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The Pope's daughter, who was to be taken home by her husband within one year, received a dowry of thirty-one thousand ducats. When the news of this event reached Pesaro, the fortunate Sforza gave a grand celebration in his palace.
"They danced in the great hall, and the couples, hand in hand, issued from the castle, led by Monsignor Scaltes, the Pope's plenipotentiary, and the people in their joy joined in and danced away the hours in the streets of the city."[23] FOOTNOTES: [17] Cum simonia et mille ribalderie et inhonestate si e venduto il Pontificato che e cose ignominiosa et detestabile.
Despatch of Giacomo Trotti, Ambassador of Ferrara in Milan, to the Duke Ercole, August 28, 1492, in the archives of Modena. [18] These stanzas were written by Hieronymus Porcius, who printed them in Hieronym.
Porcius Patritius Romanus Rotae Primarius Auditor.... Commentarius; a rare publication of Eucharius Silber, Rome, September 18, 1493.
The stanzas of Michele Ferno of Milan conclude: Borgia stirps: bos: atque Ceres transcendit Olympo, Cantabunt nomen saecula cuncta suum; which turned out to be a true prophecy.
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