Unpublished, perhaps unique: According to Tiraboschi, this text circulated in manuscript rather widely; but, according to Pezzana (see Melzi), only one of these manuscripts has notes and annotations--and the Kenneth Spencer Reasearch Library has these. The preface of the present manuscript states specifically that the author has had this manuscript prepared in order to establish the correct text such as he wants it, because too many unauthorized, bowdlerized, incorrect and false texts of the poem had found their way into the hands of the public.

The main text is under the anagram TISABESANO SECCHIA, but the Annotazioni are identified at the end as being by "SEBASTIANO CHIESA Reggia-no, Accademico Lepido."

The text is, according to Tiraboschi, one of the most successful and worthwhile poemi burleschi that became fashionable after the great success of Tassoni and Bracciolini (the best known, perhaps, is the Malmantile Racquistato by Lorenzo Lippi).

Tiraboschi, Storia d.lett.it., VIII (1812), p.494

Melzi 111,150

Leaf [ii]r is the Title-page; leaves [iiir-vr] provide the Preface. "Al discreto lettore. Non ad altro fine...Regolari." Leaf [vi]r is the Title-page for Canto Primo. Cantos 1-16 are on pages 1-821.

Page 823 begins "Annotazioni di tutto it Capitolo. Al lettore. Non essendo...Segno." Pages 824-946 include notes, primarily a key to obscure identifications. Page 946 also states "...Fine delle Annotazioni di tutto it Capitolo Fratesco."