Part 125

Milles, Guillermo de, 419

Miltiades, 408

Mime,—see Moresca

Mimicry, the limits to be observed in, 127-8

Minerva, 89, 252

Miniana Compagnia, la, 421

Minutoli, Riciardo, a character in Boccaccio, 164, 165, 166

Miser: retort of a spendthrift to a, 139; story of a servant who had saved the life of his miserly master, 144-5

Mithridates VI, Eupator, King of Pontus, 191, 389

Mixed government, 261, 269-70

Moderate fortunes, less power possessed by the very rich than by men of, 271

Moderation, the essence of virtue, 277-8

Modesty requisite in the courtier, 26

Molart, Captain, 152, 379

Monarchy vs. democracy, 259-61

Monima of Pontus, 389

Monkey, story of chess played by a, 133-4

Monpezat, Pedro, 419

Montaigne: quotation from his Essais, 347; the village of Paglia mentioned in his diary, 382

Monte, Pietro, 12, 34, 92, 174, 333-4 Pietro dal, 334

Montechiarugolo, Count Guido Torello di, 314

Montefeltro, Agnese di, 319 Antonio di, 329 Aura di, 376 Battista di, 394 Brigida Sueva di, 394 Count of, (in 1154), 325 Federico di, Duke of Urbino, 9, 129, 156, 265, 274, 317, 325-6, 327, 356, 362, 376, 381, 410 Gentile di, 322 Giovanna di, 318 Guidantonio di, Duke of Urbino, 325 Guidobaldo di, Duke of Urbino, 1, 9-11, 80, 129, 138, 147, 152, 313, 317-8, 319, 321, 322, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 342, 343, 344, 352, 376, 377, 387, 394, 404, 410 Oddantonio di, Count of Urbino, 325 Violante di, 394 origin of the name, 325

Montefeltro family, eulogy of the women of the, 202, 394

Montefiore Inn, synonymous expression for a bad inn, 155, 382

Montone, Braccio da, 355

Moors: story of a Pisan merchant captured and rescued from the, 195-7; to be conquered for their souls’ good, 275

Morello, Sigismondo, da Ortona, 12, 46, 83, 90, 91, 92, 292, 293, 294, 296, 299, 332

Moresca, mime, morris-dance, 15, 81, 87, 335