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lavish. like Nicholas ". on the contrary he
was frugal. The accounts of his household
expenditure show that great moderation was
the rule OF his court. Our author has exam
ined them. and finds that the cost Of maintain
Ing the Papa household under Alexander vi.
was from 20 TO 80 ducats day. the duc0t was
worth less than SO cents. Amid these favor
able signs. Oue fact alone awakened appre-
henson on the part Of close observers, 10 wit
the recklessness exhibited BY Rodrigo Borga
In his ncpotsm from the first hour Of his pom
uhcate, II was. In truth. his passionate love
OF his children that proved fatal to himself and
italy, II was this that drew him TO crime. from
which otherwise, In all likelihood. he would have
Kept frec. Gregorovius for his part. can discover
In the history Of the thirteen years Of Alex
ander's pontlhcate no other guiding principle
than that OF aggrandxing his children at any
cost. The extirpanon OF numerous tyrants
and the foundation Of Caesar Borgia's ephem-
eral pri,cipality. established on thousand
crimes, were the political aims OF this Pope.
To these objects Of nepotism no sacrificed
his own conscience the happiness Of nations.
the Independence Of Italy aud the good Of the
Church. war Of more than half century.
and more terrible than all earlier wars Of pedi-
1val tunes. made the Italian peninsula q waste,
destroyed the prosperity OF its cities. Quenched
the sentiment OF nationality and freedom and.
beneath the DEGRADATION Of foreign rule,
plunged great nation into sleep Of centuries.
which resembled the period Of exhaustion
that followed the Gothic invasions. II Alex
ander vi. WA not the sole author Of this deep
abasement. to which many other causes con-
tributed, he. at all events. surrendered Italy
10 the French and Spaniards with the sole
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sa'e' OIL inc Guy nor u"Ta' N'u'h IT. own
nio,'ey vi 'aiuao.e property was ea'"'aieh'
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ana 'nS' governed everything hNher'o' since
''"y had enahcipa'e" htrse" iro"l ioreVh
tyranny shc hau rehhaueu eNe'np' from 'ne
rue o' 'he stranger lot. ai'houkh hihg Al
iohSo was an hraeonese' IN nenher cuiture'
''oera'ty nor hash"h'ii"y was he INFERIOR 10
any i'aliah' now, however slavery iolloWea
freedom now 'he ''aiahS sank from ihoepenn-
enoe INTO darkeN serNltnde 10 me foreigner
"hat mas ms latest historian OF me borsias
10 say apout Lucrehla' 'he Deau'iui daughter
OF the rope Inc view oi her 'aReh py IRE
soroV.us VIII pe iouhd SET ior'h on page 4s''
Just Mter he oescr'p'loh OF her 'h'ro marriage
10 the he'r Oh the Duke OF fefrara' Our anthor
recaiis tha'' ai'housl% 'he 'es.Nal ce'eorated
on the OCCASION was OF fabulous rnsghlh-
oehce' yer 'he a'utuoe OF 'hose VINO TOOK part
IN 'he ceremony was petiuhctory ana cold
isape"a OF hs'e' SISTER on inc orloeeroom' writ
ing 10 her nuSoahd "ohLasa NJ Nah'aa' con-
sra'uiates MN ON no' pehe present IL N
certaln 'ha' 'he daush'er OF the boraias brought