De Orbo Novo

The Eight Decades of
Peter Martyr D'Anghera

Translated from the Latin with Notes and Introduction

By

Francis Augustus MacNutt

In Two Volumes

Volume One

1912

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

I
II
III
IV
V

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editions of Peter Martyr's Works
Works Relating to Peter Martyr and his Writings

THE FIRST DECADE

Book I
Book II
Book III
Book IV
Book V
Book VI
Book VII
Book VIII
Book IX
Book X

THE SECOND DECADE

Book I
Book II
Book III
Book IV
Book V
Book VI
Book VII
Book VIII
Book IX
Book X

THE THIRD DECADE

Book I
Book II
Book III
Book IV
Book V
Book VI
Book VII
Book VIII
Book IX
Book X

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ILLUSTRATIONS

CARDINAL ASCANIO SFORZA
    From the Medallion by Luini, in the Museum at Milan.
    Photo by Anderson, Rome.

LEO X.
    From an Old Copper Print. (No longer in the book).

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DE ORBE NOVO

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INTRODUCTION

I

Distant a few miles from the southern extremity of Lago Maggiore, the castle-crowned heights ofAnghera and Arona face one another from opposite sides of the lake, separated by a narrow stretch of bluewater. Though bearing the name of the former burgh, it was in Arona[1], where his family also possessed a property,that Pietro Martire d'Anghera first saw the light, in the year 1457[2]. He was not averse to reminding his friendsof the nobility of his family, whose origin he confiden

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