$l6 JULIA G0NZA6A. 



marriage, who brought Jiim a portion of 30,000 du* 

 cats. She had been defrined by the will of her father, 

 either for him, or for Ippolito de Medici, the nephew 

 of the pope. Julia, however, through the means of 

 her brother, the cardinal Pirro, knew how to manage 

 the affair fo wifely : that, without offending his holi- 

 nefs, the wealthy bride fhould fall to the lot of her 

 deliverer and brother Lewis. To Ippolito de Medici 

 it was no hard matter to renounce Ifabella ; as he at 

 that time entertained great hopes of marrying the 

 incomparably more beautiful young ftep-mother herfelf. 

 He had long been defperately in love with her ; 

 though, during the life of her hufband, he had never 

 prefumed to reveal his paffion otherwife than by ligni- 

 Ikant fighs and tears. But now he gave his love free 

 vent. He difclofed it to her both in verfe and profe. 

 As he thought he faw a great fimilarity between the 

 fire, of his love and the conflagration of Troy, he tranf- 

 kted into rhymelefs verfe the fecond book of the 

 iEneid, where that event is defcribed , and prcfented this 

 tranilation to his beloved Julia ; with a dedication that 

 contained a formal declaration of his love K But me 

 could by no means be induced to contract a fecond 

 marriage. Her averfion for the nuptial flate went fo 

 far, that fhe would have no married woman in her 

 fervice ; and was much difpleafed when any perfon 

 left it in order to marry. Ippolito, who could devife 

 no method of conquering her averlion to wedlock, 

 at length gave up all hopes of fucceeding ; and pro- 



f This tranflation, with the dedication, was firft printed in 1 $3$. 

 after- the death of the author, under the name of a Jtnight -errant 

 [cayalliere errante] and afterwards with his real name. 



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