of strollingcomedians,217. Arrives atChiozza; his dislike to the medicalprofession,218. Repairs toVenice to study law under hisuncle,219. Enters the universityof Pavia,220. Expelled thecollege for writing a satire; accompanieshis father to Udine,where he studies law under aneminent advocate,221. Proceedsto Modena to pursue hislegal studies,222. His letter tohis parents, declaring his resolveof entering the order of Capuchinmonks,223. Returns to Chiozza,cured of every wish to shut himselfup in a cloister,223. Appointedto a situation under government,224. His account ofhis first love,224. Enters the professionof barrister at Venice,225. Incident which occurred todestroy his prospects,226. LeavesVenice; obtains letters of introductionat Milan,227. Failureof his opera, entitled "Amalasunta,"228. Appointed gentlemanin the palace of signorBartolini,229. Dismissed fromhis situation; sets out for Modena,where his mother resided,230. Attacked by robbers on hisjourney,231. Installed poet tothe theatrical company at Venice;success of his "Belisarius,"232.Accompanies the manager toGenoa and Florence,233. Hismarriage,233. Commences hislong meditated reform of theItalian theatre,234. Obtains theGenoese consulship at Venice,235. Embarks for Bologna; hisjourney full of accidents by floodand field,236. Returns to Rimini,237. Becomes a pleaderonce again, and for three yearspractices at the Pisan bar,238.Outline of his tragedy, entitled"La Donna di Garbo,"239. Hisdrama on the subject of Richardson'snovel of "Pamela,"240.Writes sixteen comedies in thecourse of one season,241. Hisillness occasioned by his extraordinaryexertion,242. Becomesthe censor of the manners andsatirist of the follies of his country,242. Outline of his comedies,243. Invited to Rome duringthe carnival,244. Receives anoffer from the French court of anengagement for two years, onvery advantageous terms,245.His debût as an author in theFrench capital,246. His death,in the eighty-fifth year of hisage,246.Gongora, don Luis de, III.243. Hisbirth, parentage, and early education,243. His death, in thesixty-sixth year of his age,244.His person,245. Specimen ofhis style,246. Lope de Vega,essay upon him and his system,248.Gonzaga, cardinal, I.35.Gori, Francesco, II.278.Grassi, Oratio, II.37.Gravina, Vincenzo, the celebratedjurisconsult, II.185.Grazia, M. Vincenzo di, II.28.Gualdo, Paolo, II.14.Guarini, Battista, his birth, parentage,and early education, II.82. Named counsellor and secretaryof state by Alfonso, duke ofFerrara,83. Sent by him to negotiatehis election to the Polishthrone; his letter to his wife onthe subject,83. His letter to afriend on the subject of his "PastorFido,"87. Extract from Fanshawe'stranslation of the poem,the "Pastor Fido," the principalmonument of his poetic genius,88. Review of the poem lookedon as second only to Tasso amongthe poets of the age,91. Returnsto his post at court; sent on amission to Umbria and Milan,92.His pecuniary difficulties anddomestic afflictions; leaves Ferraraprivately and in haste,93.Establishes himself at Florence,where he is honourably receivedby the grand duke Ferdinand,94.His irascible temper,94. Hisdeath, in the seventy-fifth yearof his age,95.Gubbio, Busone da, I.27.Guevara, Antonio de, III.147.Guicciardini, Francesco, his birthand parentage, II.63. At anearly age takes a doctor's degreein law; and is appointed by thegovernment to read the Institutein the university of Florence,61.His marriage,64. Sent by therepublic as ambassador to Ferdinand,king of Aragon,65.Sent to receive the pope at Cortona,65. Named by the popeconsistorial advocate, also governorof Reggio and Modena,66. Prudence, firmness, andseverity, the characteristics ofhis administration,67. Namedlieutenant general of the pontificalarmy in the ecclesiasticalstates,67. Enters, with all thezeal of personal resentment, intothe cause of the Medici,69.Named by the pope governor ofBologna,70. Retires from thegovernment on the death of ClementVII.,71. Withdraws himselffrom public life, and retiresto his country seat at Montici,72. Solicited by Paul III. to leavehis retreat, and to enter again onpublic life,73. His death,73.His person and character,74.Guiducci, Marco, an astronomer ofFlorence, II.36.
H.
