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“Peter of Aragon“
Bernardo Puccini is a rich Florentine apothecary living shows up. She’s so happy about his visit that she starts
in Palermo, Sicily. He and his wife have one child, the to feel better right away. King Peter’s so moved that he
beautiful Lisa. Lisa falls hard for King Peter of Sicily after speaks with his wife about what they should do for such a
seeing him at a jousting tournament, but since she’s of noble girl. So he and the queen visit Lisa again at her house
such a lowly social station, she knows it’s futile. But she and make some promises. First, King Peter will always be
can’t stop loving him, so she falls ill and gradually wastes her loyal knight (which means he’ll do noble deeds in her
away. Her poor parents do everything they can and offer name, etc.) Also, he’ll only require a kiss from her for this
her anything she wants to help her feel better. Lisa’s pretty favor. OMG-she almost blushes to death. Lastly, he’ll give
sure she’s going to die from all this, but she’d feel better her a perfectly wonderful husband to spend her life with.
about it if King Peter could just know that she was dying Lisa tells him that she’d walk through fire for him if he
of love for him. So she asks her father to bring in Minuccio, wished it, so taking a husband on his request is no biggie.
a singer who performs for King Peter. Lisa tells him her She’s really very happy about all this. In the end, King Peter
secret and begs him to tell the King about her love so she gives her a lovely man for a husband (who’s unfortunately
can die in peace. Minuccio promises to help her and goes called Perdicone, but whatever), a sizeable dowry and
straightaway to a composer of songs who sets Lisa’s sad some very valuable estates. It pays to have an adolescent
story to music. Minuccio has the opportunity to sing it to crush on a king. He then kisses her gently on the forehead.
King Peter and tell him of his mission from the beautiful The king kept his promises to Lisa and always kept her in
dying girl. The King is mighty impressed by Lisa’s “nobility” mind. Pampinea ends her story gushing about King Peter’s
and decides to visit her. Like any good adolescent girl who generosity, comparing then to the rulers of her day who are
gets to meet her idol, Lisa just about dies when King Peter nothing but pitiless tyrants.
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