Note 97 — Chapter V · THE GREATER DYNASTIES.
S. G. C. (Samuel George Chetwynd) Middlemore translation
The journey of Leo X. when Cardinal, may be also mentioned here. Comp. Paul. Jov. Vita Leonis X. lib. i. His purpose was less serious, and directed rather to amusement and knowledge of the world; but the spirit is wholly modern. No Northerner then travelled with such objects.