NOTES

[1] P. 3:

◆At first this discourse was the last; it is outlined in the manuscript 608 as follows: “Discourse on why beautiful and faithful women love valiant men, and why worthy men love courageous women.”

[2] P. 5:

◆Virgil, in his Æneid (Bk. I), makes Penthesileia appear only after Hector’s death. For these accounts on the Amazons, consult Traité historique sur les Amazones, by Pierre Petit, Leyde, 1718.

[3] P. 6:

◆See Boccaccio, De Claris Mulieribus.

◆Æneid, IV., 10–13.

[4] P. 8: