The Palace of Pleasure, Vol. 2
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Excerpt from The Palace of Pleasure, Vol. 2: Elizabethan Versions of Italian and French Novels From Boccaccio, Bandello, Cinthio, Straparola, Queen Margaret of Navarre, and Others In the Citie of Siena in Italie there was a rich yong Gentleman called Galgano, borne of noble birth, actiue, and wel trained in al kinde of exercife, valiaunt, braue, ftoute and curteous, in the maners and orders of all countries verye fkilfull. This Galgano loued a Gentlewoman of Siena named Madonna Minoccia, the wyfe of fir Stricca a comely knight, and wore in his apparell the colour and deuifes of his Lady, bearing the fame vppon his helmet and armour, in all luftes, Tourneyes and triumphes, obferuing noble feafles and banquettes for her fake. But for all thofe coftly, fumptuous and noble praftifes, this Lady Minoccia in no wyfe would giue eare vnto his futes. Wherfore Galgano at his wittes ende, was voyde of aduife what to do or faye, feing the great crueltie and rigor raigning in her brefte, vnto whom bee dayle prayed for better fuccefle and fortune than to himfelfe. There was no feaft, banquet, triumph, or mariage, but Galgano was there, to do her humble feruice, and that daye his minde was not pleafed and contented, wherein he had not feene her that had his louing harte in full pofleffion. 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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