Dante Alighieri on Lucca

“This one, methought, as master of the sport, Rode forth to chase the gaunt wolf and his whelps Unto the mountain, which forbids the sight Of Lucca to the Pisan.”

“From off our bridge, he said: "O Malebranche,   Behold one of the elders of Saint Zita;   Plunge him beneath, for I return for othersUnto that town, which is well furnished with them.   All there are barrators, except Bonturo;   No into Yes for money there is changed.”