The Cerchi, who lived near the Porta San Piero, and produced dissension in the city with their White and Black factions;⁠—such a cargo, that it must be thrown overboard to save the ship. See note 95 . ↩

The County Guido, for Count Guido, as in Shakespeare the County Paris and County Palatine, and in the old song in Scott’s Quentin Durward :⁠—

“Ah, County Guy, the hour is nigh,

The sun has left the lea.”

“Ah, County Guy, the hour is nigh, The sun has left the lea.”