vision her young soul had seen.

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And many witnessed that King Pedro kept His royal promise. Perdicone stept To many honors honorably won, Living with Lisa in true union. Throughout his life, the king still took delight To call himself fair Lisa’s faithful knight; And never wore in field or tournament A scarf or emblem, save by Lisa sent. Such deeds made subjects loyal in that land; They joyed that one so worthy to command, p. 48So chivalrous and gentle, had become The king of Sicily, and filled the room Of Frenchmen, who abused the Church’s trust, Till, in a righteous vengeance on their lust, Messina rose, with God, and with the dagger’s thrust.

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L’ENVOI.

Reader, this story pleased me long ago In the bright pages of Boccaccio; And where the author of a good we know, Let us not fail to pay the grateful thanks we owe. 

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