Note 57 — Chapter IV · THE PERIOD OF THE HUSSITE WARS
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The fable of the "donation of Constantine" and its fatal consequences is met with constantly in mediæval literature. Dante alludes to it in the Inferno (Canto xix. v. 115-118)—
"Ahi Constantin di quanto mal fu matre Non la tua conversion ma quella dote Che da te prese il primo ricco patre."