3'24 society of Arcadid' Oct.!"], 



ieged that the laurel crown was at all times reser- 

 ved only for epic poetry, as indeed all those who had 

 been crowned in the Capitol before him had been so on 

 account of their epic poems, exclusive of their other 

 poetical performances. In the latter times we have had 

 Acromelo, (^/^gostino Germisoni,^ Euridalco, (^ Abate 

 Golt,') Aurasio, (^AbateVersari,) Enisildo, QAbate Giu~ 

 seppe Petrosellini *,) Abate Rocchetti, Abate Berardi^ 

 Abate Casali, Giacomo Diolle^ and Giuseppe Gtordani, 

 who have displayed in Arcadia their talents in sing- 

 ing poetry extempore ; the two last particularly ex- 

 celled in the jocose style. Two ladies, likewise, Arca- 

 dian nymphs, have made the Serbatojo resound with 

 their elegant improvise : Kfiria Corilea, (^Signora Amia 

 Farisotti Beati,) and Gorilla Olimpica, (^StgnoraMad- 

 dalena Morelli Fernandez.) The latter was likewise 

 crowned in the Capitol ; but flie was rather sacrificed, 

 by the foolifh manner the busiiiefs was brought a- 

 bout by her protectors, who were besides nowise 

 acceptable to the public ; so that it had more the ap- 

 pearance of a mock coronation, than any thing else. I 

 cannot take leave of this subject without making par- 

 ticular mention of another Arcadian nymph, although 

 fhe has never been at Rome, and who is the admira- 

 tion, not only of her own countrymen, but of all 

 foreigners of learning and taste who have the op- 

 portunity of conversing with her, on account of her 

 profound knowledge, united to extreme modesty, and 

 of the most pleasing entertainment they enjoy from her 

 readineis in the improviso, wherein the most deep sci- 

 ence is elegantly Bet off by the most chaste beauties 

 * Some of die Arcadian names have escaped niy memory. 