Halam, Robert, bishop of Salisbury,I.8.Harrington, Sir John, the firstEnglish translator of Ariosto, I.216.Harriot, Thomas, II.22.Herrera, Fernando date of his birthand family unknown, III.83. Critiqueon his poetry; list of hisprose works,84. His "Ode toSleep,"87.Hohenzoller, cardinal, II.38.Hoyos, Juan Lopez de, III.124.Hugh de Sâde, I.68.Huygens, Constantine, II.57.
I.
Immola, Benvenuta da, I.2.Isotta of Padua, II.76.Istria, count Capo d', II.392.Isunza, Pedro, III.148.Ivaldi, don, II.251.
J.
Jane, queen of Naples, I.125.Jansen, the inventor of the Dutchtelescope, II.13.John I. of Aragon, III.6.John of Florence, canon of Pisa, I.65.John II. of Aragon, his love ofpoetry and learning secure himthe affections of his adherents;and, in the midst of civil commotion,despite his deficiency ofresolution, gathers round him acourt faithful to his cause, andcivilised by its love of letters, III.12.John XXII., pope, II.101.Jordí, Mosen Jordi de Sant, thefirst and best known of the Spanishtroubadours, III.6.Jovius, Paul, I.257.Julius II., pope, I.264.
K.
Kepler, II.19.
L.
Labadini, Lazzaro, II.169.Landino, Christofero, I.152.Latini, Brunetto, tutor to Dante, I.4.Laura de Sâde, her first meetingwith Petrarch, I.68. Her death,95.Leon, Luis Ponce de, his birth,parentage, and education, III.71.Style of his writings,72. Madedoctor of theology by the universityof Salamanca,72. Electedto chair of St. Thomas,72. Confinedin a dungeon of the inquisitionfor translating theScriptures into the vulgar tongue,73. Translation of his "Ode tothe Virgin," composed duringhis imprisonment,74. Liberatedat the end of five years, andrestored to all his honours andemployments,76. His death, inthe sixty-fourth year of his age,76. His person,76. His amiablecharacter,77. Brief review ofhis writings,78. Mr. Wiffen'stranslation of his "Ode on theMoorish Invasion,"79.Lippa Ariosta, I.196.Lobeira, Vasco, author of the firstromance of chivalry, III.10.Louis of Bavaria, I.133.Lima, Simon Freire de, III.151.Luna, don Juan de, III.61.
M.
Machiavelli, Niccolo, his birth andparentage, I.257. Placed assecretary under Marcellus Virgil,258. Elected chancellor of the secondcourt,259. Named secretaryof the Council of Ten,259. Hismissions to various sovereigns andstates,259. Convulsed state ofItaly at this period,260. His missionto Caterina Sforza,262. Hisletters to the state during thisand all his other missions,262.The great doubt that clouds hischaracter, regards the spirit inwhich he wrote the "Prince,"263. Accused of being the confidantof Cæsar Borgia in hisplots,264. Sent by the Florentinegovernment to the duke ofImola,267. His letter to hisgovernment on the subject ofhis mission,268. His letter tothe signoria of Florence,269.His minute details of his conversationswith Borgia,270. Hisunsuccessful solicitations to berecalled,271. His efforts to discoverBorgia's secret views,272.His letters to the government,earnestly desiring to be recalled,273. His letters, describing Borgia'smovements,274. His accountof Borgia's treacherousand cruel act of revenge,276.Expressions in his letter, characteristicof Italian policy andmorals at that period,277. Returnsto Florence, and is replacedby an ambassador of more authority,278. Outline of "TheDecenal,"278. Anecdote relatingto Borgia's system of government,related in the "Prince,"279.Sent on a legation to Rome, justat the time of the downfal ofCæsar Borgia,280. His frequentinterviews with the fallenprince,282. His succeeding embassies,284. Succeeds in persuadingthe signoria of Florenceto form a native militia,285. Hisembassy to the emperor Maximilian,286. His observations onthe state of Germany,286. Employedto convey to Mantua themoney composing a part of thesubsidy to the emperor,287. Hisletters during this mission disclosea curious system of briberywith regard to the minister ofLouis XII.,287. His interviewwith the French king at Blois,288. His letter, detailing the expeditionof the allies against therepublic,289. Review of hisfourteen services,290. His imprisonment,and