Under the influence of wine della Rovere would have been capable of forgetting himself and criticising the Apocalypse.

"Tiraboschi, Storia della Poesia Italiana, Matthias' edition, vol. iii.

Di mezza quella bolla anco cortese Mi fu, della quale ora il mio Bibbiena Espedito m'ha

[Footnote 14: See canzone the first, "Non so s'io potrò," &c. and the copitolo beginning "Della mia negra penna in fregio d'oro."

4 Mae[=o]tis Palus, a vast lake in the north part of Scythia, now called Marbianco, or Mare della Tana.

The third is called Zauia della Innachari, who was one of the foure Doctors in the law.

Ma. della Neue.

Cosimo, "Il Padre della Patria," laid the foundation-stone of Medici renown in the iron grip of his powerful personality, and Piero, his son, maintained unimpaired its eminence by his urbanity and good sense.

May 1488, for her magnificent nuptials with the young Capo della Repubblica.

Alas, legitimate male heirs of the senior branch from Cosimo, "Il Padre della Patria," were non-existent, and Giovanni delle Bande Nere and his family would not, had he been chosen as Capo della Repubblica, consent to be dependent upon Rome.

Alas, legitimate male heirs of the senior branch from Cosimo, "Il Padre della Patria," were non-existent, and Giovanni delle Bande Nere and his family would not, had he been chosen as Capo della Repubblica, consent to be dependent upon Rome.

With them went, as Ippolito's chamberlains, four Florentine youths of good birth who were favourites of the Pope, Alessandro de' Pucci, Pietro de' Ridolfi, Luigi della Stufa, and Palla de' Rucellai.

The two were kept apart as they had been at the Vatican, but this led naturally to the creation of rival parties and rival courts, each of which acclaimed their respective young leaders as Il Capo della Repubblica and "Il Signore di Firenze."

Among the wedding guests was Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici, who held the Lordship of Piombino, the lineal descendant and heir of Cosimo, "Il Padre della Patria's" brother Lorenzo.

Some authorities state that a reward of ten thousand gold florins was offered for his head, that his effigy was burnt with every mark of opprobrium in the Piazza della Signoria, and that the rabble pulled his house down and burnt out the site.

Cosimo they christened him, perhaps after his great ancestor Cosimo "Padre della Patria" "Cosimonino."

Bocchi, F., Le Bellezze della Citta di Firenze.

"The Signor Duca della Spina begs your Excellency to receive him for a moment, if it is not too late.

The Duca della Spina smiled rather feebly as he took the outstretched hand, and slowly sat down upon the sofa beside Matilde.

But the Duca della Spina's jaw dropped, and his hands shook.

" The Duca della Spina rose painfully to his feet.

Such a man was Taquisara, the Sicilian, of whom the old Duca della Spina had spoken.

The Della Spina were proud of their name and would expect her to bear it.

I could have married Don Gianluca della Spina.

SEE Lacretelle, Jacques de. LUTES, DELLA (THOMPSON)