Probably Dante’s friend, Guido Cavalcanti, note 140 ; and Guido Guinicelli, note 1046 , whom he calls

“The father

Of me and of my betters, who had ever

Practised the sweet and gracious rhymes of love.”

“The father Of me and of my betters, who had ever Practised the sweet and gracious rhymes of love.”

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