Francesco de' Medici, 236 his character, 238 his court, 242 his character, _ib._ his temper, 243 his wealth, 244 his interview with Orsini, 247 easily duped by Bianca's trick, 264 becomes an accomplice in introducing a false heir, 270 in the Oricellari gardens, 281 feelings on the death of his wife, 284 his wishes and fears to marry Bianca, 285 his discontent with the court of France, 288 sends poison and assassins into France, 289 consults the church with reference to his marriage with Bianca, 290 marries Bianca, 292 entertains 170 Venetians, 298 his munificence to them, 303 his troubles about his title, 306 why he showed no grief at his son's death, 312 his life at Pratolino, 315 his cruelty to Camilla de' Martelli, 321 his suspicions and strange conduct, 327 invites the Cardinal to Florence, 328 his death, 332 different theories respecting it, 333, _et seq._ his illness, 335 circumstances attending his death, 340 Frari at Venice, Archives, 220 Fugger family, 143 ridiculous blunder respecting their name, 144 their residence, _ib._ G. Gallerati, Dr., his prescriptions for E. Sirani, 381 his opinion on her death, 382 Gelli, Giambatista, his comedy of the "Sporta," 210 German cities refuse to accept the Interim, 136 Gibbon, on Lucrezia Borgia, 40 Ginori, Lorenzo, pays the cost of Corilla's crowning, 406 Giovanni de' Medici, his embassy to Venice, 297 Giraldi, G. Gregorio, 56 his verses to Olympia Morata, 88 Giulia of Ferrara, 7 Gloucester, Duke of, present at Corilla's crowning, 410 Grünthler, Andreas, 124 his wooing, 125 marriage, 126 returns to Germany, 127 his prospects in Germany, 133 prolonged absence from his wife, 138 returns to bring his wife to Germany, 139 attends Hermann in his illness, 147 settles at Schweinfurth, 151 rejects appointment offered at Lintz, 166 struck down by pestilence in Schweinfurth, 173 obtains a chair at Heidelberg, 181 obliged to borrow money, 19 in the pestilence at Heidelberg, 196 his death, 198 Guarini, Alexander, 56 Guerrazzi, his dialogue between Francesco and his brother Pietro de' Medici, 250 Guerrino el Meschino, origin of, 23 H. Hammelburg, Olympia's escape to, 177 Heidelberg, in the sixteenth century, 186 pestilence breaks out in, 196 Hercules I., Duke of Ferrara, 35 his reply to Venice, 36 his piety, 37 his death, 49 resists the Pope, 147 Hercules II., of Ferrara, his dealings with the church, 73 his unwillingness to receive Paul III., 93 Hermann, George, of Augsburg, 138 Hirschhorn, evening in the inn at, 182 History, happy times have little, 168 the makers of, _ib._ Hubert, Thomas, of Liège, 138 Humidi, academy of, 15 Hydrostatic difficulties of the Duke of Ferrara, 97 disputes arising from, 98, _et seq._