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VOLUME SECOND.

CHAPTER XIII.

Tasso flies from Ferrara, and visits his sister in the habit of a shepherd.-Resides at

Sorrento.-Wishes to return to the court of Alphonso.-Departs to Rome.-

Solicits to be received at Ferrara, and returns thither.-Becomes discontented,

and again leaves that city.—Visits Mantua.-Padua.-Venice.-And Urbino.

-His temporary happiness there, and final dissatisfaction.-Departs to Tu-

rin.

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CHAPTER XIV.

Hospitality which Tasso meets with in his journey to Piedmont.-He is repulsed by

the guards from the gates of Turin.—His admission into the city, kind reception

by the Marquis Philip of Este, and temporary comfort.—Writes to Cardinal

Albano that he repents of his suspicions, and will endeavour to conquer them.—

Composes a Dialogue on Nobility.-History of, and remarks on that mode of

composition.-Tasso returns to Ferrara.-Is coldly received, and confined in the

hospital of St Anne.

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