[18]. See Note 5 at end.

[19]. See Introduction.

[20]. Dumplings, sometimes made of meat.

[21]. A kind of bun, filled with pine kernels inside.

[22]. Chestnuts boiled in the shell.

[23]. A sour kind of pear or plum.

[24]. A kind of flat cake, very popular in rural Tuscany.

[25]. See Note 6 at end.

[26]. “Peaches and apples!” See remarks on oaths, adjurations, etc., in Introduction.

[27]. See Note 7 at end.