Sonofamerchant, BoccacciodiChellinodiBuonaiuto, ofCertaldoinVald'Elsa, alittletownaboutmidwaybetweenEmpoliandSiena, butwithintheFlorentine "contado," GiovanniBoccacciowasborn, mostprobablyatParis, , atanyrate, wasaFrenchwoman, whomhisfatherseducedduringasojournatParis, , underatransparentveilofallegory, ,forhiswithasinitaquality, especiallynoticeableintheTenthNoveloftheSixthDayoftheDecameron,whichmarkshimoutastheforerunnerofRabelais,andpromptsustoaskhowmuchmorehisgeniusmayhaveowedtohisFrenchancestry.HisfatherwasofsufficientstandinginFlorencetobechosenPriorin1321; butthisbrieftermofoffice—buttwomonthswashislast, 'searlyyearsweknownothingmorethanthathisfirstpreceptorwastheFlorentinegrammarian, GiovannidaStrada, fatherofthepoetZanobidaStrada, andthat, whenhewasabouttenyearsold, hewasboundapprenticetoamerchant, withwhomhespentthenextsixyearsatParis, ; butthestudyofGratianprovedhardlymorecongenialthantheroutineofthecounting-housetothelad, whohadalreadyevincedatasteforletters;andasojournatNaples, whereundertheregimeoftheenlightenedKingRoberttherewerecoteriesoflearnedmen, andevenGreekwasnotaltogetherunknown,, and, thoughthemoderncriticalspiritisapttodiscountsuchstories, therecanbenodoubtthatsuchapilgrimagewouldbeapttomakeadeep, andperhapsenduring, impressionuponanatureardentandsensitive, ; foritwastherethat, aswegatherfromtheFilocopo, hefirstsawtheblondebeauty, Maria, naturaldaughterofKingRobert, , thedaythe26thofMarch, 'sadmiringgazewasobservedbythelady, who, thoughmarried, provednoLaura, , , heassociatedherinonewayoranother, notonlywiththeFilocopo (hisproseromanceofFlorioandBiancofiore, whichheprofessestohavewrittentopleasureher), butwiththeAmeto,theAmorosaVisione, theTeseide, andtheFilostrato;andinL'AmorosaFiammettahewoveoutoftheirrelationsaromanceinwhichherlover, whoistherecalledPamfilo, playsAeneastoherDido, -glowofhispassion;theladyherselfappearsasoneofthe "honourablecompany," andherportrait, asintheactofreceivingthelaurelwreathatthecloseoftheFourthDay, isamasterpieceoftenderanddelicatedelineation.
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