• Cunizza was the sister of Azzolino di Romano. Her story is told by Rolandino, Liber Chronicorum , in Muratori, Rer. Ital. Script. , VIII 173. He says that she was first married to Richard of St. Boniface; and soon after had an intrigue with Sordello, as already mentioned, note 614 . “Afterwards she wandered about the world with a soldier of Treviso, named Bonius, taking much solace,” says the old chronicler, “and spending much money,”⁠— multa habendo solatia, et maximas faciendo expensas . After the death of Bonius, she was married to a nobleman of Braganzo; and finally and for a third time to a gentleman of Verona. The Ottimo alone among the commentators takes up the defence of Cunizza, and says:⁠— “This lady lived lovingly in dress, song, and sport; but consented not to any impropriety or unlawful act; and she passed her life in enjoyment, as Solomon says in Ecclesiastes,” —alluding probably to the first verse of the second chapter:⁠— “I said in my heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure; and, behold, this is also vanity.” ↩