132/147 The bulk of his Dialogues issued from S.Anna.On August 7, 1580, Celio Malaspina published a portion of the _Gerusalemme_ at Venice, under the title of _Il Gottifredo di M. In February of the following year, his friend Angelo Ingegneri gave the whole epic to the world. Within six months from that date the poem was seven times reissued. This happened without the sanction or the supervision of the luckless author; and from the sale of the book he obtained no profit. Leonora d'Este died upon February 10, 1581. |