Morato, Peregrino, fixes himself at Ferrara, 55 his Protestantism, 60 his criticism on Bembo, 61 his exile, 63 his training of his daughter, 64 his difficulties, _ib._ returns to Ferrara, 70 appointed tutor to the Duke's sons, _ib._ his instructions to his daughter, 85 his illness and death, 108 O. Ori, Matthew, inquisitor, 113 "Oricellari Orti," their history, 274 given to Bianca Cappello, 275 a night's amusement there, 276 P. Paganism of Italian society in the sixteenth century, 3 Palazzo Vecchio at Florence, chapel in, 292 Pallavicini, Princess, La Corilla's patroness, 395 Pamfili, Camillo, created cardinal, 353 his gross ignorance, 354 his marriage, 356 succeeds to his mother's wealth, 364 Pamfili, G. Batista, Olympia's husband, 348 Pamfili, Olympia, her birth, 348 her marriage, _ib._ her ambitious plans, 349 her avarice, 354 her venality, 355 banished from the Vatican, 358 returns, _ib._ her mode of life in the Vatican, 359 her last simoniacal bargain, 360 her plans after the death of Innocent, 361 makes advances to Alexander VII., 363 banished from Rome, 364 her death, _ib._ Pavia, Curione at, 68 Pedagogues lay, a new social feature in the sixteenth century, 54 their social position, 64 Pellegrina, Bianca's daughter, birth of, 232 Persecution increases, 195 Pestilence in Ferrara, 49 Petrarch, crowned at the Capitol, 394 Philip II. of Spain, odious to the German electors, 169 informed of Francesco's marriage with Bianca, 294 approves of the murder of Donna Eleonora de' Medici, 256 godfather to the Duchess Giovanna's son, 273 Phœnix burning in Ferrara, 51 Picchena, Curzio, envoy employed by Francesco de' Medici as a poisoner, 289 Pietro de' Medici, 228 his character, 239 his marriage, 240 urged to re–marry, 319 stays at Florence to watch Bianca, 321 his letter to the Cardinal, 322 ill–treated by the Duke, 324 his interview with Bianca, 325 his report of it to the Cardinal, 326 Po, river, difficulties connected with, 97 Poetesses, Tiraboschi's list of, 1 Poggio–a–Caiano, ducal villa, 321 the Duke's death there, 332 Bianca's death there, _ib._ Pratolino, Ducal villa, 314 Progress, moral, proofs of, 42 Psalms translated into Greek by Olympia, and set to music by Grünthler, 164 Publishers, eminent, send presents of books to Olympia, 187 Puteano, Ericio, his inscription on Isabella Andreini, 211 R. Rabelais on the Fuggers, 143 Renée of France, her marriage with Hercules II., 57 her person and character, 58 her Protestantism, 59 theological difficulties with her husband, 72 secret reception of Calvin, 72 scene in her closet, 74 in durance, 81 abandons Olympia, 113, 130 Reno river, difficulties connected with, 98 Respectability, prized by Italians, 238