CHAPTER VI.

POSITION AND RELATIONS OF THE MEDICI.

Splendour of the Medici Family—Their Position at Home and

their Connections Abroad—The Royal Family of Naples—Ippolita

Maria, Duchess of Calabria—The Queen of Bosnia—Luigi Pulci in

relation to the Medici—Pulci’s Journeys and Missions—Camerino

and Naples—Unfortunate Attack against Piombino—Galeazzo Maria

Sforza and his Wife, Bona of Savoy, in Florence—Visit of King

Christian of Denmark—Giovanni Bentivoglio in relation to the

Medici—Proceedings of King Louis XI. and Lorenzo concerning

King Ferrante of Naples—The Relation of Lorenzo towards his

Fellow Citizens—His Manner of Life, Residence in the Country,

and Travels—Madonna Clarice in Umbria and Rome—Visit to Zoe

Palæologa—Lucrezia de’ Medici in Bagno a Morba—The Death of

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