[122] Letter to Donna Cherubina, already quoted. [123] Letter 40. [124] "Quin et pallam egregiam donavit, plus quam mille sestertium nummorum æstimatam."—Letter to her sister. [125] Letter. 74. of the collection of Olympia's letters. [126] "Id quod doctorem etiam et Olympiam in summam admirationem adduxit." [127] Annales de Vitâ et Rebus gestis Federici II., Electoris Palatini lib. xiv. Ann. 1554, quoted by Bonnet. [128] Letter 50. [129] Letter 50. [130] Letter 56. [131] Letter 46. [132] Letter 68. [133] Letter 69. [134] All of them at Bâle, with the following dates, 1558, 1562, 1570, 1580. That of 1570 has been referred to in these pages. [135] Mazzuchelli, tom. i. p. 711. [136] Lib. III. cap. iii. sect. 61. [137] Cited, _Ibid._ [138] Tiraboschi, lib. III. cap. iii. sect. 61. [139] Mazzuchelli, vita. [140] Venezia e sue Lagune. Vol. ii. part 2. Ap. p. 6. [141] Bianca Capello. Cenni storico–critici. Venezia, 1828. [142] Note 1. [143] Cigogna, p. 26. [144] Cigogna, _ibid._ p. 19. [145] Siebenkees. Life of Bianca. Gotha, 1789.—Sismondi. [146] Cigogna, p. 7. [147] Litta. Famiglia Medici. Art.—Bianca. [148] Litta. Fam. Med. Art.—Bianca. [149] Litta, _ibidem_. [150] Cigogna. Cenni storico–critici. p. 9. [151] Cigogna. _Ibid._ p. 9. [152] Litta. _Ibidem._ [153] See Appendix. Letter I. [154] Galluzzi. Istoria del Granducato. Lib. 4, cap. 2. [155] Cigogna. _Ibidem._ p. 10. [156] Galluzzi. Istoria del Granducato. Lib. 4.—Litta. Famiglia Medici. [157] Litta. _Ibidem._ [158] See Appendix. Letters I. and III. [159] Galluzzi. Istoria del Ducato. Lib. 4. [160] Galluzzi. Istoria del Ducato. Lib. 4, cap. 1. [161] Litta. Fam. Med. Art. Ferdinando.—Galluzzi. Lib. 4. [162] Cronaca MS. del Settimanni, cited by Guerazzi in his "Isabella Orsini," p. 177. [163] Litta. Fam. Med. Art. Isabella Orsini. [164] MSS. Caponi, cited by Galluzzi. Isa. Orsini, p. 178. [165] Galluzzi. Lib. 4, cap. 2.—Litta. Fam. Med. Art. Isabella.—Ademollo. Mari. de' Ricci, Notes to, p. 810. [166] Note 2. [167] These words actually do occur in a book of memoranda of the kind mentioned, which is still extant. [168] Printed by Galuzzi. Lib. 4. ch. 2. [169] Litta. Fam. Med. Art. Bianca. [170] Ademollo. Mar. de Ricci. Notes, p. 628. [171] Galluzzi. Ist. del Gr. ducato. Lib. 4, c. 2. [172] Galluzzi. Ist. del Gr. ducato. Lib. 4. ch. 2. [173] Galluzzi. _Ibid._ Lib. 4, ch. 3. [174] Osservatore Fiorentino. Tom. 3, p. 106. [175] Machiavelli. Op. Ed. Italia, 1813. V. iv. p. 194. [176] Malespini. Novelli. Par. 2, nov. 24. [177] Litta. Fam. Med. Art. Giovanni.—Galluzzi. Lib. 4, ch. iii. [178] See Appendix. Letter VIII. and Note. [179] Galluzzi. _Ibidem._ [180] Galluzzi. Lib. 4, ch. 3. [181] Galluzzi. _Ibidem._ [182] Galluzzi. _Ibidem._ [183] MS. Rinieri, cited by Cigogna, Cenni Critico–storia, p. 42. [184] Galluzzi. Lib. 4, ch. 3. [185] Cenni. Storico–critici, p. 27. [186] Galluzzi. Lib. 4, ch. 3. [187] Galluzzi. Lib. 4, cap. 4.