Note o — Chapter IX · [a] (continued 2)
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Bellincion Berti vid' io andar cinto Di cuojo e d'osso, e venir dallo specchio La donna sua senza 'l viso dipinto, E vidi quel di Nerli, e quel del Vecchio Esser contenti alla pelle scoverta, E sue donne al fuso ed al pennechio. Paradis. canto xv.
See too the rest of this canto. But this is put in the mouth of Cacciaguida, the poet's ancestor, who lived in the former half of the twelfth century. The change, however, was probably subsequent to 1250, when the times of wealth and turbulence began at Florence.