Note 528 — Chapter VII
Reading edition
Orl. Inn. Rifac. i. 18, 26. Niccolò da Padova in the thirteenth century quoted Turpin as his authority for the history of Charlemagne which he composed in Northern French. This proves the antiquity of the custom. See Bartoli, Storia della Lett. It. vol. ii. p. 44. To believe in Turpin was not, however, an article of faith. Thus Bello in the Mambriano, c. viii.:
Ma poi che 'l non è articolo di fede, Tenete quella parte che vi piace, Che l'autor libramente vel concede.