Note 683 — Chapter IX · CONCLUSION.
Reading edition
Petrarchi Lib. sine Titulo Epistt. vii., viii., ix., xii., xvi.—Decamerone, Giorn. I. Nov. 2.
Petrarch’s wrath at the papal court is explicable if there is truth in the disgusting story alleged in explanation of the enigmatical allusions in his Canzone XXII.—“Mai non vo’ più cantor com’io soleva.”