liberation,291.His letter to the Florentine ambassador,292. Review of hisprivate correspondence, and hisother writings,293. His letterto Vettori, the Florentine ambassador,294. Analysis of hiswork, entitled the "Prince,"298. Review of his "Essay onthe First Decade of Livy," andhis other works,304. His despairingletters to Vettori,305.His "Essay on the Reform ofthe Government of Florence,"written at the request of Leo X.,306. His correspondence withFrancesco Guicciardini, the celebratedhistorian,307. Commenceshis "History of Florence;"receives a regular butlimited salary as historiographer,from Clement VII.,308. Employedto inspect the progress ofthe fortification of Rome,309.Returns to Florence full of hope,and is disappointed,310. Hisdeath,311.His person,ib.Madonna Gemma, wife of Dante,I.10.Malegucci, Sigismondo, I.204.Malespina, the marchese, I.28.Manrique, Jorge, remarks on hispoetry, III.13.Manrique, don Geronimo, grandinquisitor, III.193.Manso, marquess of Villa, II.159.Manuel, don Juan, brief review ofhis 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 andparentage, II.174. Encouragedby Tasso to pursue his poeticcareer,174. Publishes a volumeof lyrical poetry, which establisheshis fame,175. His literaryquarrels,176. Publishes his"Adone" while at Paris; outlineof the story,177. Returnsto Italy; is again involved inliterary 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 celebratedmathematician, II.323.Mathew Corvino, king of Hungary,I.160.Matrapillo, Morato Raez, III.138.Mayer, Simon, II.21.Medici, Cosmo de', founder of theMedicean library, I.152.Medici, Lorenzo de', his early life,I.152. Devotes most of his timeand fortune to the cultivation ofliterature and the fine arts,153.Institutes a yearly celebration ofthe anniversary of Plato's birthand death,153. His chief meritderived from the revival of hisnative language,154. Commentaryon his first sonnets,155.Extract of a translation of one ofhis sonnets,156. Brief review ofhis other poems,157. His death,at the early age of forty-four,159.Memmi, Simon, I.84.Mena, Juan de, the most renownedof the early writers, III.14. Reviewof 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" declaratoryof the originality of hisgenius,59. Deputed by CharlesV. to attend the council of Trent,60. Confirms the opinion alreadyentertained of his talents by alearned and elegant oration,60.Sent as ambassador to Rome;named governor and captain-generalof Siena, and ordered tointroduce a Spanish garrison, andto build a citadel for its protection,61. Becomes the object of universalhatred by his haughty andunfeeling conduct,62. Repairsto Rome, to influence the electionof a new pope,62. Namedgonfaloniere of the church,62.Recalled from the government ofSiena to Spain,63. His philosophical,political, and poeticalworks,64. Shows himself an enthusiasticlover of learning, anda liberal patron of learned men,64. Anecdote of, characteristicof the vehemence of his temper,65. His "History of the War ofthe Moriscos in Granada," themost esteemed of his prose works,66. His death,67. His characterand person,68. Brief review ofhis writings,68.Metastasio, Pietro, his birth and obscureorigin, II.185. At an earlyage attracts by his talents as improvisatore,185. Writes a tragedy,entitled "Giustino," at theearly age of fourteen,186. Continuesto improvisare verse incompany,187. Evils that resultto the intellect perpetually benton so exciting a proceeding,188.Sent to study at Magna Græcia,189. Returns to Rome, and giveshimself up to the study of poetry,189. Removes to Naples; determinesto give up poetry, andto study the law,190. Commandedby the viceroy to write adrama to celebrate the birthdayof the empress Elizabeth Christina;success of the piece,191.Quits the law, and again devoteshimself to the Muses,191. Receivesa commission to furnishthe Neapolitan theatre with anopera for the carnival of 1724;success of the piece,192. Receivesa letter from prince Pio ofSavoy, inviting him to becomethe court poet of Vienna,193.Fulfils his engagement of