Corilla, La, her real name and birth, 395 drives a thriving trade, 399 employed by Maria Theresa, 401 invited by Catherine of Russia, 401 by Joseph II., 402 enters Arcady, 403 proposals for her crowning, 405 the difficulty in the way, _ib._ subjects in which she was examined, 408 her examination, 409, _et seq._ her coronation, 113 pasquinades on her retirement to Florence and death, 416 Cosmo I., sonnet to, 15 Cosmo de' Medici, court of, 227 Cosmo I. of Florence, founds the Florentine academy, 398 Creeds, affairs of head not heart, 122 Curione, Celio, 56 first acquaintance with Morato, 65 his adventures, _ib._ conversations with Morato, 66 visit to Ferrara, 69 his letter to Olympia's mother, 140 encourages Olympia in her classical studies, 147 D. Dante's obligations to Guerrino il Meschino, 22 Death, the desire for, 194 Demimonde and Monde in sixteenth century, 16 Dialogue on Love, Tullia's, 27 Diction, over–attention to, in Italy, 83 Dominicans, church of, at Bologna, 366 Domenichi Ludovico, 17 Donati, Maria, B. Cappello's servant, 222 Drama, Italian literature weak in, 206 E. Eleonora di Teledo, patronises Tullia, 28 her death, 228 Eleonora di Garzia, 240 her murder, 255 Emilio, Olympia's brother accompanies her to Italy, 141 falls out of window, 150 his death, 198 Erbach, counts of, 178 receive Olympia, 179 their mode of life, 180 F. Family feeling in Italy, 317 Famine in Ferrara, 49 Fannio, the martyr, 115, 118 Ferdinando de' Medici, Cardinal, 237 his causes of discontent, 245 his knowledge of all that passed at Florence, 246 receives the confession of the woman who managed the introduction of Don Antonio, 266 his indignation, 267 his change of conduct after the death of the Duchess Giovanna, 287 goes to Florence in 1579, 293 his anger at leaving his brother's marriage, 294 his pecuniary difficulties, 304 his reconciliation with Bianca, 305 his misgivings respecting Bianca's intentions, 319, _et seq._ again in Florence, 326 refuses his brother's invitation, 328 visits Francesco for the Villeggiatura, 330 suspected of poisoning Francesco and Bianca, 334, 337, _et seq._ his conduct after the death of his brother, 341 his probable motives, _ib._ succeeds peaceably to his brother, 345 Fernandez, Fernando, La Corilla's husband, 396 Festivities at Lucrezia Borgia's marriage, 44, 48 Filippo, son of Giovanna, his death, 312 Flach, M. invited by Olympia to translate some of Luther's works into Italian, 158 "Flourishing;" what is the period of a lady's, 20 Forca, via della, in Florence, Corilla's home, 393