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He was once asked in what manner he would wish to be buried when

he died, and answered: "With the face turned downwards, for I

know when I am gone this country will be turned upside down." On

being asked if it had ever occurred to him to become a friar in

order to save his soul, he answered that it had not, because it

appeared strange to him that Fra Lazerone should go to Paradise

and Uguccione della Faggiuola to the Inferno.