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11. 19 June 1503, Shankland, Letter IV.

12. Shankland, op. cit., Letters V and VI.

13. Late June 1503, Shankland, Letter VII.

14. Cited in Bradford, Cesare Borgia, Cesare Borgia, p. 213. p. 213.

15. Costabili to Ercole, 5 July 1503, CUL, Acton MSS, Add. MSS 4759.

16. Clough, 'Niccol Machiavelli, Cesare Borgia and the Francesco Troche Episode', in Medievalia et Humanistica, Medievalia et Humanistica, Fase. 17. Fase. 17.

17. 14 July 1503, Shankland, Letter IX.

18. 18 July 1503, Shankland, Letter X.

19. 24 July 1503, Shankland, Letter XII.

20. 12 August 1503, Shankland, Letter XIII.

21. Costabili to Ercole, 14 August 1503, CUL, Acton MSS, Add. MSS 4759.

22. 22 August 1503, Shankland, Letter XIV.

23. Ercole to Seregni, Belriguardo, 24 August 1503, cited in Gregorovius, Lucretia Borgia, Lucretia Borgia, pp. 2878. pp. 2878.

24. Cavalleri to Ercole, 8 September 1503, ASE, Ambasciatori Esteri Francia, Busta 3.

25. Di Prosperi to Isabella, 26 August 1503, AG, E x.x.xI.3, Busta 1239.

26. Francesco Gonzaga to Isabella, 22 September 1503, cited in Gregorovius, pp. 2889.

27. Sanudo, I Diarii I Diarii, vol.V, col. III.

28. Lucrezia to Ercole, Medelana, 3 October [1503], misplaced by archivist under Lucrezia's correspondence with Alfonso d'Este, ASE, Casa e Stato, Busta 141.

29. Ercole to Lucrezia, Codigoro, 4 October 1503, mistranscribed by Gregorovius according to Gardner, Dukes and Poets in Ferrara, Dukes and Poets in Ferrara, see pp. 4367. see pp. 4367.

30. Doc.u.ment of 3 May 1503 in ASE, Casa e Stato, Busta 400. Doc.u.menti riguardanti Lucrezia Borgia posteriormente al matrimonio con Alfonso I.

31. 5 October 1503, Shankland, Letter XV.

32. 18 October 1503, Shankland, Letter XVI.

33. 25 October 1503 (Noniano) and 2 November 1503 (Ferrara), Shankland, Letters XVII and XVIII.

34. 5 January 1504, Shankland, Letter XIX.

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1. See Bradford, See Bradford, Cesare Borgia, Cesare Borgia, p. 252. p. 252.

2. Sanudo, Sanudo, I Diarii, I Diarii, vol.V, col. 210. vol.V, col. 210.

3. 23 September 1505, Shankland, The Prettiest Love Letters in the World: Letters Between Lucrezia Borgia and Pietro Bembo 15031519, Letter x.x.xI. The Prettiest Love Letters in the World: Letters Between Lucrezia Borgia and Pietro Bembo 15031519, Letter x.x.xI.

4. Zambotti, Diario Ferrarese dall'anno 1476 sino al 1504,2 January 1504. Diario Ferrarese dall'anno 1476 sino al 1504,2 January 1504.

5. Copy letter in ASE, Cancelleria Ducale, Particolari, Busta 209, Fasc. 4 Borgia. Copy letter in ASE, Cancelleria Ducale, Particolari, Busta 209, Fasc. 4 Borgia.

6. Mirafuentes had been in touch with Lucrezia as Cesare's trusted representative via her chamberlain, Sancho, since late June. See Mirafuentes to Lucrezia, Forli, [?29] June 1504, ASE, Cancelleria Ducale, Particolari, Busta 209, Fasc. 4 Borgia.

7. Printed in Gardner, Dukes and Poets in Ferrara, Dukes and Poets in Ferrara, pp. 4445. pp. 4445.

8. Costabili to Ercole, 4 August 1504, Gardner, p. 450n2.

9. Gardner, p. 449.

10. 25 July 1504, Shankland, Letter XXVI.

11. 10 February 1505, Shankland, Letter x.x.x.

12. Luzio, Isabella d'Este di Fronte a Giulio II, Isabella d'Este di Fronte a Giulio II, p. 14n3. p. 14n3.

13. Dolfo, Lettere ai Gonzaga, Lettere ai Gonzaga, Letter IX. Letter IX.

14. Ibid., Letter XXVII.

15. Ibid., Letter VII.

16. See undated letter [post 1509] by Isabella d'Este to Alfonso d'Este in ASE, Casa e Stato, Carteggio dei Principi Estensi, Busta 133.

17. Lucrezia to Francesco Gonzaga, 11 April (marked by archivist '1502'), mistakenly filed with Lucrezia's correspondence with Isabella, AG, Autografi 84, Busta 1.

18. Loc. cit. supra.

19. Cited Luzio, Isabella d'Este e i Borgia, Isabella d'Este e i Borgia, p. 705. p. 705.

20. Lucrezia to Ercole, 21 May 1502, ASE, Casa e Stato, Busta 141.