University Press: John Wilson & Son, Cambridge. ENDNOTES*Long prior, therefore, to Machiavelli’s writing “The Prince,” which was not until 1516, the early part of the sixteenth century. *See “Privilèges accordés à la Couronne de France par le Saint Siége,” 1852, Imprimerie Impériale. *Book III. Chap. XL. See Vol. II. p. 419. *This lady is presumed to have been Alphonsina Orsini, the widow of Piero, and mother of Lorenzo de’ Medici.
“La notte che mori Pier Soderini
The night when Peter Soderini died, *See Discourses on Livy, Book I. Chap. XII. *“On the Tarpeian Mount, O Muse, thou ’lt see a knight honored by all Italy, and more devoted to the interests of others than his own.” *This Giulio de’ Medici afterwards became Pope under the name of Clement VII. |