annesidora: And what can I say for Alfonso’s second wife, Lucrezia, her honor, name and
annesidora: And what can I say for Alfonso’s second wife, Lucrezia, her honor, name and loveliness increase every hour. Favored by fortune and by wealth, she flourishes like a plant in the best soil. She is as silver is to tin, gold to brass, the garden rose to the field poppy, the luscious bay to the withered willow, a jewel to colored glass. (Ludovico Ariosto about Lucrezia Borgia) -- source link
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