The contents of the "Advices from Parnassus (Ragguagli di Parnaso)" by Trajano Boccalini (the second century, 1-100)

The Second CENTURY

Advice
1. Embassadors from the Province of Phocis complain to Apollo, that his Officers infring'd their Privileges; but are dismiss'd with a harsh Answer.
2. Apollo exposes the unfortunate Count St. Paul, to deter the Nobility of Kingdoms from being seduc'd by Foreign Princes, to rebel against their lawful Sovereigns.
3. The great Euclid, having disgusted some potent Men, is severely treated.
4. A Spanish Virtuoso, mortally wounded in a Duel with an Italian Poet, performs so gallant an Action before his Death, that Apollo gives orders to bury him honorably at the publick Expence.
5. Apollo having imploy'd his utmost diligence to seize the Idols of Princes, proceeds with great severity against one that fell into his Power.
6. All the Monarchys of the Universe, being jealous of the great Power and Prosperity of the German Commonwealths, take measures in a general Diet to secure themselves from being overrun by 'em.
7. The People of Phocis upon the ill success of their late Embassy meditating a Rebellion, a Debate is held in his Majesty's Privy-Council concerning the best means to prevent those Disorders.
8. A short Dispute in point of Precedence arising between the Prince of Bisagnano and Dr. Juliano Corbelli of San Marino; Apollo refers it to the Court of Ceremonys, who accordingly decide it.
9. Apollo publishes a severe Edict against some of the Literati, who conceal'd their Avarice under a Mask of Piety
10. The City pretor makes great Complaint to Apollo, that the new Magistrates the Triumviri have, by an Edict publish'd against Minions and Panders of Princes Lusts, incroach'd on his Jurisdiction.
11. The People of Phocis, upon the continu'd Infringement of their Privileges, break out " into Rebellion. but are appeas'd by one of their senators, and dispatch new Embassadors to Parnassus.
12. A dangerous Quarrel arises among some Poets upon a comparison between the Greatness of Rome, and that of Naples; Apollo for the satisfaction of his Virtuosi, refers this important Cause to be determin'd by the Judges of the Rota.
13. Theodorick King of Italy, having often sollicited for Admittance into Parnassus, is constantly rejected by his Majesty for a very weighty reason.
14. Apollo, according to his Custom the first of every Month, receives the Petitions of such as desire Admittance into Parnassus.
15. Force having at a publick meeting offer'd to take place of Reputation, this beautiful Lady by an admirabe Resolution secures her endanger'd Honor.
16. Giovanni Francisco Pico, Count of Mirandola, that he might more quietly attend his Studys, intreats that the Reformers, by reason of the great noise they make, might be remov'd out of his Neighbourhood, but his Request is not granted. 
17. The famous Republicks of Europe having forbid Tacitus their Houses, he complains of it to Apollo, and is again receiv'd and caress'd by 'em with the highest Honor.
18. Apollo having to the wonder of all the Virtuosi admitted the blind Mountebank of Forli into Parnassus, imploys him in an important Office.
19. Lewis Alemanni having prais'd the French in an eloquent Oration, and repenting afterwards of it, desires leave of Apollo to make his Recantation, but his Majesty will not permit him.
20. Corbulo having govern'd Pindus in great Reputation, and the Time of his Government being expir'd, Apollo sends him a new Commission for a year longer, which he refuses.
21. Sebastian Venieri, Doge of Venice, having made his Entrance into Parnassus, desires Apollo to grant him the Precedence of all hereditary Monarchs, and obtains from his Majesty a favorable Decree.
22. Apollo mov'd with Compassion to see a miserable Soldier, who had lost both his Hands, in a Battel, go a begging, severely reprehends Princes for their Ingratitude to Military Men.
23. Apollo, compassionating the mournful Shipwrecks which his Virtuosi suffer in the Courts of great Princes, for their security commands some of the most eminent Literati to make a Chart, by which men might safely sail by Land.
24. Ariadeno Barbarossa, being driven by a sudden Storm on the Rocks of Curzolari, suffers Shipwreck: and Maturino Ramagasso, Captain of the Guard of the Gulph of Lepanto, when he might have taken him Prisoner, furthers his Escape.
25. Epictetus observing the many Corruptions of hit Sect, desires leave of Apollo to found a new Sect of Reformed Stoicks, for which he is rather blam'd than commended by his Majesty.
