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| I therefore affirm it true, O most beautiful lady, that after by departing from the delightful city of Naples at the most charming season of the year and going hence to Sannio, you suddenly removed from mine eyes, more desirous of your angelic sight than of aught else, what I ought to have known by your presence but did not, that, by its contrary--that is, by the privation of it--I was given instant knowledge of. And this hath saddened my soul so far beyond any proper limit that I can clearly appreciate how great was the happiness. |
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| The story presented here dwells on courtly love in the atmosphere of Neapolitan court life. It is the story of Troilus and Cressida. The passion of the lovers and their grief at separation, as well as how these distances become unbridgeable is eloquently described. The story proved to be an inspiration to Chaucer. |
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