A King in Disguise part 2
Residing there during several years, I acquired an excellent knowledge of the language, manners, and peculiar practices of the people, when I was at length prevailed upon to join a party of Oranese merchants,...
A King in Disguise part 1
Matteo Bandello (1480 – 1560)Bandello, a Lombard noble by birth, is, next to Boccaccio, the most celebrated of the Italian story-tellers, and he, like his predecessor, furnished Shakespeare with plots and ideas. He resided...
The Friar of Novara part 7
Here the risible muscles of the-notary would permit him to proceed no further, and his laugh was speedily caught and re-echoed through the whole court; insomuch that the poor friar, overwhelmed with ridicule and...
The Friar of Novara part 6
Ser Tomeno, the moment he had perused this document, lost no time in acquainting Agabio with the progress of the affair, and he, desiring nothing better, took his attorney along with him, and called...
The Friar of Novara part 5
This done, they next despatched a confidential servant with a message to the wily monk in their mother`s name, begging that he would no longer give himself the trouble of calling, as her sons,...
The Friar of Novara part 4
Alarmed at the idea of being in a similar predicament, and feeling extremely weak and troubled, such was the impression of the monk`s oratory, that she was just on the point of yielding her...
The Friar of Novara part 3
They are equally cautious not to burden the mind with too much study, finding the truth of the Scripture observation, that it is indeed “a weariness to the flesh”; besides the holy dread they...
The Friar of Novara part 2
But this excellent and considerate husband was scarcely laid at rest in the ground before tidings of this his last will and testament reached the ears of the superior of the convent of San...
The Friar of Novara part 1
Angolo Firenzuola (1493-1546)One of the most brilliant of the Renaissance scholars and poets, Angolo Firenzuola belonged to the group that scandalized even his contem-poraries by associating with the notorious Aretino. Bom near Pistoja in...
The Son and his Friends part 4
And again he recounted all that had happened; and the good friend of his father directly said, that he would do all to save his life and his reputation. And it by chance happened...
