A course of learning and [ingenious] studies.

Pisa renowned for grave citizens

Gave me my being and my father first,

A merchant of great traffic through the world,

[Vincentio, come] of the Bentivolii.

[Vincentio's] son [brought] up in Florence

It shall become to serve all hopes conceived,

To deck his fortune with his virtuous deeds:

And therefore, Tranio, for the time I study,

[Virtue] and that part of philosophy