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    but , on the contrary ,, he exceeded all belief in- those respects . He erected so many , arid' such superb structures , statues , and obelisks , that it was with justice that he said ' He found a city of stone , but he left one of marble . ' He augmented or rather restored the library Clement VII had founded / ' He founded two cities ( one of them in Elba ) reared large wallsdrained marshes—made sea-ports , aqueducts , fountains , and baths—finished the Pitti Palace—made , the splendid Gardens of Boboli—founded a Botanic Garden—the Great Picture Gallery , &c . " He made Florence ' the fair / truly ' the magnificent ;' and it became the seat of the arts . Men , famous in every branch of learning , were sure to find protection , and the most ample provision , in his court . He frequently spent his hours amongst them , and not seldom gave them instructions in those sciences they so much excelled in . His prudence was equal to his other great qualities , and he rivalled Lorenzo the Magnificent in oratory . His palaces were as large , more elegant , and better furnished , than those of the greatest monarchs ; nor was this attention paid only to Florence : it extended throughout his dominions . The University and Arsenal of Pisa were founded by him . Such a man appeared justly to deserve the title of "Cosmo the Great" — the likeness of Augustus , as himself was accustomed to say , and for that reason he used his device . "

    It is true that amidst such encomiums as these , Mark Noble also suggests a resemblance to Caligula ; but this is grounded upon his entire belief of those defamatory reports raised against Cosmo by his enemies , and by the writer ' s entire credence of other aspersions which are utterly without proof . His praises , however , are founded upon well-attested facts , most of which , in marble and in more lasting books , are extant as witnesses , to the present day . " Non pik > negarse , " says Galluzzi , " al G . D . Cosimo , il merito di essere uno dei piu gloriosi personaggi che abbia prodotto l Italia nel secolo XVI . "

    But let us proceed to a deeply tragical event , which there is great reason to believe occurred in Cosmo ' s family , and from the effects of which the Duke never recovered . The two princes , his second and third sons , Giovanni and Garcia , went out to hunt in a forest . They were separated from their companions—some quarrel occurred—forth flew their swords , according to the custom of the country—and the younger killed the elder . This is all that can be known of the matter , as there were no witnesses . The younger averred that the elder commenced the quarrel , and striick the first blow ; but he was not believed . The Duke * ncte fthoosing to surrender up his son to a public trial and * fexecution * is thought , with a Roman severity of S 011 I 5 to have put him

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    246 Codho de > Medici .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 1, 1837, page 246, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1830/page/56/