[70] Old form of Margherita.
[71] i.e. the base or eatable part of the stem.
[72] i.e. that day.
[74] i.e. the terms of the limitation aforesaid.
[75] i.e. in the mirrored presentment of her own beauty.
[76] Ballatella, lit. little dancing song or song made to be sung as an accompaniment to a dance (from ballare, to dance). This is the origin of our word ballad.
[77] Or pretext (titolo).
[78] Or "having him punished," lit. "causing give him ill luck" (fargli dar la mala ventura). This passage, like so many others of the Decameron, is ambiguous and may also be read "themseeming none other had a juster title to do him an ill turn."
[79] Lit. a story striveth in (draweth) me to be told or to tell itself (a raccontarsi mi tira una novella).