The Book of the Courtier

Virtue, whether it is inborn or capable of being acquired, 251 et seq. Visconti, Bianca Maria, 381 Caterina, 355 Filippo Maria, Duke of Milan, 77, 355 Giangaleotto, Duke of Milan, 355 Giovanni Maria, Duke of Milan, 355 Valentina, 371 Viseu, the Bishop of,—see Silva Vite, Timoteo della, 342 Vitruvius, 342, 411 Vittorino da Feltre, 325 Vittorio Emanuele Library at Rome, 417 _Vizio, il_, a masculine quality, 169 Volpi, edition of THE COURTIER annotated by the brothers, 324, 421 Volterra, Mario da,—see Mario de’ Maffei Vulcan, 252, 411 Wales, the Prince of,—see Henry VIII of England Weapons, the courtier to be familiar with the handling of, 29 Wheel, the, (a court of justice), story about, 151, 379 Wifely affection, instances of, 194-7 Witticism and pleasantry, beginning of the discussion on, 120 Wives and husbands, ill treatment between, 193 Wolfe, John, 421 Womanliness, the chief essential in the Court Lady, 175 Womanly virtue, instances of, 190 et seq. Women, different kinds of men love different kinds of, 227-8 Women afford inspiration to poets and musicians, 220 Women and men, beginning of the discussion on the comparative excellence of, 182 Women’s excellence in literature, music, painting and sculpture, 205 Women’s extravagance in dress and ornament, 278 Women’s honour, beginning of the discussion as to the regard to be shown to, 162 Women’s innate love of honour, 209 et seq. Women’s usefulness to men, ancient instances of, 197 et seq. Women’s usual regret at not having been born men, 185 Wrestling, the courtier to be familiar with, 29 Writing and speaking, to be governed by essentially the same rules, 40 Xenocrates, 208, 402, 403 Xenophon, 5, 58, 250, 408 Xenophon’s _Cyropædia_, 324, 409 Xerxes, 411 Youth, characteristics peculiar to, 91 Zenobia, 205, 401 Zetzner, Lazarus, 421 Zeus, 387, 408 Zeuxis, 70, 351 Zizim,—see Djem Zodiac, explanation of the Signs of the, 415

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------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transcriber’s Note On p. 16, a reference to endnote 61 should have been endnote 62. That was been corrected. On pp. 402-403, an extended Italian quote includes line breaks that disrupt words without benefit of hyphenation. Since the translator claims to reproduce the 1528 Aldine edition "line for line", those breaks are retained. line 9 : e tempo era il [letto], line 19: che fosse [stato] line 23: & [graue]: (for modern "grave") line 39: come se fusse stato [all’opiato] (for modern "oppiato") line 40: [Veramente] line 44: che si [scriue] (for modern "scrive") line 45: gran prezzo per una [notte], line 46: Rideasi [tutta]. Other errors deemed most likely to be the printer’s have been corrected, and are noted here. The references are to the page and line in the original. 18.5 anger and disdain, most sweet[.] Added. 40.18 those who speak are present before those who Listen? [speak/hear]. 102.30 nor is th[eir/ere] lack of those Replaced. 225.21 they take every pain[s] Removed. 362.27 ‘the Pope is good for nothing.[’] Added. 382.10 and w[a]s known as a schismatic. Restored.