“This Messer Fabbro,” says the Ottimo , “was born of low parents, and lived so generously that the author (Dante) says there never was his like in Bologna.” ↩

The Ottimo again:⁠—

“This Messer Bernardino, son of Fosco, a farmer, and of humble occupation, became so excellent by his good works, that he was an honor to Faenza; and he was named with praise, and the old grandees were not ashamed to visit him, to see his magnificence, and to hear his pleasant jests.”