Decameron (Day The Eighty Fourth) Lyrics

The sun had already everywhere brought on the new day with its light and the birds, carolling blithely among the green branches, bore witness thereof unto the ear with their merry ...Read Full Lyrics

The Tenth Story A Certain Woman Of Sicily Artfully Despoileth A Merchant Of That Which He Had Brought To Palermo; But He, Making Believe To Have Returned Thither With Much Great...Read Full Lyrics

The Sixth Story Bruno And Buffalmacco, Having Stolen A Pig From Calandrino, Make Him Try The Ordeal With Ginger Boluses And Sack And Give Him (Instead Of The Ginger) Two Dog-Bal...Read Full Lyrics

The Fourth Story Landolfo Ruffolo, Grown Poor, Turneth Corsair And Being Taken By The Genoese, Is Wrecked At Sea, But Saveth Himself Upon A Coffer Full Of Jewels Of Price And Be...Read Full Lyrics

The Ninth Story Master Simone The Physician, Having Been Induced By Bruno And Buffalmacco To Repair To A Certain Place By Night, There To Be Made A Member Of A Company That Goet...Read Full Lyrics

The Marchioness Of Monferrato, With A Dinner Of Hens And Certain Sprightly Words, Curbeth The Extravagant Passion Of The King Of France The story told by Dioneo at first pricked...Read Full Lyrics

The Sixth Story Gianni Di Procida Being Found With A Young Lady, Whom He Loved And Who Had Been Given To King Frederick Of Sicily, Is Bound With Her To A Stake To Be Burnt; But,...Read Full Lyrics

The Third Story Madam Nonna De' Pulci, With A Ready Retort To A Not Altogether Seemly Pleasantry, Imposeth Silence On The Bishop Of Florence Pampinea having made an end of he...Read Full Lyrics

Here Beginneth the Sixth Day of the Decameron Wherein Under the Governance of Elisa Is Discoursed of Whoso Being Assailed With Some Jibing Speech Hath Vindicated Himself or Hath Wi...Read Full Lyrics

The Seventh Story Teodoro, Being Enamoured Of Violante, Daughter Of Messer Amerigo His Lord, Getteth Her With Child And Is Condemned To Be Hanged; But, Being Recognized And Deli...Read Full Lyrics