...Catholic religion and the looseness of morals. In the nine days which Ascham himself spent in Italy he tells us that he saw 'in that little time, in one...heard tell of in our noble city of London in nine years'.2 Dissatisfaction with contemporary Italy grew during the seventeenth century, when the Inquisition...

...Ascham says, " 1 was once in Italy myself, but I thank God my abode there was but nine days ; and yet I saw in that little time, in one city, more liberty...tell of in our noble city of London in nine years." He quotes triumphantly the proverb, — Inglese italianato, diavolo incarnate. A century later, the...

...filled him with anxiety. He once spent nine days in Venice, and in that little time he saw in that one city "more liberty to sin than ever I heard tell of in our noble city of London in nine years." "Time was when Italy and Rome have been to the great good of us that now live, the best breeders and...