JULIA G (3 N Z A (J A, 3^1 



Julia's lingular endowments, began now to praife her 

 in their poems. At therequeft of the cardinal, Molza 

 invented an emblematical figure, which was a perfect 

 refemblance of the princefs^ the reprefentation of the 

 morning-ftar, with the device taken from Horace : 

 Micat inter omnes Julium lidus*. Porrino had, at 

 this time;, the good fortune to be taken into her fer- 

 vice. How happy he thought himfelf on that account, 

 the following verfes terrify : 



Io che hon villi ripofato un* ora 

 Gran tempo a i colpi di fortuna fegno, 

 Or lei fprezzando e del fuo regno fora 

 Non e piu che mi ofrenda ira ne fdegno, 

 Poiche mi fe del fuo numero eletto 

 La bella dorina che mi fcalda il petto "f. 



Julia thenceforward lived fornerimes at Fondi, and 

 fometimes at Trajetto ; but let her be where Ihe would, 

 Hie was ever vifited by perfons of the fmefl talents ; 

 who univerfally admired her for her qualities both of 

 heart and mind. Bernard TafTo Hopped at her palace, 

 on his journey to Salerno, to enter on his office under 

 the prince of that place. On this occalion it was that 

 he was rapt in that lofty tranfport wherein he com- 

 pofed the beautiful poem in her praife, which is feen 

 in the collection of his fmaller poems. 



But no one was fo affiduous in his viiits as the cardi- 

 1 nal Ippolito de Medici. He thought he could not live 

 without her. That at leaft he might have her likeneft 



* Dialogo delle imprefe, 145. 

 f Stipra il rkratto cii donna G>u!ia, llanz, 49, 

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