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	Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia)
		Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia), memorable as the most characteristic incarnation of the secular spirit of the papacy of the 15th century, was born at Xativa in Valencia, 1st January 1431.
		Borgia's uneasiness was betrayed by his hasty assumption of the pontifical vestments, and premature announcement of the election to the expectant crowd.
		The pomp of his coronation far surpassed preceding examples, and the compliments of foreign ambassadors on the majesty of his mien and the maturity of his wisdom were echoed by a public accustomed to simony, relieved at their deliverance from a period of anarchy, and sensible of their need of a firmer hand.
	www.1902-encyclopedia.com /A/ALE/alexander-vi.html (3633 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope Alexander VI
		Lucrezia's marriage with Sforza was declared null on the ground of the latter's impotence, and she was given as wife to Alfonso of Biseglia, an illegitimate son of Alfonso II.
		It was the political use made by the Borgias of their opportunity, and the prospective alliance of France and the Holy See, which now drove several of the Powers of Europe to the verge of schism.
		In the meantime Caesar had carried on his campaign 80 successfully that by the year 1501 he was master of all the usurped papal territory and was made Duke of Romagna by the Pope, whose affection for the brilliant young general was manifested in still other ways.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/01289a.htm (5465 words)

	Chapter 5 Page 7
		In a moment Caesar Borgia appeared, riding on a splendidly harnessed mule, and behind him were led six magnificent horses, a present from the Holy Father to the King of France.
		Then Caesar Borgia, who among the army baggage had twenty very heavy waggons of his own, had one of these opened, took out a splendid cabinet with the silver necessary for his table, and gave orders for his supper to be prepared, as he had done the night before.
		Caesar, who was an excellent rider, sprang to the saddle, and he and his companion at full gallop retraced the road to Rome, where they arrived at break of day.
	www.web-books.com /Classics/Dumas/Borgias/Dumas_BorgiasC6P7.htm (1012 words)

	Chapter 18. The Treasure Page 3
		Caesar thought they could make use of one of the means which he always had ready for his friends, that is to say, in the first place, the famous key which was given to certain persons with the request that they go and open a designated cupboard.
		Caesar proposed to his father, that they should either ask the cardinals to open the cupboard, or shake hands with them; but Alexander VI., replied: `Now as to the worthy cardinals, Spada and Rospigliosi, let us ask both of them to dinner, something tells me that we shall get that money back.
		Besides, you forget, Caesar, an indigestion declares itself immediately, while a prick or a bite occasions a delay of a day or two.' Caesar gave way before such cogent reasoning, and the cardinals were consequently invited to dinner.
	www.web-books.com /Classics/Dumas/Cristo/CristoC18P3.htm (656 words)

	What Machiavelli Thought Of The World
		Caesar Borgia (1476-1507), the reader must under-stand, was the son of Pope Alexander VI, Rodrigo Borgia (1492-15).
		The Papacy at this time was in a mood of moral relaxation, and though Alexander was, as a priest, pledged to live unmarried, this did not hinder him from living openly with a sort of unmarried wife, and devoting the resources of Christendom to the advancement of his family.
		Caesar was a youth of spirit even for the times in which he lived; he had early caused his elder brother to be murdered, and also the husband of his sister, Luerezia.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles32n/history-line-34.shtml (1322 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Francis Borgia
		RANCISCO DE Francis Borgia, born 28 October, 1510, was the son of Juan Borgia, third Duke of Gandia, and of Juana of Aragon; died 30 September, 1572.
		His grandfather, Juan Borgia, the second son of Alexander VI, was assassinated in Rome on 14 June, 1497, by an unknown hand, which his family always believed to be that of Cæsar Borgia.
		The task of Borgia was to establish, first at Rome, then in all the provinces, wisely regulated novitiates and flourishing houses of study, and to develop the cultivation of the interior life by establishing in all of these the custom of a daily hour of prayer.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/06213a.htm (4078 words)

