a notte andai sin al Montone a cena." _Sat_. iv.]

[Footnote 14: See _canzone_ the first, "Non so s'io potro," &c. and the
_copitolo_ beginning "Della mia negra penna in fregio d'oro."]

[Footnote 15: _Histoire Litteraire_, &c. vol. iv. p. 335.]

[Footnote 16:
"Singularis tua et pervetus erga nos familiamque nostrum observantia,
egregiaque bonarum artium et litterarum doctrina, atque in studiis
mitioribus, praesertimque poetices elegans et praeclarum ingenium, jure
prope suo a nobis exposcere videntur, ut quae tibi usui futurae sint,
justa praesertim et honesta petenti, ea tibi liberaliter et gratiose
concedamus. Quamobrem," &c. . "On the same page," says Panizzi, "are
mentioned the privileges granted by the king of France, by the republic
of Venice, and other potentates;" so that authors, in those days, appear
to have been thought worthy of profiting by their labours, wherever they
contributed to the enjoyment of mankind.

Leo's privilege is the one that so long underwent the singular obloquy of
being a bull of excommunication against all who objected to the poem! a
misconception on the part of some ignorant man, or misrepresentation by
some malignant one, which affords a remarkable warning against taking
things on trust from one writer after another. Even Bayle (see the
article "Leo X." in his Dictionary) suffered his inclinations to blind
his vigilance.]

[Footnote 17:

"Apollo, tua merce, tua merce, santo
Collegio delle Muse, io non mi trovo
Tanto per voi, ch'io possa farmi un manto

E se 'l signor m'ha dato onde far novo
Ogni anno mi potrei piu d'un mantello,
Che mi abbia per voi dato, non approve.

Egli l' ha detto."
_Satira_ ii.]

[Footnote 18:

"Se avermi dato onde ogni quattro mesi
Ho venticinque scudi, ne si fermi,
Che molte volte non mi sien contesi,

Mi debbe incatenar, schiavo tenermi,
Obbligarmi ch'io sudi e tremi senza
Rispetto alcun, ch'io muoja o ch'io m'infermi,

Non gli lasciate aver questa credenza
Ditegli, che piu tosto ch'esser servo,
Torro la povertade in pazienza"

_Satira_ ii.]

[Footnote 19: Panizzi, vol. i. p. 29. The agreement itself is in
Baruffaldi.]

[Footnote 20: See the lines before quoted, beginning" Apollo, tua
merce."]

[Footnote 21: _Bibliographical Notices of Editions of

Ariosto_, prefixed to his first v