[170] i.e. this love shall I bear you. This is a flagrant instance of the misuse of ellipsis, which so frequently disfigures Boccaccio's dialogue.
[171] i.e. my death.
[172] Syn. a rare or strange means (nuovo consiglio). The word nuovo is constantly used by Boccaccio in the latter sense, as is consiglio in its remoter signification of means, remedy, etc.
[173] i.e. the favour.
[174] i.e. the lost six months.
[175] Or, in modern parlance, to enlighten her.
[176] i.e. It was not the dead man, but Tedaldo Elisei whom you loved. (Lo sventurato giovane che fu morto non amasti voi mai, ma Tedaldo Elisei si.)
[177] i.e. friars' gowns. Boccaccio constantly uses this irregular form of enallage, especially in dialogue.
[178] Or, as we should nowadays say, "typical."
[179] i.e. the founders of the monastic orders.