As Tristano the fool made his way through the city, he encountered a peasant driving a mule loaded with jugs of water; the man began to goad Tristano along with the mule as if he were also an animal. This made Tristano angry at once, so that he picked up the peasant and with his great strength held him in the air and brought him down over the water jars, breaking his bones and his heart, killing the mule, and shattering all of the jars. He did this all just by holding the peasant in his bare hands.

La Tavola Ritonda