ANDREINI (ahn"dra-a'ne), FRANCESCO, Italian actor, was born at Pistoia in the latter half of the i6th century. He was a member of the company of the Gelosi which Henry IV. sum moned to Paris to please his bride, Marie de' Medici. His wife ISABELLA ANDREINI (1562-1604) was a distinguished actress, and also a minor poet. Her books included a pastoral, Mirtilla (Verona, 1588), a volume of songs, sonnets and other poems (Milan, 16oi), and a collection of letters, published after her death. Her distinguished son GIAMBATTISTA ANDREINI (1578 165o), actor and playwright, was born in Florence, and acted in Paris under the name of Leylio. Italian writers have surmised that one of his plays, L'Adamo (Milan, 1613), suggested to Mil ton the idea of Paradise Lost.