I. Francesco, an Italian comedian of the 10th and 17th centuries, chief of the celebrated troupe called I Gelosi. He published Le bravure del capitan Spavento (Venice, 1609), Ragionamcnti fantastici (1012), and two theatrical pieces in verse (Kill).

II. Isabella, wife of the preceding, a comic actress and an author, born in Padua in 1502, died in Lyons in 1004. She acquired great fame not only by her acting both in Italy and France, but by her varied accomplishments and learning, and her irreproachable character. Medals were struck in her honor with the legend, Aeternafama. Her writings both in prose and verse are numerous, nearly all relating to love.

III. Giovanni Battista, son of the preceding, a comedian and poet, born in Florence in 1578, died in Paris about 1650. Besides three long and several shorter poems, he was the author of 18 dramas, from one of which, a "sacred representation" entitled Adamo, Milton has been supposed to have borrowed the plot of " Paradise Lost." There is, however, little resemblance between the two works.