26. The Nobility of the Commonwealth of the Achaians, not being able to suffer the Insolence of the Commonalty, send Embassadors to obtain from Apollo a Prince to reign over them, and their Request is granted.
27. Apollo having turn'd out Budaeus from the Office of Lord Treasurer, beslows it upon Diego Covarruvias, a noble Spanish Virtuoso, and Dean of the College of Grand Sages of this Court: which the French Monarchy in vain opposes.
28. Monsignor Giovanni della Casa presents Apollo with his useful Treatise, call'd Galateo of Manners, but meets with great Difficultys in engaging many Nations to the observance of it.
29. Apollo having discover'd that ill Men had brought a Scandalon his Courts of Justice, and render'd 'em odious to the People by making use of 'em to oppress the Good, appoints a Committee to redress the Grievance, but with very indifferent Success.
30. Marcus Brutus intreats Lucius Brutus to shew him in what consisted the Perfection of the Conspiracy which he happily executed on the Tarquins, and the Imperfection of his own which he attempted on Caesar with such ill success, and receives a satisfactory Answer.
31. Marcus Cato having infinitely disgusted the Princes, by adding the word Libera to the Motto Pugna pro Patria over his House, Apollo orders him to remove it.
32. Socrates being found dead in his Bed, Apollo diligently enquires into the true Cause of it.
33. The Hereditary Princes in Parnassus are extreme urgent with Apollo, to have the Emperor Tiberius remov'd from their Class into that of Tyrants: but he defends himfelf before his Majesty, and gets the better of his Adversarys. 34. Hippocrates not succeeding in a certain Project, is in danger of being severely punish'd by his Majesty.
35. Francisco Mauro, a noble Italian Poet, marrys the virtuous Laura Terracina, but soon grows jealous, and kills her.
36. Thais, that famous Courtezan of the Comick Poets, after a long Debate, is admitted into Parnassus, and shews his Majesty to his great satisfaction, of what advantage she hopes to be to his Court.
37. The Embassador from the Marches of Ancona, in a publick Audience, complains to Apollo of an unfortunate Accident that befel his Countrymen; and his Majesty, with singular Demonstration of Affection, provides a sufficicnt Remedy.
38. Gonsalvo Ferrante of Cordova desires Apollo that the Title of Great may be confirm'd to him, but receives a very dissatisfactory Answer.
39. Many French Noblemen petition their Monarchy for Licence to merchandize like the Nobility of Republicks; but she drives 'em from her Presence with great Indignation.
40. The honorable Title of Messere, being reduc'd to a wretched Condition, is expel'd the Kingdom of Naples; and not being receiv'd at Rome according to his hopes, for his last Refuge has recourse to Apollo, who assigns him an Abode to his heart's content.
41. The Censors of Parnassus having by Apollo's order publish'd a severe Edict against Hypocrites, Plato shews 'em one particular that was very hard, upon which they moderate it.
42. The immense Bulk of the Ottoman Empire, which the wisest Politicians thought eternal, threatens immediate Ruin.
43. The Prince of Helicon by an Embassador desires Apollo to grant him the Privilege of instituting the Custom of Birthright among the Nobility of his State, which his Majesty refuses.
44. The Duke d' Alva is accus'd to Apollo for murdering 2 principal Subjects in his new State of the Achaians, and privately burying 'em in Prison; but he makes a vigorous Defence.
45. The Prince of Epirus engages in his Service, by the Promise of a large Salary, one of the chief Subjects of Macedonia; who coming to know why the Pension was giv'n him, generously refuses it.
46. The Tenth of July is observ'd with universal Mourning in Parnassus, in memory of the unfortunate loss of the Decads of Livy.
47. Apollo having founded for each Nation an hospital for their Fools, puts down that of Florence, because they had but few among 'em, and applys the Revenue to that of the Lombards, which being overstock'd with those Animals, was run much in Debt.
48. His Majesty's Sea-Captains pass such useful Decrees for Marine Affairs in one of their Assemblys, that Apollo commands 'em to be made known to Courtiers, and enjoins them punctually to observe 'em.
49. Apollo severely punishes Natalis Comes the Historian for letting fall in an Assembly of the Literati, an Expression highly offensive to his Majesty.
