Excerpt from The Travels of Theodore Ducas in Various Countries in Europe, at the Revival of Letters and Art, Vol. 2 Nicolao machiavelli was at Florence during part of my abode in the city. He was much beloved, for his disposition was open, sincere, and affectionate; and he was always anxious and active for his friends. Most of those friends were men of letters and art. Guiccardini, whom I'had occasionally seen at Rome, introduced me to him, facetiously styling him a man who had been ambassador tokingdoms, and also to convents ofminor'fi'iars; and who, in the course of his embassy to the Capuchins at Carpi, in the Modenese territory, had deeply studied the forms of monastic government. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.