[1] Or “Bergdam”. [↑]

[2] The last count of Provence, who died in 1245. See Dante, Par. VI, 135. [↑]

[3] The boasts of the knights figure greatly in knightly legend and story. [↑]

[4] Underlined so in the original. [↑]

[5] Orig.: ne metto, ne traggo. I do not put you among the number of knights defeated by me nor do I exclude you from them. In other words: I don’t know what to make of you. The tale is probably corrupt in the MS. [↑]

[6] The story is told of other knights in several different places. See Livre du Chevalier de la Tour Landry. [↑]

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XLIII

Here it is told of Messer Giacopino Rangone and what he did to a court player

Messer Giacopino Rangone[1], a noble knight of Lombardy, being one day at table, had two flasks of very fine white and red wine before him.