Cesare Orsini (Ponzano Magra,?-around 1640) Italian poet.He was in the service of various figures in Venice and Brescia, and in Rome he was secretary to Cardinal Bevilacqua.He gave the press the Macarronic Caprices , published in Venice in 1636 and reprinted many times in the following centuries.They appeared under the pseudonym Magister Stopinus.He had previously published Diporti poetici libri 2 (1605) and Epistole amorosa con 8 idilli (1619), followed, in 1635, by a volume of Selve poetiche , works that have fallen into oblivion.The Caprichos , which contain, in addition to eight macarronics, elegies, epigrams and an eclogue, imitate the work of Merlin Cocaio (Teofilo Folengo), but contain original satirical features and curious notes on customs.
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