"Ferrarese" Quotes from Famous Books
... dispatches of Valori, the Ferrarese ambassador in Rome, it was expected that either the Cardinal of Naples (Oliviero Caraffa) or the Cardinal of Lisbon (Giorgio Costa) would be elected to the Pontificate; and according to the dispatch of Cavalieri the ambassador ... — The Life of Cesare Borgia • Raphael Sabatini
... of the father's statement of the age of his own children is questioned, it may be confirmed by other reports and records. In despatches which a Ferrarese ambassador sent to the same duke from Rome much earlier, namely, in February and March, 1483, the age of Caesar at that time is given as sixteen to seventeen years, which agrees with the subsequent statement of his father.[5] The son of Alexander ... — Lucretia Borgia - According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day • Ferdinand Gregorovius |