[110] i.e. to which general joy.
[111] Pedro of Arragon, son-in-law of Manfred, who, in consequence of the Sicilian Vespers, succeeded Charles d'Anjou as King of Sicily.
[112] Or (in modern phrase) putting himself at their disposition.
[113] i.e. Egypt, Cairo was known in the middle ages by the name of "Babylon of Egypt." It need hardly be noted that the Babylon of the Bible was the city of that name on the Euphrates, the ancient capital of Chaldæa (Irak Babili). The names Beminedab and Alatiel are purely imaginary.
[114] i.e. to his wish, to whom fortune was mostly favourable in his enterprises.
[115] Il Garbo, Arabic El Gherb or Gharb, الﻐرب, the West, a name given by the Arabs to several parts of the Muslim empire, but by which Boccaccio apparently means Algarve, the southernmost province of Portugal and the last part of that kingdom to succumb to the wave of Christian reconquest, it having remained in the hands of the Muslims till the second half of the thirteenth century. This supposition is confirmed by the course taken by Alatiel's ship, which would naturally pass Sardinia and the Balearic Islands on its way from Alexandria to Portugal.
[116] The modern Klarentza in the north-west of the Morea, which latter province formed part of Roumelia under the Turkish domination.
[117] i.e. sister to the one and cousin to the other.
[118] Non vogando, ma volando.
[119] Sic (contò tutto); but this is an oversight of the author's, as it is evident from what follows that she did not relate everything.