• Fra Guittone d’ Arezzo. See note 1011 . ↩
• Venturi has the indiscretion to say:⁠— “This is a disgusting compliment after the manner of the French; in the Italian fashion we should say, ‘You will do me a favor, if you will tell me your name.’ ” Whereupon Biagioli thunders at him in this wise:⁠— “Infamous dirty dog that you are, how can you call this a compliment after the manner of the French? How can you set off against it what any cobbler might say? Away! and a murrain on you!” ↩