1531. Enters that of the Prince of Salerno 299 1539. His marriage and happy residence at Sorrento 299 1544. Mar. Birth of his son Torquato 300 1552. Becomes a wanderer on his patron's disgrace 300 1556. Death of his wife 301 1556. His appeal to the Prince 301 " Reaches Pesaro, where he resides for two years 302 1557. Reads his _Amadigi_ at that court 303 1559. Sep. 28. Torquato intimates his death to the Duke of Urbino 305 His poetry and correspondence 305 His invention of the Ode 306 CHAPTER LI Torquato Tasso, a subject of mystery and contradiction 308 Count Alberti's recent impositions 311 Dr. Andrea Verga's theory of his insanity 312 Is sufficient justification of the Duke of Ferrara 313 1556. Torquato's arrival at Pesaro 313 His early devotion to the muses 314 1565. His first visit to Ferrara 314 His compliments to the family of Urbino in the Rinaldo 315 His devotion to Princess Lucrezia d'Este, afterwards Duchess of Urbino 316 1571. His sonnet to her, and canzone on her marriage 318 1573. His _Aminta_ performed at Pesaro 318 1574. His dangerous intercourse with her at Urbania 319 " She is separated from the Duke and returns to Ferrara 320 1575. Tasso at Florence,--his portrait 321 1576. Symptoms of mental disease 321 1577. Outbreak of insanity 321 1578. He seeks shelter at Pesaro from imaginary wrongs 321 " His canzone to the Duke 321 His long letter to him 323 1579. He is shut up in the hospital of Sta. Anna at Ferrara for seven years 326 1587-1594. His subsequent wanderings 326 Are closed at Rome 327 1595. Apr. 25. His farewell letter and death at S. Onofrio 327