early-mid 1310s–mid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VII”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory][1], lines 94–96; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate][2], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ.Le Lettere, 1994:
Rodolfo imperador fu, che potea sanar le piaghe c'hanno Italia morta, sì che tardi per altri si ricrea.
He once was Emperor Rudolf, who could have healed the wounds that have killed Italy, so that now through someone else she restores herself, too late.