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Rh proficient, not only in the Latin, but in the Greek tongue, which she had studied under Joannes Lasca and Demetrius Chalcondyles. Such an union of excellence attracted the attention, and is supposed to have engaged the affections of Politian, who wrote her many complimentary verses, which she answered; but gave her hand to the Greek Marullus, who enjoyed at Florence the favour of Lorenzo de Medici, and in the elegance of his Latin compositions emulated the Italians themselves. Hence probably arose the dissentions between Marullus and Politian, the monuments of which yet remain in their writings. She was happy in her marriage, and died 1506. . the Latin, Spanish, and French languages, writing letters in each, full of such sentiments as would instruct even the best letter writers. In playing and singing she made great progress: in painting she had Alexander Varotari for a master, who followed the colouring of Titian, and at the same time taught Bartholomew Scaliger, her uncle. She refused the invitations of some Italian and foreign princesses, who sought her as their maid of honour: she married in her own country, and amongst her other children, had Maria Theodora, who painted with skill. She lived to the end of 1700. She was a relation of the famous Scaliger, and of many others remarkable for their learning and genius.