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Excerpt from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccacci (IL Boccaccio), Vol. 1 Z'.e. Those not in love.diversion. In these stories will be found love-chances,* both gladsome and grievous, and other accidents of fortune befallen as well in times present as in days of old, whereof the ladies aforesaid, who shall read them, may at once take solace from the delectable things therein shown forth and useful counsel, inasmuch as they may learn thereby what is to be eschewed and what is on like wise to be ensued, - the which methinketh cannot betide without cease of chagrin. If it 'happen thus (as God grant it may) let them render thanks therefor to Love, who, by loosing me from his bonds, hath vouchsafed me the power of applying myself to the service of their pleasures. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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• Full title: The Decameron of Giovanni Boccacci (IL Boccaccio), Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)
• Author: Giovanni Boccaccio
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 346
• EAN: 9780259504252
• ISBN: 0259504254
• ID: 16356702
• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Weight: 465 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 18 mm
• Date of publishing: 18. May 2017

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