137-151].
[Footnote 89: Signor Berti conjectures that Bruno may have met Sidney first at Milan.

But Bruno informs us that he did not become acquainted with him till he came to London: 'Tra' quali e tanto conosciuto, per fama prima quanbo eravamo in Milano et in Francia, e poi per experienza or che siamo ne la sua patria' (_Op.

It._ vol.i.p.

145).] What he says about the well-born youth of England, shows that the flower of our gentlefolk delighted Southern observers by their mixture of simplicity and sweetness with good breeding and sound sense.

For the ladies of England he cannot find words fair enough to extol the beauties of their persons and the purity of their affections.