[Footnote 2: The facts alleged against Alexander by the cardinal were, unfortunately, only too notorious, and the letters produced were the authentic letters of Borgia and Bajazet. They are still extant and authenticated by the Apostolic notary. In one from the pope to the sultan he demands "_ut placeat sibi_ (Bajazet) _quam citius mittera. nobis ducatos quadraginta millia in auro venetos, pro annata anni praesentis, quae finiet ultimo die novembris_," and Bajazet sweetly suggests to his Christian ally, "_dictum Gem_ (Zizim) _levare facere ex augustiis istius mundi et transferri ejus animam in alterum saeculum ubi meliorem habebit quietem_," promising him three hundred thousand ducats as soon as the corpse is delivered to his (Bajazet's) agents.] [Footnote 3: The Kings of France always claimed to be such, and the bishop flattered the monarch's pride by the allusion.] THE END. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Leonora D'Orco, by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James