	Untitled Document
		Only inventor of the happened fool was Caesar Borgia (duke Valentino), placed side by side, instead, in the material execution of the project, from France that you/he/she delegated the command of his/her troops to the general of Aubigny.
		Caesar Borgia realized the sketch to conquer Capua approaching to the personal motives, what the revenge contrived toward the king Federico of Aragon, then king of Naples, to have refused him in wife his/her daughter Carlotta, the ambition to extend his/her power to such a strong kingdom, and therefore to the whole Italy.
		It was alone when the most greater part of the soldiers they were inside the city that Caesar Borgia, to the center of the Judge Plaza, lifting the rod, it began the slaughter.
	www.cittadicapua.it /inglese/saccoing.htm (860 words)

	HISTORY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH*
		A figure of a bull, the emblem of the Borgias, was erected near the Palazzo di S. Marco on the line of the procession, from whose eyes, nostrils and mouth poured forth water, and from the forehead wine.
		Caesar, it was rumored, was jealous of the place the duke of Gandia held in his father’s affections, and hankered after the worldly honors which had been heaped upon him.
		Caesar was too ill to go to his father’s sick-bed but, on hearing of his death, he sent Micheletto to demand of the chamberlain the keys to the papal exchequer, threatening to strangle the cardinal, Casanova, and throw him out of the window in case he refused.
	www.ccel.org /s/schaff/history/6_ch06.htm (18659 words)

	The Life Of Brenda Lewis
		hereafter The pope and Caesar Borgia first found the two future cardinals; they were Giovanni Rospigliosi, who held four of the highest dignities of the Holy See, and Caesar Spada, one of of the noblest and richest of the Roman nobility; both felt the high honor of such a favor from the pope.
		Caesar proposed proposed to his father, that they should either ask the cardinals to open the cupboard, or shake hands with them; but Alexander VI., replied: `Now as to the worthy cardinals, Spada and and Rospigliosi, let us ask both of them to dinner, something tells me that we shall get that money back.
		Besides, you forget, Caesar, an indigestion declares itself immediately, while a prick prick or a bite occasions a delay of a day or two.' Caesar gave way before such cogent reasoning, and the cardinals were consequently invited to dinner.
	brendalewis.grabafreebie.com /Life.php (1280 words)

	A little about Pope Alexander VI!--Ummah.comGeneral (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		On the morning of June 15, 1497, Juan Borgia's corpse was found floating in the Tiber mutilated by nine savage dagger wounds.
		"Borgia's enjoyment of the flesh was enhanced when the woman beneath him was married, particularly if he had presided at her wedding.
		She may have actually slept with her husbands from time to time- since Borgia always kept a stable of women, she was allowed an occasional night off to indulge her own sexual preferences- but her duties lay in his eminence's bed.
	www.ummah.net /forum/showthread.php?t=5815 (6257 words)

	TAARP - Appendix E - Section E 5.0 - Ongoing Qualitative Study of The Famous 1, The Famous 2, and The Others
		Caesar Borgia, by contrast, has Mars in conjunction with Saturn, in opposition to Jupiter, and square to Uranus, with no help but the sextile of the Sun and the semi-sextile of Venus.
		In general, however, political astuteness is far more to the front in Jupiter's activity, as is witnessed by Queen Victoria and Caesar Borgia, whose careers, despite the difference of their eras, are not altogether unlike.
		Cesar Borgia is a case of violent yet cold disposition, at once cynical and of ungovernable passion.
	www.alpha-astrophysics.org /SectionE50.htm (2313 words)

	Caesar or Nothing (tr Louis How) [no accents] Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Caesar was remarkable for the rapidity of his decisions and the lack of vacillation in his opinions.
		Caesar believed that it was not worth the trouble to study law seriously; and he imagined moreover that to study so many routine conceptions, which may be false, such as the conception of the soul, of equity, of responsibility, etc., would bring him to a shyster lawyer's vulgar and affected idea of life.
		Caesar asked her jokingly about the people in the hotel, and he was thunderstruck to find that she had discovered in three or four days who all the guests were and where they came from.
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	Massimo Taparelli D'Azeglio - The Challenge Of Barletta (1833)
		As if this were not evil enough, the infamous Caesar Borgia, whose terrific acts were the subject of universal discussion, got wind of her enchanting loveliness, and his passion was aroused.
		Meanwhile Grajano had followed the fortunes of Caesar Borgia, and the restored Ginevra did not seek to join him; instead she had placed herself under the protection of Fieramosca, and he had secured a refuge for her in the convent of St. Ursula on the island off the shores of Barletta.
		Don Michele was brought before this German mercenary, who tried to intimidate him, but the pupil of Caesar Borgiaed the tables by declaring that an unseen witness (none other than Boscherino in the guise of a ghost) had already alarmed Barletta of the midnight attack.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles22/authors-digest-2.shtml (4001 words)

