ISABELLA, a native of Padua, was an excellent poetess, and one of the best comedians in Italy, towards the beginning of the 17th century. The Intenti of Pavia thought they did their society an honour by admitting her a member of it; and she, in acknowledgment of this honour, never forgot to mention amongst her titles that of Academica Infanta; her titles were these, "Isabella Andreini, comica, gelosa, academica infanta, detta l'Accetta." She was also a woman of extraordinary beauty: which, added to a fine voice, made her charm both the eyes and ears of the audience. She died of a miscarriage, at Lyons, the 10th of June 1604, in the 42nd year of her age. Her death being a matter of general concern and lamentation, there were many Latin and Italian elegies printed to her memory: several of these pieces were placed before her poems in the edition of Milan, in 1605. Besides her sonnets, madrigals, songs, and eclogues, there is a pastoral of hers entitled Myrtila, and letters, printed at Venice in 1610. She sang extremely well, played admirably on several instruments, understood the French and Spanish languages, and was not unacquainted with philosophy.