379.
GREGORY XIII., Pope (Ugo Buoncompagno): his early career and election, i.

149; manner of life, 150; treatment of his relatives, 151; revival of obsolete rights of the Church, 152; consequent confusion in the Papal States, _ib._ GRISON mercenaries in Italy, i.

103 _n._ GUARINI, on the death of Tasso, ii.

69 _n._; publishes a revised edition of Tasso's lyrics, 72; Guarini's parentage, 244; at the Court of Alfonso II.

of Ferrara, 245; a rival of Tasso, _ib._; engaged on foreign embassies, 246; appointed Court poet, 247; domestic troubles, 249; his last years, 251; his death, _ib._; argument of the _Pastor Fido_, _ib._; satire upon the Court of Ferrara, 254; critique of the poem, 255; its style, 256; comparison with Tasso's _Aminta_, 275.
GUELF and Ghibelline contentions: how they ended in Italy, i.