[224] _Philelfi Epist. p. 17._ In the account which Filelfo gave of this transaction to Æneas Sylvius, he says, that he had never discovered by whom Filippo was hired to commit so execrable a deed, but intimates very strong suspicions of Cosmo de’ Medici. Poggio, however, in his third invective against Filelfo, asserts, that the assassin was the minister of the vengeance of one Jeronimo of Imola, whom Filelfo had provoked by the intemperance of his tongue.—_Poggii Opera, p. 381._ [225] _Ibid._ [226] _Francisci Philelfi Satyræ; primæ decadis hecatosticha secunda._ [227] _Philelfi Epist. p. 12, 13._ [228] _Philelfi Satyræ; primæ decadis, hecatosticha quinta. Ejusdem hecatosticha sexta—Secundæ decadis, hecatosticha prima, &c._ In a letter of remonstrance to Cosmo de’ Medici, Filelfo inveighed bitterly against Niccolo Niccoli, whom he asserted Cosmo had himself acknowledged to be guilty of insolence to the learned, and particularly of contumelious conduct towards the eminent Manuel Crysoloras.—“Ad ea tu sane leniter respondisti, ac subridens, non oportere inquiens mirari me nec æge ferre Nicolai Nicoli detractionem; eo enim esse hominem ingenio ut neminem doctum virum relinquat intactum mordacitate suà, quique ne soli quidem ipsi parceret, _upote qui et Manuelem Chrysoloram sapientem et summum illum virum barbam pediculosam adhuc semper nominet_, et Ambrosium monachum cui magis affectus est quam propriæ animæ, attonitum per contumeliam vocet.”—_Philelfi Epistolæ, p. 12._ [229] _Philelfi Satyræ, quartæ decadis, hecatosticha prima._ This satire concludes with the following atrocious address to the judges of Cosmo. “En Mundum servat conjectum in vincula carcer, Qui rebus momenta dabit non parva futuris. Nunc etiam atque etiam vobiscum volvite curas, Et lustrate animo quæ sint potiora saluti Urbis consilia: his castas accommodet aures Quisque suas. Vobis res coram publica sese Offeret in medium, referens stragesque necesque Venturas, ubi forte minus pro lege vel æquo Supplicium sumptum fuerit de sonte nefando; Aut etiam officium collatum munere civis. Namque relegatus, si culpæ nomine mulctam Pendeat, afficiet magnis vos cladibus omnes.” [230] The passages in Filelfo’s Satires, in which he has attacked the character of Poggio, are very numerous. Those who wish to examine these passages may consult the following references. _Decad. i. hecat. 5._ _Decad. ii. hecat. 1. 3._ _Decad. iii. hecat. 2. 10._ _Decad. iv. hecat. 7._ _Decad. v. hecat. 8. 9._ _Decad. vi. hecat. 10._ _Decad. viii. hecat. 1, 3, 5._ Such readers as are not possessed of a copy of _Aureæ Francisci Philelfii Poetæ Oratorisque celeberrimi Satyræ centum_, printed in octavo at Paris, anno 1518, (a book of rare occurrence) will probably be contented with the following specimen of what may be properly termed learned Billingsgate.