Note 11 — BOOK II.
Rowland Smith translation
The Italian bravoes used to encourage the growth of a lock of hair, which might be thrown over the face as a disguise, and which they shaved off when giving up their evil ways. "Il ciuffo era quasi una parte dell' armatura, et un distintivo de' bravacci e degli scapestrati, i quai poi da ciò vennero comunemente chiamati ciuffi."—Manzoni, I Promessi Sposi, vol. i., p. 62.