50. The chief Monarchys of Europe and Asia, that reside tn Parnassus, fall sick at the same time; and Esculapius, Hippocrates, and other learned Physicians, in vain attempting a Cure, a skilful Farrier restores 'em.
51. The People of Achaia, prodigiously exasperated against the Duke d' AIva their Prince for murdering two of their chief Men, drive him by force of Arms out of their Country.
52. An Italian having lost much Blood in the Service of a great Prince, is rewarded by him with Knighthood; which being little valu'd in his Country, he asks Apollo how he may convince his Deriders, that his Reward was the richer for having been paid him in Honor, and not in Silver and Gold.
53. Apollo perceiving that the use of the eightieth part of one Grain of Hypocrisy which he had granted to his Virtuosi, had very ill Effects, by a publick Edict revokes that Privilege, and denounces most severe Punishments against Hypocrites.
54. Guicciardini having in an Assembly of Virtuosi spoken very dishonorably of the Marq. of Pesoara, this illustrious General fully vindicates his Reputation before Apollo.
55. Giovanni Francisco Pico having fail'd in his attempt of composing the Differences between Plato and Aristotle, Apollo commands those great Philosophers to put an end to 'em by a publick Dispute, which they endeavor to do, but without effect.
56. Gonsalvo Ferrante of Cordova, not being able to obtain from the venerable College of Historians a Confirmation of the Title of Great, which he so much desir'd, requests of Apollo another Post of Honor in Parnassus, which is likewise refus'd.
57. A Vessel full of State-Projectors is shipwreck'd on the Shallows of Lepanto; and Apollo treats 'em civilly, tho he hates that sort of People.
58. By Letters sent from some Princes to the Lake Avernus, and intercepted, 'tis discover'd, that the Animositys which reign among the Nations of the Universe, are owing to the Artifice of their Governors.
59. The Nephew of the Prince of Laconia, being oblig'd after his Uncle's Death to return to a private Life, expresses very great Reluctance.
60. Antonio Perez of Arragon offering to Apollo his Book of Relations, his Majesty not only refuses the Present, but commands it to be burnt.
61. Apollo exhibits in the Theatre of Melpomene two very instructive Spectacles. In one of which he shews petty Princes how carefully they ought to guard themselves from such as are more powerful. In the other he teaches the Senators of Republicks, how ill advis'd they are who partially adhere to a Person of their own Faction that aspires at Tyranny.
62. Lewis de la Tremouille, a noble Baron of France, in presence of the French Monarchy, renounces his Nobility, and all the Privileges which by means thereof he enjoy'd in that Kingdom.
63. Domitius Corbulo advises Don Ferrante Gonzaga, Governor of Corinth, severely to punish an eminent Person of that City who had committed a great Crime; but Gonzaga wisely rejects his Counsel.
64. The Prince of Macedonia accuses the Nobility of Attica of Treason, but they are acquitted by his Majesty's Council of War.
65. A Shopkeeper is seiz'd and hurry'd to the Gally s, without so much as being examin'd.
66. Bernardino Rota, a noble Poet of Naples, is so much belov'd in Parnassus by the Literati of all Prosessions, that he is accus'd before Apollo of having by some sinister means acquir'd that universal Affection.
67. A Joiner, whom Julius Caesar Scaliger had caus'd to be foundly cudgel'd for having reflected upon him, complains to the City Pretor; but finding no redress, appeals to Apollo.
68. The great Emperor Maximilian I. having asserted in an Assembly of the chief Princes of this State, that the Mahometan Religion was nothing but Policy, and the Ottoman Monarchy complaining thereof to Apollo, he proves to her Teeth that he had said nothing but Truth.
69. Seneca having taught Morality for a long time in the publick Schools, obtains a Writ of Ease, and offers to endow the Place with a considerable Revenue, but his Majesty will not give him leave.
70. Diego Covarruvias, after having for a little time executed the Office of High-Treasurer to his Majesty with great Applause, turns Stoick.
71. Cornelius Tacitus, having been imprison'd, on the Complaint of several Princes, for making certain politick Spectacles which prov'd very prejudicial to their Government, is set at liberty by Apollo.
72. Several Carriers who were bringing a great quantity of prohibited Beans into Parnassus are made Prisoners.
73. Seneca being retir'd to his Country-house in the Territory of Cnidus, buys up a great number of Poultry, and the Virtuosi of that Country came to know why he bought 'em.
