letter to the priors of Nepi, 224;
sickness and death, 286;
his immorality, 289-291.

Borgia, Rodrigo, nephew of Alexander VI, captain of the papal guard, 49.

Borgia, Rodrigo, son of Lucretia and Alfonso of Naples, his
birth, 121, 194, 295-296;
his death, 333.

Borgia, Tecla, sister of Cardinal Rodrigo, 5.

Borgias, their coat of arms, 45;
their character, 93-94;
family, 203.

Brandolini, Aurelio, 126.

Bull-fighting in Rome, 220.

Burchard, 125;
his diary, 129-131, 177, 289.

Cagnolo of Parma, his description of Lucretia, 248.

Calcagnini, Celio, bridal song, 246, 340.

Calixtus III, 4;
his death, 6.

Calvin, 363.

Cambray, League of, 327.

Canale, Carlo, 21-22.

Capello, Polo, account of Caesar, 177, 180.

Caracciolo, his _De Varietate Fortunae_, 334.

Caranza, Pedro, privy-chamberlain, 49.

Carlotta of Naples, 110.

Carlotta, Queen of Cyprus, 32.

Castelli, Adriano, 132.

Castiglione, 31, 250, 305.

Castle Vecchio, description of, 270-272.

Catanei, see Vannozza Catanei.

Cavalliere, Bartolomeo, letter of, 182.

Caviceo, Jacopo, dedicates his _Peregrino_ to Lucretia, 308.

Centelles, Cherubino Juan de, betrothal to Lucretia, 41.

Charles V, 4, 327.

Charles VIII, 62;
enters Italy, 87;
retreats, 90.

Chrysoleras, 32.

Cieco, Francesco, his _Mambriano_, 277.

Classic culture, 26.

Collenuccio, Pandolfo, poet and orator, 85;
letter to Ercole, 161, 293-294;
his death, 295.

Colonna, Vittoria, 30, 136, 142.

Copernicus in Rome, 129.

_Cortegiano, il_, 31.

Cosenza, Cardinal of, 191;
Rodrigo Borgia's guardian, 297.

Costa, Michele, 339.

Cotrone, Marchesana of, letter to Gonzaga, 253.

Croce, Giorgio de, husband of Vannozza, 12, 20.

Dance, the, during the Renaissance, 253.

Decio, Philippo, jurisprudent, 40.

Della Rovere, see Rovere.

Dianti, Laura Eustochia, mistress of Alfonso d'Este, 362, 366.

Diplovatazio, Giorgio, 84.

Dossi, Dosso, 278, 339.

Drama, the, 128.

Eleonora of Aragon, wife of Ercole d'Este, 270.

Enriquez, Maria, wife of Giovanni Borgia, duke of Gandia, 64.

Este, palaces of the, 244;
their history, 266-270;
family expires in Alfonso II, 366.

Este, Alfonso d', 54;
projected marriage with Lucretia, 167, 182;
greets his bride, 236;
becomes duke of