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battel; of Cortesius that found out new Countryes: of Magellanus that found out new Seas: of Andrea D'Oria who beat the French by Sea: of Gaston de Foix who had beat the Spaniards by land if he had but known how to use his Victory: of the Duke of Alva, who onely lamented denying that he had never fought a pitch'd Battel with the Turks: of Anne de Montmorency, who dying, was glad to die in a pitch'd Battel against the Hugonots: of Eccelino the Paduan Tyrant, of whom no man can Speak any good: of Castrucio of whom no man can speake any ill; with a world of other brave Heroes, with whose true lookes I was very glad to be acquainted.Pictures of Learned Men. Among the Pictures of the learned Men I took particular notice of these Italians, to wit, Petrarch, Ariosto, Joannes Casa, Poggio, Macchiavel, Guiciardin, Paulo Jovio, Sannazario, Bocaccio, Platina, Brunelleschi, Michael Angelo, Raphael Urbin, Columbus, Americus, and Galileo, with many others too long to relate, and too many to be re-
membred.
