[Footnote 79: The life of Francis Philelphus, a sophist,
proud, restless, and rapacious, has been diligently composed
by Lancelot (Memoires de l'Academie des Inscriptions, tom.
x. p. 691 - 751) (Istoria della Letteratura Italiana, tom.
vii. p. 282 - 294,) for the most part from his own letters.
His elaborate writings, and those of his contemporaries, are
forgotten; but their familiar epistles still describe the
men and the times.]