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The Decameron The Fourth Day | The Eighth Novell When Emilia finished her story, Neifile began her tale:
Some people, noble ladies, believe they are wiser than everyone else
Storyteller: Neifile
but are actually less wise. They think they can measure their intelligence
against not only others but also the nature of things, often leading to
Girolamo, in love with a young maiden named Silvestra, was forced
serious mistakes. Nothing good ever comes from such arrogance. Love,
by his mother to travel to Paris. When he returned home, he found
in particular, doesn't tolerate being controlled or suppressed, as it is
that his love, Silvestra, was married. Secretly, he managed to enter
more likely to fade on its own than to be forced away. I'll tell you a story
her house and died on the bed next to her. Later, his body was taken
about a lady who, thinking she was wiser than she was, tried to remove
to church for burial, and she also died instantly beside his coffin.
Love from her son's heart, only to lose both Love and life from him.

In our city, there was once a wealthy merchant named Leonardo
Sighieri, who had a son named Girolamo. After Leonardo's death, his
affairs were well managed by his wife and guardians. As Girolamo
grew up, he befriended a girl named Salvestra, the daughter of a
tailor. Their friendship blossomed into great love, which Girolamo's
mother noticed and often scolded him for. Fearing that Girolamo
might marry Salvestra or feel heartbroken if she married someone
else, she confided her worries to his guardians. They decided to send
Girolamo to Paris to forget Salvestra and find a well-born girl to marry.

Girolamo reluctantly agreed to go to Paris for a year but was kept there
for two years. When he returned, he found Salvestra married to a tent-
maker. Heartbroken, he tried to compose himself and crossed her path,
hoping she had not forgotten him. However, she seemed to have no
recollection of him. Determined to speak to her, he entered her house
one evening and hid in her room. When she and her husband returned
and went to bed, Girolamo gently laid his hand on her chest and
revealed himself. Salvestra, trembling, begged him to leave, reminding
him that she was now married and could only care for her husband.

Girolamo, distressed, reminded her of their past love and begged to lie
beside her to warm himself. Salvestra, pitying him, agreed. Girolamo lay
beside her, but, overwhelmed by his love, her rejection, and his ruined
hopes, he decided to live no longer. Without a word, he died by her side.

After a while, Salvestra, thinking he slept, tried to wake him and
1985 HAND COLORED AQUA TINTA / AQUA FORTE found him cold as ice. Realizing he was dead, she was grief-stricken.
29,5X19,5 CM. | 11¾X7½ IN. (IMAGE SIZE). She awakened her husband and, without disclosing the truth, asked
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