ThatBoccacciowasnotatFlorenceduringthepestilenceiscertain; butweneednotthereforedoubtthesubstantialaccuracyofhismarvellousdescriptionofthestateofthestrickencity, forthecourseandconsequencesoftheterriblevisitationmusthavebeenmuchthesameinallpartsofItaly, andastoFlorenceinparticular, , whowasinallprobabilityatNaplesatthetime, andinanycasewasnotaFlorentine, shews,however, thatheisbynomeanstobetakenliterally,andrendersitextremelyprobablethatthefacetious,irrepressible, , orveryunlikely, thatinthegeneralrelaxationofmorale, whichtheplaguebroughtinitstrain, refugefromcareandfearwassoughtinthediversionswhichhedescribesbysomeofthosewhohadcountry-seatstowhichtowithdraw, andwhetherthe "contado" wasthatofFlorenceorthatofNaplesisamatterofnoconsiderableimportance.[1]ItisprobablethatBoccaccio'sfatherwasoneofthevictimsofthepestilence; forhewasdeadin1350, , which, notwithstandingmarkeddiversityoftemperament, characterandpursuits, , hehadnolackofappreciationonthepartofhisfellow-citizens, andwasemployedbytheRepubliconseveralmissions;toBologna, probablywiththeviewofavertingthesubmissionofthatcitytotheViscontiin1350; toPetrarchatPaduainMarch1351, withaletterfromthePriorsannouncinghisrestitutiontocitizenship,andinvitinghimtoreturntoFlorence, andassumetherectorshipofthenewlyfoundeduniversity; toLudwigofBrandenburgwithoverturesforanallianceagainsttheViscontiinDecemberofthesameyear; , 1354-5, hethrewoff, instrikingcontrasttohisearlierworks, aninvectiveagainstwomen, entitledLaberintod'Amore,otherwiseCorbaccio, , thoughthedatecannotbepreciselyfixed, belongshisLifeofDante, , itwouldseem, hebeganthestudyofGreekunderoneLeontiusPilatus,aCalabrian, whopossessedsomeknowledgeofthatlanguage, andsoughttopasshimselfoffasaGreekbybirth.
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