supplyingthe Roman theatre withtwo pieces for the carnival,and makes his appearance atVienna, surrounded by the haloof a recent triumph,194. Appointedtreasurer to the provinceof Cosenzo, worth annually350 sequins,195. His feelingsingenuously expressed in his lettersto Marianna Bulgarelli,196.His letters to his brother onhearing of her death,198. Peculiarmerits of his poetry, and excellenciesof his dramas,200. The"Grazie agli inganni tuoi," andthe "Partenza," among the bestof his productions,203. His illhealth attributed to change ofclimate,204. His life only to befound in his letters,205. Hisletters to his brother,207. Hisenthusiastic friendship for Farinelli,the singer,208. His mannerof living at Vienna,210. Hisletter to Farinelli,211. Hisdeath, in the eighty-fourth yearof his age,211.Miranda, Saa de, a Portuguesepoet, born in 1494, and died in1558; his connection with Spanishpoetry, III.88.Mirandola, Giovanni Pico della,his birth and early education, I.161. Character of his writings,161. His death, in the thirty-secondyear of his age,162.Moneada, don Miguel de, III.127.Mondejar, the marquis de, III.41.Montalvan, friend and disciple ofLope de Vega, III.189.Monte, cardinal del, II.4.Montefalcone, Niccolo di, I.147.Montemayor, Jorge de; his birthand parentage, III.89. Establisheshis fame as an author, bywriting his "Diana,"89. Outlineand style of the poem,90.His death,92.Monti, Vincenzo, his birth and parentage,II.305. Anecdote of hischildhood,306. His early education,307. Gives up everyother pursuit, and dedicates himselfwholly to the cultivation ofliterature and poetry,308. Accompaniescardinal Borghese toRome,309. Want of politicalintegrity, and ready worship ofruling powers, the great blot ofhis character,310. Continuesto cultivate his poetic tastes,311.Success of his tragedy entitled"Aristodemo,"312. Outline ofthe piece,313. His marriage,314. Celebrates the death of hisfriend Basseville, in a poem entitled"Basvilliana,"315. Outlineand style of the poem,316.Leaves Rome for Tuscany; hisfamiliar intercourse with generalMarmont,318. Becomes a revolutionarypoet,319. Appointedto the survivorship of the professor'schair at Brera,321. Fallsinto a deplorable state of destitution,322. Celebrates his returnto his beloved Italy by a beautifulhymn,323. Outline of hispoem entitled "Mascheroniana,"324. Appointed to a professorshipin the university of Pavia;named court poet and historiographer,326. Made cavalier ofthe iron crown, member of theInstitute, and of the legion ofhonour,327. Celebrates theevent of Napoleon being crownedking of Italy in a poem, entitled"Il Benificio,"328. His poemin celebration of the attemptedusurpation of the Spanish throne,329. Remarks on his poem entitledthe "Sword of Frederic,"331. His translation of Ceruti,332. Writes, by command, acantata entitled "Mistico Omaggio,"334. The marriage of hisdaughter, one of the most fortunateincidents of his life,335.His observations on the subjectof a reform of the national dictionary,336. Extracts from hisletters to Mustoxidi on the subject,336. To another friend, onthe same subject,339. Hisliterary disputes with Mazza,Cesarotti and Bettinelli terminatein mutual friendship andesteem,341. His letter on thesubject of the classic and romanticschools,341. His letterto his wife,343. His letter tohis friend Mustoxidi, on thedeath of his son-in-law,347.Publishes the last volume of his"Proposta,"348. His last illness,and death, in the seventy-fourthyear of his age,349. Hispublic 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.
N.
Naharro, Bartolomé Torres, one ofthe earliest Spanish dramatists,III.97. Mentioned by the editorof Cervantes' comedies, as thereal inventor of the Spanishdrama,98. His reforms in theSpanish theatricals,99.Navagero, Andrea, III.39.Nasi, Alessandro, I.287.Negrete, doctor Juan de, III.226.Neri, I.18.Noronha, dom Alfonso de, III.309.Nozzolini, Ptolemy, II.28.
O.
Obizzo III., marquis of Este, I.196.Oliva, Perez de, one of the earliestSpanish dramatists, III.96.Orsino, Paolo, I.246.
P.
