107) writes of him: 'Vir est naturae duriusculae, ac uti ingenii, mediocris literaturae.' [4] For what follows read Corio, _Storia di Milano_, pp.
417-20.
[5] Mach._1st.Fior_.lib.

vii.; Corio, p.

420.
[6] See Corio, p.420.Corio hints that the Venetians poisoned the Cardinal for fear of this convention being carried out.
[7] _1st.

Fior_, lib.i.

vol.i.p.