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" ... and sparkling eyes, her generosity and carelessness with money, her grace of carriage and charm of conversation, she was received in Naples, Rome, Florence, and Ferrara like a visiting princess. The Mantuan ambassador at Ferrara described her entry... "
The Golden Days of the Renaissance in Rome: From the Pontificate of Julius ... - Page 62
by Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani - 1906 - 340 pages
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The Renaissance: A History of Civilization in Italy from 1304-1576 A.D.

Will Durant, Ariel Durant - 1953 - 808 pages
...Mantuan ambassador at Ferrara described her entry in an undiplomatic letter to Isabella d'Este (1537): I have to record the arrival among us of a gentle...She sings impromptu all kinds of airs and motets. . . . There is not one lady in Ferrara, not even Vittoria Colonna the Duchess of Pescara, who can stand...
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