263. _Hated house._ The poet hates the rule of the House of Lorraine,
and prefers the days of the painter Orgagna, in the fourteenth century,
when Italy was free.
273. _Tuscan._ The literary language of Italy and not given to
superlatives such as are indicated by "_issimo_."
275. _Cambuscan:_ a reference to "The Squire's Tale," left unfinished by
Chaucer.