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NOTES in battle. 15. quella schiatta, the Uberti and their adherents. 1. chêr = cerca.

For ten years (1250-60) the Primo Popolo of Florence enjoyed a period of prosperity under the government of a Council of Twelve, a Podestà, and a Capitano del popolo; the Guelfs were in power, and the Ghibellines were expelled from the city in 1258. These Ghibelline exiles, under the leadership of Farinata degli Uberti, and aided by the Sienese and by Manfred, completely routed the Guelfs at Montaperti near Siena on September 4, 1260. It was after this battle that Farinata prevented the Ghibellines from utterly destroying Florence. [Inferno, X. 91.]

 (page 63). Florentine. About sixty sonnets by him are extant, many of them burlesque.

14. Una bestiuola... 4. Salinguerra, a famous Ghibelline of Ferrara.

 (page 64). Florentine; called la divina Sibilla by Maestro Torrigiano, but nothing is known of her.

16. Alla stagion. 8. marrimenti, woes. 11. signore, ‘a husband.’

 (page 65). Born at Todi. After the death of his wife at a banquet he became a hermit. He wrote religious poems and satires against Celestine V and Boniface VIII; the Stabat Mater has been attributed to him. He was imprisoned by Boniface, regained his liberty in 1303, and died in the Franciscan convent of Collazzone in 1306.

18. La Crocifissione. 2. allide, ‘strike.’ 3. bollon, a huge nail. 1. corrotto, lamentation. 4. descilïato, ‘mangled.’

 (page 70). Born at Bologna. His family was the de' Principi, and he was probably expelled from the city with the parte Lambertazza in 1274. Guittone of Arezzo influenced him strongly at first, but later he evolved a manner of his own. Dante praises him frequently 538