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In the printed work, called Les voyages avantureux du Capitaine Jean Alphonse, Saintongeois, which was first published in 1559, after the death of Alfonse, it is expressly stated that the river of Norumbega, was discovered by the Portuguese and Spaniards.
It is worthy of note that the Duke of Guise was her son-in-law. Renée had borne her husband several children, the hereditary Prince Alfonso Luigi, who subsequently became a cardinal; Donna Anna, who married the Duke of Guise; Donna Lucretia, who became Duchess of Urbino; and Donna Leonora, who remained single. Her son Alfonso II succeeded to the throne of Ferrara in 1559.
Just as the King was taking his departure, the commissioner arrived, bringing with him the Bull of Paul the Fourth, dated May 18, 1559. This was afterwards confirmed by that of Pius the Fourth, in January of the following year.
And a little of Parmegiano'a grace, But without so much study and toil, Let him only apply himself to imitate the works Which our Niccolino has left us here. Lodovico opened a school of painting at Bologna, in which he was for a time largely assisted by his cousins. He died 1619. Agostino Carracci, cousin of Lodovico, was born at Bologna in 1559.
Mary of Guise made large concessions: only she desired that there should be no public meetings in the capital. On January 1, 1559, church doors were placarded with "The Beggars' Warning." Threats were pronounced, revolution was menaced at a given date, Whitsunday, and the threats were fulfilled. All this was the result of a plan, not of accident.
Finally, in May 1559, these preachers had a strong armed backing, and seized a central strategic point, so the Revolution blazed out on a question which had long been smouldering and on an occasion that had been again and again deferred.
When Henry II. of France died, in 1559, his widow, Catherine de’ Medici, wrote to Michael Angelo asking him to supply at least the design for the equestrian statue of the late King she desired to set up in the courtyard of the royal château at Blois. The sketch was prepared and the work given to Daniele da Volterra.
At the General Election of 1852 the votes for the City of Edinburgh stood thus: Mr Macaulay ...............1872 Mr Cowan ..................1754 The Lord Provost ..........1559 Mr Bruce ..................1066 Mr Campbell ............... 686
In the fifteenth century English teachers, in order to increase the interest in Latin, began to let their boys act the plays which they had read as literature, precisely as our colleges now present Greek or German plays at the yearly festivals. Seneca was the favorite Latin author, and all his tragedies were translated into English between 1559 and 1581.
He was with the army during the hostilities which were soon after resumed in Picardy; he was the secret negotiator of the preliminary arrangement with France, soon afterwards confirmed by the triumphant treaty of April, 1559.
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