ABSTRACT
ROMEUSANDJULIET ThereisbeyondetheAlps,atowneofauncientfame Whosebrightrcnouneyetshinethcleare,Veronamenitname, Byltinanhappytime,byltonafertilesoyle, Maynteinedbytheheavenlyfates,andbythetownishtoyle. Thefruitfullhillesabove,thepleasantvalesbelowe, Thesilverstreamewithchanelldepe,thatthroughthetownedoth
flow, Thestoreofspringesthatserveforuse,andekeforease Andothermoecommoditieswhichprofitemayandplease, Ekemanycertainesignesofthingesbetydeofolde, Tofyllthehoungryeyesofthosethatcuriouslybeholde10 Doemakethistownetobepreferdeabovetherest OfLumbardtownes,orattheleastcomparedwiththebest. InwhichwhileEscalus,asprincealonedydraigne, To-reacherewardeuntothegood,topaythelewdewithpayne, Alas(Irewetothinke)anheavyhappebefell WhichBoccaceskant(notmyrudetong)wereableforthtotell. Withinmytremblinghande,mypennedothshakeforfeare Andonmycoldeamasedhead,uprightdothstandmyheare. Butsithshedothcommaunde,whosehestImustobaye, Inmoorningverse,awofullchauncetotellIwillassaye.20
