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He began the great work entitled Bibliotheca volans, the fourth section of which brought grievous trouble upon its author. It was all caused by an unfortunate note which attacked the doctor of the Grand Duke. This doctor was highly indignant, and reported Cinelli to the Tribunal.
Roger Rabutin de Bussy M. Dassy Trajan Boccalini Pierre Billard Pietro Aretino Felix Hemmerlin John Giovanni Cinelli Nicholas Francus Lorenzo Valla Ferrante Pallavicino Francois Gacon Daniel Defoe Du Rosoi Caspar Scioppius.
Italian air seems to have favoured satire, but Italian susceptibility was somewhat fatal to the satirists. Giovanni Cinelli, born in 1625, taught medicine at Florence and was illustrious for his literary productions. He allied himself with Antonio Magliabecchi, who afforded him opportunities of research in the library of the Grand Duke.
The book was publicly burnt by the hangman, and Cinelli was confined in prison ninety-*three days and then driven into exile. His misfortunes roused his anger, and he published at his retreat at Venice a bitter satire on men of all ranks entitled Giusticazione di Giovanni Cinelli , exciting much hostility against him.
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