Stanza 11

Boccaccio:

offerendosi di trovargliel tale e di sí fatto padre e madre discesa, che buona speranza se ne potrebbe avere e esso contentarsene molto.

offering to find him one of such a pattern, and of such parentage, that he might marry with good hope, and be well content with the sequel.


Petrarch:

Suscipe igitur, oramus, eorum preces qui nullum tuum imperium recusarent. Querende autem coniugis studium nobis linque, talem enim tibi procurabimus que te merito digna sit, et tam claris orta parentibus ut de ea spes optima sit habenda.

"Give ear, therefore, we pray you, to the entreaties of those who have never refused to do your bidding. You may leave the selection of a wife to our care, for we shall procure you such an one as shall be truly worthy of you, and sprung of so high a lineage that you may have the best hope of her.


Chaucer:

Accepteth thanne of us the trewe entente
That nevere yet refuseden thyn heeste;
And we wol, lord, if that ye wole assente,
Chese yow a wyf in short tyme atte leeste,
Born of the gentilleste and of the meeste
Of al this land, so that it oghte seme
Honour to God, and yow, as we kan deeme.


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