'TisnolongtimesinceatRome, which, albeitnowthetail,[1]wasofyorethehead, oftheworld, theredweltayoungman, PietroBoccamazzabyname, ascionofoneofthemostillustriousoftheRomanhouses, whobecameenamouredofadamselexceedingfair, andamorouswithal—hernameAgnolella—thedaughterofoneGigliuozzoSaullo, aplebeian, , lovingthus, , overmasteredbyhispassion,andmindednolongertoendurethesoresufferingthatitcausedhim, , thanwithoneaccordtheycametohimandstronglyurgedhimtodesistfromhispurpose: theyalsogaveGigliuozzoSaullotounderstandthathewerebesttopaynosortofheedtoPietro'swords, forthat, ifhesodid, , Pietrowasreadytodieforgrief, and, allhiskinsfolknotwithstanding,hewouldhavemarriedGigliuozzo'sdaughter, , ifthegirlwerewilling, noughtshouldstandintheway; andhavingthroughacommonfriendsoundedthedamselandfoundherapt, , Pietroandshetookhorsebetimesonemorning, andsalliedforthforAnagni, wherePietrohadcertainfriends, inwhomheplacedmuchtrust;andastheyrode, timenotservingforfulljoyanceoftheirlove, fortheyfearedpursuit, theyheldconversethereof, , that, thewaybeingnonetoowellknowntoPietro, when, perhapseightmilesfromRome, theyshouldhaveturnedtotheright, , theyfoundthemselvesclosetoapettycastle, whence, sosoonastheywereobserved, thereissuedsomedozenmenatarms; and,astheydrewnear, thedamsel, espyingthem, gaveacry, andsaid:—"Weareattacked, Pietro, letusflee;" andguidinghernagasbestsheknewtowardsagreatforest, sheplantedthespursinhissides, andso, holdingonbythesaddle-bow, , whohadbeentooengrossedwithherfacetogivedueheedtotheway, andthushadnotbeenware, assoonasshe,oftheapproachofthemenatarms, wasstilllookingabouttoseewhencetheywerecoming, whentheycameupwithhim, andtookhimprisoner, , and,whenhetoldthem, theyconferredamongthemselves,saying:—"Thisisoneofthefriendsofourenemies:whatelsecanwedobutrelievehimofhisnagandofhisclothes, andhanghimononeoftheseoaksinscornoftheOrsini?" Towhichproposalallagreeing,theybadePietrostriphimself: butwhile, alreadydivininghisfate, hewassodoing, anambuscadeoffullfive-and-twentymenatarmsfellsuddenlyuponthem, crying:—"Death, death!" Thussurprised, theyletPietrogo, andstoodonthedefensive; but, seeingthattheenemygreatlyoutnumberedthem, theytooktotheirheels, , mountedhisnag, , nordiscerninganytraceofahorse'shooves,hewas—forthathefoundnotthedamsel—albeithedeemedhimselfsafeoutoftheclutchesofhiscaptorsandtheirassailants, themostwretchedmanalive,andfellaweepingandwanderinghitherandthitherabouttheforest, utteringAgnolella'; butturnbackhedarednot: soonhewent,notknowingwhitherhewent; besideswhich, hewasinmortaldreadofthewildbeaststhatinfesttheforest,aswellonaccountofhimselfasofthedamsel, , wanderingabouttheforest, makingittoresoundwithhiscriesofAgnolella'sname, andharkingattimesback, whenhethoughttogoforward; untilatlast, whatwithhiscriesandhistearsandhisfearsandhislongfasting, hewassospentthathecouldgonofurther.'Twasthennightfall, and, asheknewnotwhatelsetodo, hedismountedatthefootofanimmenseoak, andhavingtetheredhisnagtothetrunk, climbedupintothebranches, , andPietro, whodarednotsleep, lestheshouldfall, andindeed, hadhebeensecurefromthatrisk, hismiseryandhisanxietyonaccountofthedamselwouldnothavesufferedhimtosleep, keptwatch, sighingandweepingandcursinghisevilluck.
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