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NOTES TO THE SECOND BOOK OF THE COURTIER of PlANELLA by Ferdinand II of Naples in 1496, as a reward for faithful service. He acted as confidential secretary to the Marquess Gianfrancesco of Mantua in various wars, and especially in the campaigns against Charles VIII. Note 259, page 143. Philip II of Macedon, the conqueror of Greece, was born 382 and died 336 B.C. Note 260, page 143. This retort has by others been ascribed to a Florentine ambassador at Siena, and his name given as Guido del Pelagio. Note 261, page 144. Mario de' Maffei da Volterra, (born 1464; died 1537), occupied successively the offices of Archpriest at Volterra, Sacristan of the Vatican, Bishop of Aquino, and Bishop of Cavaillon in France. Note 262, page 144. AGOSTINO Bevazzano or Beazzano, {flor. 1500-1550), was born at Treviso, near Venice, of which republic his ancestor Francesco had been chancellor in the 15th century. His own portrait hung in the Grand Council Chamber at Venice. He lived some time in Venice, but in 1514 he was employed as secretary by Bembo and sent to Leo X at Rome, where he resided chiefly until 1526. Besides being a noted writer of Italian and Latin verse, he acquired great skill in public affairs and came to be regarded as an oracle at the papal court. Late in life he was painfully afflicted with gout, and passed the last years of his life at Verona and at Treviso, where he died and was buried in the cathedral. Note 263, page 145. The MARQUESS FEDERICO GONZAGA of Mantua, (born 1440; died 1484), was the son of the Marquess Ludovico and Barbara of Bran- denburg, and married Margarita, daughter of Duke Albert III of Bavaria. His family attained sovereign power at Mantua in 1354 and continued to exercise it for nearly four centuries. Having succeeded to the marquisate on the death of his father in 1478, he expelled from Italy the Swiss who were besieging Lugano, joined the Milanese in a league against the pope in 1479, and in 1482 joined another league against Venice. He is said to have com- mitted suicide. Note 264, page 145. NiccOLb Leonico Tomeo, (born 1456; died 1531), was a native of Venice, and belonged to an Albanian family. He studied Greek under Chalcondylas at Florence, and for many years taught philosophy at Padua, being the first Italian to expound Aristotle from the original text. He wrote philosophical and moral dialogues and also some Italian verse. His friend Bembo wrote of him: "An illustrious philosopher both in life and learning, equally versed in Latin and Greek, wherein he lived and dwelt, leav- ing ambition and thirst for riches to others." He was also a wit. Note 265, page 145. Agostino Foglietta, (died 1527), was a Genoese noble- man, who exercised great authority at Rome under Leo X and Clement VII. 374