Chapter L
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CHAPTER L
Facilities of Italian versification278
Absence of traditionary ballads279
1508-1600.Poetry flourishes at Urbino280
1474-1533.Ludovico Ariosto280
1515.He visits Urbino; his room in the palace there281
” ”The qualities of his poetry286
1492-1557.Pietro Aretino, "scourge of princes"287
Mediocrity of his poetry, and baseness of his character288
1490-1547.Vittoria Colonna, Marchioness of Pescara291
” ”Her devotional character and poetry292
1522. Laura Battiferri of Urbino294
Other bards of that court294
Dionigi Atanagi; specimens of his verses295
Antonio Galli and Marco Montani of Urbino297
1493-1569.Bernardo Tasso298
His early irregularities and services298
1531. Enters that of the Prince of Salerno299
1539. His marriage and happy residence at Sorrento299
1544.March.Birth of his son Torquato300
1552. Becomes a wanderer on his patron's disgrace300
1556. Death of his wife301
1556. His appeal to the Prince301
” Reaches Pesaro, where he resides for two years302
1557. Reads his Amadigi at that court303
1559.Sept. 28.Torquato intimates his death to the Duke of Urbino305
His poetry and correspondence305
His invention of the Ode306