418; at Naples and in Savoy, _ib._; statistics of the mortality, 418 _n._; disease supposed to be wilfully spread by malefactors, 420.
POETRY, Heroic, the problem of creating, in Italy, ii.

80.
POLAND, the crown of, sought by Italian princes, ii.

246.
POLE, Cardinal Reginald, i.

76; Papal legate at Trent, 97 _n._ POMA, Ridolfo, one of the assassins of Sarpi, ii.

212.
POMPONIUS LAETUS, the teacher of Paul III., i.