Part 109

Double entente, instances of allowable, 125

Doves, story of a tiresome fellow and his, 148

Dovizi, Bernardo,—see Bibbiena Pietro, 321

Drake, S., 421

Drawing, a necessary accomplishment for the courtier, 65

Dreams, Alfonso I’s jesting advice to a servant regarding, 153

Dress: the courtier’s, 102-4; an index of character, 103-5; the court lady’s, 179-80

Ducats: as a laudatory simile, 140-1; story of the prior who had borrowed ten thousand, 150-1

Duchess of Urbino, the,—see Gonzaga, Eleanora and Elisabetta

Duel: the courtier to know how to conduct a, 30; story about a, 152

Due torti, play upon the words, 151

Duhamel, l’Abbé, 421

“Duke Borso,”—see Este, Borso d’, Duke of Ferrara

“Duke Federico,”—see Montefeltro, Federico di, Duke of Urbino

“Duke Filippo,”—see Visconti, Filippo Maria

“Duke Valentino,”—see Borgia, Cesare

Durán, Alfonso, 421

Dürer, Albert, 342, 343

Earth, story about disposing of earth from an excavation, 129-30

Edward III of England, 387

Edward IV of England, 413

Edward VII of England, 380

Egano, a character in Boccaccio, 164, 165

Egnatius, a character in Catullus, 55, 346

Egypt, the pyramids of, said to have been built in order to keep the Egyptians busy, 267

Eleanora of Portugal, 396

Elias, 305

Elis in Achaia, 171, 387