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Nazarius, St., 383

Nemours, the Duke of,—see Medici, Giuliano de’

Neologisms, the allowable use of, 47

Nero, the Emperor, 192, 388

New York Public Library, 417

Nicholas V (Tommaso Parentucelli), 127, 362

Nicoletto (Paolo Niccolò Vernia), 116, 359

Nicoletto, da Orvieto, 142, 373

Nicostrate, 197, 391

Nino di Ameria, Giacopo di, Bishop of Potenza, 135, 365

Ninus, the husband of Semiramis, 401

Nonchalance: the true source of grace, 35, 38; explanation of the Italian word rendered by, 338

“Not at home,” story of Scipio and Ennius who pretended to be, 148

Novara, 337

Novelle of Boccaccio, 161

Noves, Audibert de, 405 Laure de, 405

Novillara, Count of,—see Castiglione, Baldesar

Noyse, Johann Engelbert, 316, 421

Nucio (or Nutio), Martin, 419 Philippo, 420, 421 the widow of Martin, 420

Nudity, story of lady who dreaded the Judgment Day because of her, 132

Nutio,—see Nucio

Nutt, David, 422

Obedience: a duty only when the command is righteous, 99-100; the peril of even slight deviation from the letter of one’s orders, 100-2

Obscenity, to be avoided, 143

Ockenheim, 359

Octavia, 190, 388

Odasio of Padua, 329

Odenathus, King of Palmyra, 401

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