Note *32 — Chapter XXI

This lady was the inseparable companion of the Duchess Elisabetta. She was the daughter of Mario Pio, of the Lords of Carpi. Early the widow of Antonio of Montefeltro, natural brother of Guidobaldo, she remained at Urbino. She died, as it seems, a true lady of the Renaissance. "Senza alcun sacramento di la chiesa, disputando una parte del Cortegiano col Conte Ludovico da Canosso." Cf. Rossi, Appunti per la storia della musica alla Corte d'Urbino, in Rassegna Emiliana, Ann. I. (fasc. VIII.), p. 456, n. 1.