And where his wit the Abbagliato proffered! But, that thou know who thus doth second thee Against the Sienese, make sharp thine eye Tow’rds me, so that my face well answer thee, And thou shalt see I am Capocchio’s shade, 448 Who metals falsified by alchemy; Thou must remember, if I well descry thee, How I a skilful ape of nature was.”
Other falsifiers or forgers—Gianni Schicchi, Myrrha, Adam of Brescia, Potiphar’s wife, and Sinon of Troy.