THE DECAMERON. Джованни Боккаччо

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       And that in him which crowneth my liesse

       Is that I please him, as he pleaseth me,

       Thanks to Love debonair;

       Thus in this world my wish I do possess

       And in the next I trust at peace to be,

       Through that fast faith I bear

       To him; sure God, who seeth this, will ne'er

       The kingdom of His bliss to us deny.

      After this they sang sundry other songs and danced sundry dances and played upon divers instruments of music. Then, the queen deeming it time to go to rest, each betook himself, with torches before him, to his chamber, and all on the two following days, whilst applying themselves to those things whereof the queen had spoken, looked longingly for Sunday.

       HERE ENDETH THE SECOND DAY

       OF THE DECAMERON