[409] Nacchere, syn. a loud crack of wind.
[410] Syn. smelt (sentito).
[411] Laterina, i.e. Latrina.
[412] Lit. Broom-handle (Manico della Scopa).
[413] Lit. "do yourself a mischief, without doing us any good"; but the sequel shows that the contrary is meant, as in the text.
[414] i.e. what he is worth.
[415] Bucherame. The word "buckram" was anciently applied to the finest linen cloth, as is apparently the case here; see Ducange, voce Boquerannus, and Florio, voce Bucherame.
[416] i.e. in needlework.
[417] "It was the custom in those days to attach to the bedposts sundry small instruments in the form of birds, which, by means of certain mechanical devices, gave forth sounds modulated like the song of actual birds."—Fanfani.
[418] Syn. that which belongeth to us (ciò che ci è,) ci, as I have before noted, signifying both "here" and "us," dative and accusative.