Straparola, Giovanni Francesco, ca. 1480-1557?, Morlino, Gerolamo, Waters, W. G. (William George), 1844-1928, Hughes, Edward Robert, d. 1914 · London : Lawrence and Bullen · leaf 318
that an end might bemade of the hearty laughter, the Signora gave the word to Laurettato tell her enigma at once, and the damsel, still laughing, spake it inthe following words : Like lofty house 1 stand on high,And yet no house in sooth am 1.Like mirror all around I shine,And stand before the… … KABi.F iv.] STRAPAROLA. 287 But trail and brief my lite withal,I die itonce to earth I tall. The enigma thus set by the graceful Lauretta was accounted avery scholarly feat, and not a single one of the listeners failed to givehigh praise thereto, begging her at the same time to let follow…
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