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ALAMANNI, or ALEMANNI, LUIGI (1495-1556) , Italian states-man and poet, was born at Florence. His father was a devoted adherent of the Medici party, but Luigi, smarting under a sup-posed injustice, joined with others in an unsuccessful conspiracy against Giulio de' Medici, afterwards Pope
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ambassador to Charles V. after the peace of Crepy in 1544. As an instance of his tact in this capacity, it is related that, when Charles interrupted a complimentary address by quoting from a satirical poem of Alamanni's the words" 1' aquila grifagna, Che per piu devorar, duoi rostri porta " (Two crooked bills the ravenous eagle bears, The better to devour), the latter at once replied that he spoke them as a poet, who was permitted to use fictions, but that he spoke now as an ambassador , who was obliged to tell the truth. The ready reply pleased Charles, who added some complimentary words. After the death of Francis, Alamanni enjoyed the confidence of his successor Henry
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See G. Nato, Luigi Alamanni e la coltivazione (Syracuse, 1897), and C. Corso, Un decennio di patriottismo di Luigi Alamanni (Palermo, 1898). End of Article: ALAMANNI, or ALEMANNI, LUIGI (1495-1556) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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