Note 564 — Chapter XV
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Indeed in Laura he seems to have seen an allegory of Petrarch's desire for the laurel. See Rosetti, Petrarca, etc., p. 323, Elogium: "Et quamvis in suis compluribus vulgaribus poematibus in quibus perlucide decantavit se Laurettam quamdam ardentissime demonstravit amasse, non obstat; nam piout ipsemet et bene puto, Laurettam illam allegorice pro Laurem corona quam post modum est adeptus, accipiendam existimo."