“Ed è un'altra maniera d'uva nera, ch'è detta paterniga, che grossi, e spessi grappoli fa, che molte uve produce, e vin grosso, per lo verno dilettevole” — And there is another variety of grapes, called paterniga, which makes large, thick bunches, producing many grapes, and thick wine, nice for the winter
“Non fece al corso suo sì grosso velo
di verno la Danoia in Osterlicchi,
né Tanaï là sotto 'l freddo cielo,
com'era quivi […]” — Along its course, the Danube in Austria during the winter never made such a thick crust as there was here, nor did the Don there, under the cold sky
“Passa la nave mia colma d'obblio
Per aspro mare a mezza notte il verno
infra Scilla e Cariddi […]” — My ship, full of oblivion, sails through the rough sea at midnight in winter, under Scylla and Charybdis