	Hist of Christ'n Church 6 (ii.vii.viii) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Spanish cardinals, 11 in number and still in a measure under Caesar’s control, gave their votes to the successful candidate on condition that Caesar should be recognized as gonfalonier of the church.
		Caesar Borgia returned to Rome, was recognized as gonfalonier and given apartments in the Vatican.
		Caesar Borgia had his laureate, who sung his praises in 12 Latin lyrics, Peter Franciscus Justulus of Spoleto.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/schaff/hcc6.ii.vii.viii.html (4581 words)

	The Web Server Times - Leonardo da Vinci in 1504 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Leonardo da Vinci had briefly worked for Borgia as a miltary engineer, but had left the man's service after suspecting his own life was in danger.
		Borgia was known as a brilliant military commander and ruler, but also had some nasty habits, which included torturing and dismembering his enemies.
		Borgia replied, however, that he would attack Pisa only if he were afterward granted some control over Florence.
	www.webservertimes.com /Books/hi-tech-1504.htm (1905 words)

	August 17
		On October 1, 1498, Caesar, no longer a cardinal, but designated Duke of Valentinois and Peer of France set out from Rome to bring the papal dispensation to King Louis to annul a marriage, gave his cardinal's hat to his minister D'Amboise, and tried to find for himself a wife of high degree.
		She was Princess of Tarento and would have made Caesar one of the most powerful barons in the Kingdom.
		Caesar reduced the principalities in a two year campaign from 1499 - 1501 and became Duke of Romagna.
	webpages.charter.net /astroweaver/history/aug17.html (1140 words)

	History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy - Introduction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		of France, and afterward on an embassy to Cæsar Borgia, the lord of Romagna, at Urbino.
		Machiavelli's report and description of this and subsequent embassies to this prince, shows his undisguised admiration for the courage and cunning of Cæsar, who was a master in the application of the principles afterwards exposed in such a skillful and uncompromising manner by Machiavelli in his Prince.
		When Machiavelli takes Cæsar Borgia as a model, he in nowise extols him as a hero, but merely as a prince who was capable of attaining the end in view.
	www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/hst/european/HistoryofFlorenceandoftheAffairsofItaly/Chap0.html (1306 words)

	Beears' Presentation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Borgias (the Italicized form of the Spanish name) were modest aristocrats in Aragon.
		Caesar was a cardinal, but he was not a priest.
		Caesar caught malaria at the same time his father did, and he was at the time very ill. He could not even make it to the Vatican from another castle in Rome to attend the conclave.
	muweb.millersville.edu /~columbus/papers/beears.html (2662 words)

	Fictionwise eBooks: The Cenci [Celebrated Crimes Volume 1.2] by Alexandre Dumas
		Son of a sister of Pope Calixtus III, Roderigo Lenzuoli Borgia, before being created cardinal, had five children by Rosa Vanozza, whom he afterwards caused to be married to a rich Roman.
		He had made every arrangement a plotter could make to be King of Italy at the death of his father the pope, and his measures were so carefully taken as to leave no doubt in his own mind as to the success of this vast project.
		The pope had invited Cardinal Adrien to supper in his vineyard on the Belvidere; Cardinal Adrien was very rich, and the pope wished to inherit his wealth, as he already had acquired that of the Cardinals of Sant' Angelo, Capua, and Modena.
	www.fictionwise.com /ebooks/eBook19286.htm (665 words)

	MUSL 242: The Musical Court of Lucrezia Borgia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Lucrezia had numerous recognized siblings, but perhaps the best known and the one who had the most impact on her life was Caesar, born in April 1476.
		On June 15, 1500, four of Caesar's henchmen attacked Alfonso while he was on his way to the Vatican.
		He survived this attack, but while he was still recovering under thesupervision of Lucrezia, Caesar attempted to enter the sick quarters.
	www.vanderbilt.edu /htdocs/Blair/Courses/MUSL242/f98/borgia.htm (1002 words)

