Note 264 — Chapter VII · THE ITALIAN INFLUENCE
Reading edition
It is significant that Byron was able to make his translation of the first canto of the Morgante so faithful to the original. On September 28, 1820, he wrote Murray:—“The Pulci I am proud of; it is superb; you have no such translation. It is the best thing I ever did in my life” (Letters, i., 83). It is obvious that there were features in Pulci’s style which appealed to Byron.