XLVII Here it is told how a knight asked a lady for her love
Edward Storer translation
A knight once begged a lady for her love, and told her among other things that he was noble and rich and passing fair. And your husband is so ugly, as you know.
And that husband was behind the wall of the room. He spoke and said: Messer, by your courtesy further your own affairs, but do not mar those of other men.
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · These two knights are mentioned by Dante in the 14th Canto of the Purgatorio, vv. 88–90 and 97. ↑Note 2 · Messer di Val Buona was the ugly man. And Messer Rinieri da Calvoli was the other.1Note 3 · We read of King Conrad1 that when he was a boy he enjoyed the company of twelve boys of his own age. Whenever King Conrad was at fault, the