Tueri enim eorum memoriam, quorum merita multa in homines et præclara extiterunt, æquitatis et justitiæ laudem habet. Jo. Mich. Brutus, ad Tingium. Quanti alpestri sentier, quanti palustri Pe'l variar de' regni e stati illustri! Machiavelli, Decennale. i. ADVERTISEMENT. IN preparing the present edition of Mr. Roscoe's LIFE AND PONTIFICATE OF LEO X., I have followed the same arrangement which has obtained such general approbation for the EUROPEAN LIBRARY edition of his LIFE OF LORENZO DE' MEDICI. The foot-notes, other than references to authorities, have here also been placed at the end of the volume to which they refer, their Latin, Italian, and French portions being now for the first time translated; and I have, in addition to Mr. Roscoe's own notes, given, from Count Luigi Bossi's admirable translation of the work into Italian, and other sources, a large body of valuable illustrations, (marked B.) which have not before been introduced to the English reader. Mr. Roscoe's Index has been greatly enlarged for the EUROPEAN LIBRARY edition of his work. WILLIAM HAZLITT. MIDDLE TEMPLE, Feb. 1846. |