A Decade of Italian Women, vol. 1 (of 2)
CHAPTER III.
Vittoria's Married Life.—Pescara goes where glory waits him.—The Rout of Ravenna.—Pescara in prison turns penman.—His "Dialogo di amore."—Vittoria's poetical epistle to her Husband.—Vittoria and the Marchese del Vasto.—Three cart-loads of ladies, and three mule-loads of sweatmeats.—Character of Pescara.—His Cruelty.—Anecdote in proof of it 301