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VISITS TO SOLAROLO
wrote to one of Renee’s ladies, 44 I promised Madame
Renee to give her the first girl who was born to my
dwarfs. As she knows, the puttina is now two years
old, and will no doubt remain a dwarf, although she
hardly gives hopes of being as tiny as my Delia.
She is now able to walk alone and without a guide,
if the Duchess wishes to have her.” Another 44 bella
Nanina" was sent by the Marchesa to Ferrante
Gonzaga’s wife in October 1533, and the young
princess wrote a grateful letter to her mother-in-
law, saying that the dwarf was the sweetest and
gentlest creature in the world, and afforded her
infinite amusement.”1
In these last years Isabella’s travels were chiefly
limited to Ferrara and Venice, and only occasionally
extended to her little fief of Solarolo. The frequent
letters which she addressed to the governor and
magistrates of this favoured town are still preserved
in the Archivio Gonzaga,2 and are said to be
models of wise and far-sighted administration.
While she did not shrink from repressing riot and
disorder sternly, she insisted on the most scrupulous
regard for justice, and neglected nothing which
could promote the welfare of her subjects. After
Isabella’s death the little principality passed to her
younger grandson, Luigi Gonzaga, who inherited
the Duchy of Nevers through his wife, and sold
Solarolo in 1574 to Pope Gregory XIII.3
Isabella’s affection for her daughter Leonora had
never been as great and absorbing as that which she
cherished for her sons, and after the death of the
1 Luzio e Renier in Nuova Antologia, 1891, p. 134.
2 Luzio in Arch. St. Lomb., 1901, P- 146.
3 Litta, Famiglie, vol. iii. tav. 35.
VISITS TO SOLAROLO
wrote to one of Renee’s ladies, 44 I promised Madame
Renee to give her the first girl who was born to my
dwarfs. As she knows, the puttina is now two years
old, and will no doubt remain a dwarf, although she
hardly gives hopes of being as tiny as my Delia.
She is now able to walk alone and without a guide,
if the Duchess wishes to have her.” Another 44 bella
Nanina" was sent by the Marchesa to Ferrante
Gonzaga’s wife in October 1533, and the young
princess wrote a grateful letter to her mother-in-
law, saying that the dwarf was the sweetest and
gentlest creature in the world, and afforded her
infinite amusement.”1
In these last years Isabella’s travels were chiefly
limited to Ferrara and Venice, and only occasionally
extended to her little fief of Solarolo. The frequent
letters which she addressed to the governor and
magistrates of this favoured town are still preserved
in the Archivio Gonzaga,2 and are said to be
models of wise and far-sighted administration.
While she did not shrink from repressing riot and
disorder sternly, she insisted on the most scrupulous
regard for justice, and neglected nothing which
could promote the welfare of her subjects. After
Isabella’s death the little principality passed to her
younger grandson, Luigi Gonzaga, who inherited
the Duchy of Nevers through his wife, and sold
Solarolo in 1574 to Pope Gregory XIII.3
Isabella’s affection for her daughter Leonora had
never been as great and absorbing as that which she
cherished for her sons, and after the death of the
1 Luzio e Renier in Nuova Antologia, 1891, p. 134.
2 Luzio in Arch. St. Lomb., 1901, P- 146.
3 Litta, Famiglie, vol. iii. tav. 35.