144.] [Footnote 33: Manso, _ib._ p.

46.] It was his birthplace; and here his sister still dwelt with her children.

Tasso sought Cornelia's home.

After a dramatic scene of suspense, he threw aside his disguise, declared himself to be the poet of Italy and her brother; and for a short while he seemed to forget Courts and schools, pedants and princes, in that genial atmosphere.
Why did he ever leave Sorrento?
That is the question which leaps to the lips of a modern free man.

The question itself implies imperfect comprehension of Tasso's century and training.