CHAPTER XXIV

1412-1441. Letters of Count Guidantonio in favour of various learned men 109

1444-1482. Duke Federigo's love for literary converse 111

" " The academies 112

" " Fulsome dedications 112

1473. Gentile de' Becci 113

1480. Ludovico Odasio 114

Francesco Venturini 114

Guarniero Berni of Gubbio 115

1470-1555. Polydoro di Vergilio 115

" " His preferments in England 115

" " His English history 117

Vespasiano Filippi 118

1478-1529. Count Baldassare Castiglione 119

" " His _Cortegiano_ 119

" " Compared with Machiavelli's _Principe_ 120

" " His letter to Henry VIII. regarding Duke Guidobaldo 121

" " His poetry 121

1528. His letter to his children 122

1470-1547. Cardinal Bembo 123

" " His pedantry and affected imitation of Cicero 123

" " His history of Venice 124

" " His Essay on Duke Guidobaldo 124

" " His other works 125

Learned ladies 128