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1、THEDECAMERONbyBoccaccioGiovanniTHEINDUCTIONOFTHEAUTHORTOTHEFOLLOWINGDISCOURSESGraciousLadies,sooftenasIconsiderwithmyselfe,andobserverespectively,hownaturallyyouareenclinedtocompassion;asmanytimesdoeIacknowledge,thatthispresentworkeofmine,will(inyourjud
2、gement)appearetohavebutaharshandoffensivebeginning,inregardofthemournfullremembranceitbearethattheverieentranceofthelastPestilentiallmortality,universallyhurtfulltoallthatbeheldit,orotherwisecametoknowledgeofit.Butforallthat,Idesireitmaynotbesodreadfull
3、toyou,tohinderyourfurtherproceedinginreading,asifnoneweretolookethereon,butwithsighesandteares.For,Icouldratherwish,thatsofearefullabeginning,shouldseemebutasanhighandsteepyhilappearestothem,thatattempttotravellfarreonfoote,andascendingthesamewithsomedi
4、fficulty,comeafterwardtowalkuponagoodlyevenplaine,whichcauseththemorecontentmentinthem,becausetheattayningtheretowashardandpainfull.Forevenaspleasuresarecutoffbygriefeandanguish;sosorrowesceasebyjoyesmostsweeteandhappiearriving.Afterthisbriefemollestati
5、on;briefeIsay,becauseitiscontainedwithinsmallcompasseofWriting;immediatelyfolloweththemostsweeteandpleasanttasteofpleasure,whereof(before)Imadepromisetoyou.Which(peradventure)couldnotbeeexpectedbysuchabeginning,ifpromisestoodnotthereuntoengaged.Andindee
6、d,ifIcouldwellhaveconveyedyoutothecenterofmydesire,byanyotherway,thensorudeandrockyapassageasthisis,Iwouldgladlyhavedoneit.ButbecausewithoutthisNarration,wecouldnotdemonstratetheoccasionhowandwhereforethemattershapned,whichyoushallreadeintheensuingDisco
7、urses:Imustsetthemdowne(evenasconstrainedtheretobymeerenecessity)inwritingafterthismanner.TheyeareofourblessedSavioursincarnation,1348,thatmemorablemortalityhappenedintheexcellentCity,farrebeyondalltherestinItaly;whichplague,byoperationofthesuperiourbod
8、ies,orratherforourenormousiniquities,bythejustangerofGodwassentuponusmortals.Somefewyeeresbefore,ittookebeginningintheEasternepartes,sweepingthenceaninnumerablequantityoflivingsoules:extendingitselfeafterwardfromplacetoplaceWestw
