Trojan War, the origin of the, 387
Trombone, story about playing the, 131
Troy: Trojan settlement in Italy after the fall of, 197-8; the valour of Trojan women long prevented the fall of, 219; the fall of, cited as an instance of the woes wrought by women’s beauty, 293
True Lovers’ Arch, 222
Truth, the courtier’s chief aim should be to inform his prince of the, 247
Tudor, Arthur, 412 Catherine, widow of Henry V of England, 412-3 Edmund, Earl of Richmond, 412 Henry, son of Edmund,—see Henry VII Henry, son of Henry,—see Henry VIII Margaret, daughter of Henry, 413 Mary, Queen of France, daughter of Henry, 371
Tullius,—see Cicero, Marcus Tullius
Turin, Duke Agilulph of, 393
Turk, the Grand, (Bajazet II),—see Bajazet II of Turkey
Turkish fashion of dress: affected by some, 102; peculiarities of, 372
Turks and Moors, 275
Turler, Hieronymus, 316, 420
Turnus, 44, 339
Tuscan dialect: author’s reasons for not using, 3-5; discussion of, 39-54; not to be regarded as sole criterion of Italian usage, 48
Tuscany, 4, 5, 39, 40, 43, 44 Duke Boniface of, 394
Tutula, 392
Tyrant, witticism against a tyrant falsely reputed to be generous, 145
Tyrants, evils suffered by, 263-4
Ubaldini, Bernardino, 376 Ottaviano, 147, 376
Ubicini, the brothers, 421
Ufficio grande and ufficio della Madonna, 137-8, 366
Ugolini, Paulo, 421
Ulysses, 284, 409
Unico Aretino, 12, 16, 17, 80, 81, 179, 228, 229, 230, 333, 335, 352
Urbino, 8, 9, 13, 80 a Count of, in 1216, 325 daily life at the court of, 10-2 the Duchess of,—see Gonzaga, Eleanora and Elisabetta the Duke of,—see Montefeltro and Rovere
Usage: the law of good speech, 3; but not bad usage, 48; who establish it, 48; changeable, 49
Utility, an element of beauty, 295
Valentino, Duke,—see Borgia, Cesare
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