Pacheco, Francisco, the celebratedpainter, III.148.Pachione, Philippo. I.227.Pajares, Alonso Diaz, III.122.Panizzi, Dr., I.168.Pastrengo, William da, I.84.Paul II., pope, I.180.Pedrosa, Luis, III.138.Pellicer, don Juan Antonio, III.121.Pellicer, don Joseph, III.202.Pepoli, Geronimo, II.71.Perticari, count, II.336.Perugini, Paolo, I.120.Petracco, Pietro, I.23.Petrarch, Francesco, his birth andparentage, I.61. His early life,62. Sent to study at the universityof Montpellier,63. Sent toBologna; makes considerableprogress in the study of the law,64. Recalled to France by thedeath of his father,64. Abandonsthe law, and devotes himself tothe clerical profession,65. Hissedulous attention to dress,65.Becomes the favourite and companionof the ecclesiastical andlay nobles who form the papalcourt,65. Commencement of hisfriendship with Giacomo Colonna,66. His description ofColonna,67. His character,67.His first meeting with Laura deSide,68. Endeavours to mergethe living passion of his soul intothe airy and unsubstantial devotionof Platonic attachment,70.His poetic life dated from thetime of his attachment to Laura,71. His predilection for travelling,72. Becomes an inmate inthe house of cardinal Colonna;his unbounded ardour for acquiringknowledge,73. VisitsParis; continues his travelsthrough Aix-la-Chapelle and Cologne,74. Visits Rome; his sensationson entering the eternalcity,75. Leaves Italy, and travelsthrough Spain to Cadiz, andnorthward as far as the sea-coastof England,76. Makes an excursionto Mont Ventoux, one ofthe highest mountains in Europe,76. His letter to father DionisioRobertis, giving an account ofthe expedition,77. Retires toVaucluse,78. His manner of life,79. Extract from a translation ofone of the canzoni, as a specimenof his style,80. Character of hismistress,82. His intimacy withPhilip de Cabassoles, bishop ofCavaillon,83. His letter to GiacomoColonna, on his solicitinghim to go to Rome,84. Receivesletters from the Roman senateand the university of Paris, invitinghim to receive the laurelcrown of poetry; he decides infavour of Rome,85. Repairs toRome, and is crowned in thecapitol with great solemnity, inpresence of all the nobles andhigh-born ladies of the city,86.Returns to Avignon; takes onhimself the office of barrister, andpleads the cause of the Correggio,against their enemies the Rossi,before the pope, and succeeds inobtaining a decision in their favour,87. His grief on hearingof the death of Thomas of Messina:his extraordinary dream,88. Named prior of Migliarino,in the diocese of Pisa,89. Hisunabated love for Laura,90. Applieshimself to Greek, underBernardo Barlaam,91. Writeshis work entitled "The Secret ofFrancesco Petrarca,"91. Sent asambassador to Naples, to establishthe papal claim,92. Writes lettersfull of encouragement toRienzi, the tribune,93. Repairsto his house at Parma; his extraordinarydream,94. His griefon hearing of the death of Laura,95. His record of her death,95.Gives large sums in charity forthe sake of her soul, and causesmany masses to be said for thesame purpose,97. Receives adecree of the Florentine republic,reinstating him in his paternalinheritance, together with lettersinviting him to accept of a professor'schair in their university,99. His letters to pope ClementVI.; again solicited to accept thelace of apostolic secretary, whiche again refuses,100. His treatise"On Solitary Life,"101.Induced by the solicitations ofGiovanni Visconti to remain inMilan,102. His conversationwith the emperor Charles V.,102.Sent to Vienna to negotiate apeace, and afterwards sent toParis to congratulate John,103.His manner of life at Milan,104.His record of the death of hisson; takes up his abode atPadua,105. His writings comparedwith those of Dante,106.His description of Laura's death,107. Continues to interest himselfdeeply in the political state ofhis country,109. His letter toBoccaccio; his congratulatoryletter to Pope Urban V.,110. Isseized with a violent illness onhis way to Rome,111. His treatise,entitled "On my own Ignoranceand that of others,"112.His opinion of the "Decameron"of Boccaccio,113. His death,114.His will,114.Peraga, Bonaventura da, I.114.Petroni, Pietro, I.139.Pickler, Giovanni, II.314.Pietro, Francesco Santo, III.127.Pignoria, Lorenzo, II.13.Pineda, don Juan de, III.108.Pio, prince of Savoy, II.193.Pistolfo, M. Bonaventura, I.230.Pistoia, Cina da, I.64.Pletho, Gemisthus, I.151.Polenta, Guido Novello da, lord ofRavenna, I.29.Politian, II.15.Poliziano, Angelo, his birth andparentage, I.162. Review of hiswritings,163. Appointed tutorto the children of Lorenzo de'Medici,164. At the age oftwenty-nine appointed to the professorshipof Greek and Latineloquence in the university ofFlorence,165. His death,167.Porras, doctor Mathias, corregidorof the province of Canta, in Peru,III.213.Porta, Baptista, II.14.Portugal, early poets of, III.288.Pulci, Bernardo, remarks on hisworks, I.167.Pulci, Luca, his works, I.167.Pulci, Luigi, style of his writings,I.168.Extract from his "MorganteMaggiore,"171. Outline ofthe poem,173.