	Dumas on Caesar Borgia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The treatment employed in Caesar's case was the same as in his father's, emetics and blood-letting, with the addition of a strange kind of bath which he asked for himself, having heard it said that King Ladislas of Naples was once cured thereby under similar circumstances.
		Four upright posts were firmly attached to the floor of his room; every day a bull was brought in and thrown over on his back, and his legs made fast to the posts.
		Then an incision a foot and a half long was made in his belly, through which the intestines were taken out, and Caesar crawled into the still living receptacle, and bathed himself in the animal's blood.
	www.poptel.org.uk /unholy/goddess/dumas.htm (152 words)

	Literature.org - The Online Literature Library
		The pope and Caesar Borgia first found the two future cardinals; they were Giovanni Rospigliosi, who held four of the highest dignities of the Holy See, and Caesar Spada, one of the noblest and richest of the Roman nobility; both felt the high honor of such a favor from the pope.
		Caesar, poisoned at the same time, escaped by shedding his skin like a snake; but the new skin was spotted by the poison till it looked like a tiger's.
		The Spadas remained in doubtful ease, a mystery hung over this dark affair, and the public rumor was, that Caesar, a better politician than his father, had carried off from the pope the fortune of the two cardinals.
	www.literature.org /authors/dumas-alexandre/the-count-of-monte-cristo/chapter-18.html (3285 words)

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		CAESAR I believe Thou dost not hate or love or envy me; Even as I know, and knowing believe, we all - Our father, thou and I--triune in heart - Hold loveliest of all living things to love This.
		CAESAR Wisdom lives in thee, And cries not out along the streets as when None of God's folk that heard regarded her, As all that hear thy word regard--or die, Being not outside God's eyeshot.
		CAESAR They say These holy streets of heaven's most holiest choice Lie dangerous now in darkness if a man Walk not on holiest errands.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/etext04/dkgr10.txt (4522 words)

	The Borgias by Alexandre Dumas, Pere - Full Text Free Book (Part 4/5)
		Caesar's reply was that in consequence of this
		Caesar was to be taken to Rome and imprisoned in the Castle of Sant'
		Caesar was at the mercy of his brother-in-law.
	www.fullbooks.com /The-Borgias4.html (18646 words)

	Cenci by Alexandre Dumas eBook by BookRags
		Alexander VI died some hours afterwards; Caesar Borgia was confined to bed, and sloughed off his skin; while Cardinal Corneto lost his sight and his senses, and was brought to death’s door.
		Caesar Borgia had under his control eighteen Spanish cardinals who owed to him their places in the Sacred College; these cardinals were entirely his creatures, and he could command them absolutely.
		As he was in a moribund condition and could make no use of them for himself, he sold them to Giuliano della Rovere, and Giuliano della Rovere was elected pope, under the name of Julius II.
	www.bookrags.com /ebooks/2742/3.html (409 words)

	Cesare Borgia
		Borgia, Cesare or Caesar, 1476–1507, Italian soldier and politician, younger son of Pope
		Julius II, an implacable enemy of Cesare Borgia.
		Patricide and the plot of 'The Prince': Cesare Borgia and Machiavelli's Italy.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0808360.html (467 words)

	Amazon.ca: Video: Don Juan [IMPORT] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		His reputation intrigues the fatally beautiful Lucrezia, a member of the villainous Borgia clan, and he accepts her invite to their upcoming gala.
		Between dodging Lucrezia and instantly seducing an attractive young maid, Don Juan's cold heart is melted by the mere sight of the pure Adriana della Varnese, portrayed by the gorgeous Mary Astor (roughly 20 years before her famous role in "The Maltese Falcon").
		Adriana's father, Duke della Varnese, is an enemy of the Borgia and also a guest at the party.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/6302004500 (699 words)

	GraciousCall.org - HISTORY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH*
		Criticism._Lord Acton: The Borgias and their Latest Historian, in North Brit.
		The next pontiff, the Spaniard, Calixtus III., 1455-1458, had two chief concerns, the dislodgment of the Turks from Constantinople and the advancement of the fortunes of the Borgia family, to which he belonged.
		By the endowment of nature they were vigorous and handsome, and by nature and practice, sensual, ambitious, and high-handed,_their coat of arms a bull.
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