[246] _Prose Volgari inedite_, op cit. p. 67. [247] _Laurentii Medicis Vita_, op. cit. ii. 132. [248] _Laurentii Medicis Vita_, op. cit. ii. 186. [249] _Letterine d’un Bambino Fiorentino_, op. cit. [250] _Prose Volgari inedite_, &c., _op. cit._ p. 70. [251] Martino della Comedia, tutor to the Tornabuoni children, took Poliziano’s place for a while after he had been dismissed by Madonna Clarice. [252] _Letterine d’un Bambino Fiorentino_, op. cit. The letter is undated, but on it is written, “From Piero de’ Medici, 26th May 1479.” [253] _Laurentius Medicis Vita_, &c., _op. cit._ ii. 288. [254] _Arch. Med. ante Prin._, Filza xxxvii. No. 389. [255] _Letterine d’un Bambino Fiorentino_, op. cit. [256] _Letterine d’un Bambino Fiorentino_, op. cit. [257] Ibid. [258] In the Val di Sieve, not far from Cafaggiuolo. [259] _Laurentii Medicis Vita_, op. cit. ii. 199. [260] _Affetti di Famiglia_, &c., _op. cit._ [261] _Arch. Med. ante Prin._, Filza xxx. No. 70. [262] Married to Bernardo Rucellai. [263] The paper is torn. [264] _Carteggio Medicis_, Filza di documenti fuori posto, No. 73. [265] Lucrezia, to whom Poliziano grudges the title of madonna, was Lorenzo’s daughter, afterwards the wife of Jacopo Salviati. She was much attached to her grandmother Lucrezia. [266] Bernardo Michelozzi, son of the great architect and sculptor, brother of Lorenzo’s chancellor. He was known as Bernardo Rhetor on account of his learning and eloquence. Giovanni de’ Medici, afterwards Leo X., to whom he was tutor, made him Cameriere segreto, and in 1516 Bishop of Forlì, and allowed him to assume the name and the arms of the house of Medici. [267] _Prose Volgari inedite_, &c., _op. cit._ 72. [268] Philippe de Comines. [269] _Laurentii Medicis Vita_, op. cit. ii. 196. [270] _Arch. Med. ante Prin._, Filza vii. No. 369. [271] _Vita di Filippo Strozzi il Vecchio scritta da Lorenzo suo figlio_, Giuseppe Bini e Pietro Bigazzi, p. 55. Florence, 1851. [272] Muratori, ix. 533. [273] _Lettere e Notizie di Lorenzo de’ Medici._ From the Archivio Palatino of Modena, published in a pamphlet by Antonio Cappelli. (This letter has been published before but not correctly.) [274] _Laurentii Medicis Vita_, &c., _op. cit._ ii. 200. [275] _Laurentii Medicis Vita_, &c., _op. cit._ ii. 202 _et seq._ [276] Ibid. ii. 204. [277] Cooked cheese. [278] Three hectolitres. [279] Letter torn. [280] Ten hectolitres. [281] _Carte Medicee_, &c., Filza xxxiv. No. 320. [282] _Vita Laurentii Medicis_, op. cit. ii. 223.