a line remains as it was, and the general opinion has pronounced decisively in favour of the revision over the original. To each canto he prefixed a few stanzas of reflective verse in the manner of Ariosto, and in one of these introductions he gives us the only certain information we have concerning his own life. Berni appears to have been favorably disposed towards the Reformation principles at that time introduced into Italy, and this may explain the bitterness of some remarks of his upon the church. The first edition of the Rifacimento was printed posthumously in 1541, and it has been supposed that a few passages either did not receive the author's final revision, or have been retouched by another hand. The success of Berni's Rifacimento was so great that the original text by Boiardo fell into oblivion for three centuries. Only in the nineteenth century did Anthony Panizzi discover in the British Museum Library the authentic Orlando Innamorato and publish it. A partial translation of Berni's Orlando was published by W.S. Rose in 1823. Legacy Streets in Florence, Empoli, Pietrasanta, Varese and Verona have been named via Francesco Berni after him. References Attribution: External links Berni's Rifacimento of Orlando Innamorato (English translation) Gian Matteo Giberti, Biographical note 1490s births 1536 deaths Italian poets Italian male poets Italian Renaissance writers Sonneteers People from the Province of Arezzo