Note 126 — JEROME SAVONAROLA.

We have followed Villari in the account of this interview. M. Perrens questions its authenticity for several very good reasons. If it was a confession, no one would know anything about it. But it is claimed by some that it was merely a consultation on a case of conscience, and that Politian was an ocular though not an auricular witness. If such an interview took place, we should be inclined to admit Villari’s account of it only on the latter hypothesis.