Naples--The Spanish Dynasty: Alfonso and Ferdinand--Alfonso II. escapes
to Sicily--Ferdinand II. takes Refuge in Ischia--Charles at Naples--The
League against the French--De Comines at Venice--Charles makes his
Retreat by Rome, Siena, Pisa, and Pontremoli--The Battle of
Fornovo--Charles reaches Asti and returns to France--Italy becomes the
Prize to be fought for by France, Spain, and Germany--Importance of the
Expedition of Charles VIII. P. 537.


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APPENDICES.

No. I.--The Blood-madness of Tyrants 589

No. II.--Translations of Nardi, 'Istorie di Firenze,' lib. l. cap. 4;
and of Varchi, 'Storia Fiorentina,' lib. iii. caps. 20,
21, 22; lib. ix. caps. 48, 49, 46 592

No. III.--The Character of Alexander VI., from Guicciardini's
'Storia Fiorentina,' cap. 27 603

No. IV.--Religious Revivals in Mediæval Italy 606

No. V.--The 'Sommario della Storia d' Italia dal 1511 al 1527,
by Francesco Vettori 624