74. The Prince of Laconia's Nephew asks Apollo's Advice what course he shou'd take to live with Reputation and Respect.
75. Isabella of Arragon, Dutchess of Milan, having been continually persecutcd by ill Fortune, is reduc'd to a most deplorable Condition in the City of Ephesus.
76. Many Literati, fearing the severity of the Reformation, which by Apollo's Order is now concerting in Parnassus, rise in Arms against the Reformers; but his Majesty soon appeases the Tumult.
77. Many Princes perceiving that their Courts were abandon'd by the Courtiers, and believing that this Mischief was occasion'd by the sharp Satyr on Courts, written by Caesar Caporali a Poet of Perusa, desire Apollo to forbid that Poem, and obtain their Request.
78. Seneca having retrench'd his luxurious and splendid way of living, and perceiving that Parnassus was still generally dissatisfy'd with him, expends his vast Riches in a Work for which he is universally applauded.
79. Some Princes of Parnassus having run extravagantly in debt by laying out vast Sums in a very stinking Merchandise, are forc'd to leave the Kingdom. 
80. The Ottoman Monarchy being requested by some of the chief Politicians of Parnassus to tell the true reason why she makes so short War with her Enemys, gives 'em a very satisfactory Answer.
81. The Virtuosi of Parnassus, after having paid in to his Majesty's Treasury the usual Present of a Million of Thoughts, desire a Favor of Apollo.
82. The People of Arcadia oppress'd by new Taxes, rebel against their Prince, who appeases 'em by delivering up to their Rage the Minister who advised those Impositions.
83. Marcus Portius Cato having reprov'd Salust for flattering the Emperor Tiberius, is severely tax'd by him for being too rigid and precise.
84. Apollo, at the earnest sollicitation of the Poets, revokes an Edict, whereby he had commanded 'em never to mention in their Verses any fabulous Animal.
85. Giovanni Girolamo Acquaviva, Duke of Atti, after having surmounted a great Difficulty, is to his infinite Honor admitted into Parnassus.
86. The Duke of Laconia, to revenge himself on one of the chief Senators of his State, for some private Disgusts he had receiv'd from him, commands Flaminio Cartario his Judg of Assize, to prosecute him severely on some Articles which he gave him, but he refuses to obey.
87. Some Princes of Parnassus present Apollo with a Book of the Reason of State; but the Virtuosi quarrel with their Definition of it, and publish a new one infinitely displeasing to the Princes.
88. Marcus Antonius Moretus is very earnest with Apollo for leave to pronounce an Oration in the publick Schools of Parnassus, in praise of the Clemency of the Renewn'd Henry IV. of France, but cannot prevail.
89. A Virtuoso presents Apollo with an Oration he had compos'd in praise of the present Age, but his Majesty rejects it for its Untruth.
90. Columbus and the other famous Discoverers of the new World, make pressing Instance to Apollo, that Immortality may be decreed to their daring Enterprize, but cannot obtain it.
91. Sigismund King of Poland bestows the highest Preserment on a Nobleman, who proves very ungrateful; and tbe Polish Nobility, thinking his Crime a Reflection on their Honor, take severe Vengeance of him.
92. Apollo having got a notorious Hypocrite into his power, punishes him severely.
93. Apuleius severely chastises his Golden Ass for giving him two kicks on the Breast.
94. Paulus Jovius presents Apollo with his elegant Historys, which give such intire satisfaction to his Majesty and the whole College of the Virtuosi, that in spite of all opposition he's admitted with great Applause into Parnassus.
95. The Censors imprison an eminent Virtuoso for being too talkative, but he is graciously set at liberty by Apollo, and acquitted of that Imputation.
96. Philip II. King of Spain, being highly provok'd at something which the Duke of Alva had said to Apollo relating to his Government of Flanders, pursues his Revenge on that Minister; but his Majesty hearing of it, sends for the King and appeases him.
97. Pompey the Great invites several Roman Lords to the Dedication of a splendid Theatre which he had built in Parnassus, but they refuse to come.
98. Peter Arretine is again assaulted; and Apollo considering his leud and vicious Qualitys, will not let the Delinquent be prosecuted.
99. Apollo having receiv'd good News from Italy, imparts it to his Virtuosi, to their universal Joy.
100. An unusual Fragrancy issuing from the Delphick Library, Apollo goes thither in Person to discover the reason of it.