LXXXVIII

Here is told of Messer Castellano da Cafferi of Mantua

When Messere Castellano of Mantua was the governor[1] of Florence, there arose a quarrel between Messer Pepo Alemanni and Messer [[195]]Cante Caponsacchi, so that they threatened one another direly.

Wherefore the governor, to put an end to the difference, sent them both over the frontier. Messer Pepo he sent in one direction and Messer Cante, since he was a great friend of his, he sent to Mantua. And he recommended him to his family; and Messere Cante rewarded him in this way: he lay with his wife.

[1] Podestà. [↑]

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LXXXIX

Here it is told of a Court player who began a story that never ended

A company of knights were dining one night in a great house in Florence, and there was with them a court buffoon who was a famous story-teller.