Excerpt from Scenes of Parisian Life, Vol. 8: The Civil Service; Gaudissart II; A Prince of Bohemia Bologna, Soderini, Colonna, Scaliger, the Cardone of Spain. Ln France, the Marigny, Anne de Po lignac, Princesse de Marsillac and Comtesse de Rochefoucauld, Cardinal d'armagnac, the Bishop of Cahors, in fact all the great people of the times, were happy and flattered by their correspondence with the successor of Boccaccio. Lalso saw how much nobility of character r'l Bandello possessed. If he has adorned his work with these illustrious names, he has not been forgetful of the interests of his personal friends. After the Signora Gallerana, Comtesse de Bergamo, comes the physician to whom he dedicated his story of Romeo and jalz'et, after the Signora Malta Magmfica Hipolita Visconti ed Atellana, comes the simple captain of light cavalry, Livio Liviano, after the Duc d'orleans comes a preacher; after a Riario, comes Messer Magnifico Girolamo Ungaro, Mercante lucclzese, a virtuous man of whom he recounts how an gentiluomo navarese sposa zwa che em sma swella e figh'nola, non lo sapendo, a subject sent to him by the Queen of Navarre. L thought that l could, - like il Bandello. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.