Giovanni Boccaccio

Name: The Decameron (Rigg) — Novel 3, 9
Author: Giovanni Boccaccio

The Decameron (Rigg) — Novel 3… (1903)

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“The Decameron (Rigg) — Novel 3, 9”, published in 1903, is a work by Giovanni Boccaccio. It explores elements such as Bertrand, Countess and damsel.

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Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron (Rigg) — Novel 3… (1903)

“ The hostess replied:--"'Tis a foreign gentleman--Count Bertrand they call him--a very pleasant gentleman, and courteous, and much beloved in this city; and he is in the last degree enamoured of one of our neighbours here, who is a gentlewoman, but in poor circumstances. A very virtuous damsel she is too, and, being as yet unmarried by reason of her poverty, she lives with her mother, who is an excellent and most discreet lady, but for whom, perchance, she would before now have yielded and gratified the Count's desire." ”

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Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron (Rigg) — Novel 3… (1903)

“ Distressed by this turn of fortune, and hoping by her wise management to bring Bertrand back to his county, the bride hied her to Roussillon, where she was received by all the tenants as their liege lady. She found that, during the long absence of the lord, everything had fallen into decay and disorder; which, being a capable woman, she rectified with great and sedulous care, to the great joy of the tenants, who held her in great esteem and love, and severely censured the Count, that he was not satisfied with her. ”

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Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron (Rigg) — Novel 3… (1903)

“ Now God forbid that I should ever marry any such woman." "Then," said the King, "you would have us fail of the faith which we pledged to the damsel, who asked you in marriage by way of guerdon for our restoration to health." "Sire," said Bertrand, "you may take from me all that I possess, and give me as your man to whomsoever you may be minded; but rest assured that I shall never be satisfied with such a match." "Nay, but you will," replied the King; "for the damsel is fair and discreet, and loves you well ”

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Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron (Rigg) — Novel 3… (1903)

“ The narrative of her woes complete, the Countess added:--"Now that you have heard my misfortunes, you know the two conditions that I must fulfil, if I would come by my husband; nor know I any other person than you, that may enable me to fulfil them; but so you may, if this which I hear is true, to wit, that my husband is in the last degree enamoured of your daughter." "Madam," replied the gentlewoman, "I know not if the Count loves my daughter, but true it is that he makes great shew of loving her ”

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Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron (Rigg) — Novel 3… (1903)

“ Whereupon the lady, yielding to necessity, and abashed beyond measure, asked of her a hundred pounds wherewith to marry her daughter. The Countess, marking her embarrassment, and the modesty of her request, gave her five hundred pounds besides jewels fair and rare, worth, perhaps, no less; and having thus much more than contented her, and received her superabundant thanks, she took leave of her and returned to the inn. The lady, to render purposeless further visits or messages on Bertrand's part, withdrew with her daughter to the house of her kinsfolk in the country ”

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Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron (Rigg) — Novel 3… (1903)

“ As she spoke, tears not a few coursed down the cheeks of the honest men, and again and again they besought her to change her mind, and stay. All in vain, however; she commended them to God, and, accompanied only by one of her male cousins and a chambermaid (all three habited as pilgrims and amply provided with money and precious jewels) , she took the road, nor tarried until she was arrived at Florence. ”

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Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron (Rigg) — Novel 3… (1903)

“ Perchance, by God's grace I shall conceive, and so, having his ring on my finger, and a son gotten of him on my arm, shall have him for my own again, and live with him even as a wife should live with her husband, and owe it all to you."
The lady felt that 'twas not a little that the Countess craved of her, for she feared lest it should bring reproach upon her daughter: but she reflected that to aid the good lady to recover her husband was an honourable enterprise, and that in undertaking it she would be subserving a like end ”

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