Bianca Cappello, early character, 223 her journey to Florence, 224 confined to her husband's house in Florence, 225 her personal appearance, 226 receives promise of marriage from Francesco, 234 probably cognisant of her husband's murder, 236 her character, 241 balances her accounts, 257 fictitious autobiography of, 258 her magical practices, 261 plot to impose a false heir on the Duke, 262 her fears, 264 progress in crime, 266 real nature of her witchery, 268 her bold step with Francesco, _ib._ goes into retirement, 273 her ascendancy over the Duke, _ib._ entertains the Court in the Oricellari gardens, 276 suborns Francesco's confessor, 290 her reception at Bologna, 291 her marriage with Francesco, 292 her coronation as daughter of St. Mark, 299 becomes reconciled to the Cardinal, 304 her claims respecting her daughtership of St. Mark, 311 her repeated pregnancies, 313 her unhappy life at Pratolino, 316 her family feeling, 318 at Cerveto, 320 declares herself again with child, 322 her interview with Pietro, 325 her pregnancy again comes to nothing, 329 her death, 332 different theories respecting it, 333, _et seq._ post–mortem examination, 338 grounds of Ferdinando's hatred for her, 342 her burial, 343 pasquinades on her, 344 Boccaccio, Tullia's opinion of his works, 24 Olympia Morata's translation from, 103 Bodoni's volume on Corilla's coronation, 403 Bolsec, Jerome, 111 his disputes with Calvin, 112 Bonaventuri, Pietro, his condemnation, 221 deceives Bianca, 224 receives an appointment at Court, 233 lover of Cassandra Ricci, 235 murdered in the streets of Florence, 236 Books, high value of, in the sixteenth century 160 Borso, Duke of Ferrara, 34 C. Cafaggiuolo, villa of, 255 Calcagnini, Celio, 56 his message to Olympia Morata, 62. Calvin at Ferrara, 72 turned out from Ferrara, 75 prosecutes Jerome Bolsec, 112 Cappello palace, situation of, 222 Caraffa, Cardinal, 80 Casino, importance of, in Italian domestic economy, 229 Catherine de' Medici, her severe answer to Francesco, 309 Catherine II. of Russia, invites Corilla, 401 Cerreto, Ducal Villa, 320 Classical studies, female, in sixteenth century, 2, _et seq._ Clement VII., Pope, his dealings with the Duke of Ferrara, 51, _et seq._ Collar, Duke Borso's golden, 34 Columbano, Princess, takes La Corilla to Naples, 396 Comedy, Italian, in the sixteenth century, 208