Note 4 — LXXXIV How Messer Azzolino Romano arranged a great charity
Edward Storer translation
“si chiamano le pentole, olle.” The point of this novella depends on the play of the words untranslatable in English. They told Azzolino that the man was “un olaro” a potter, while the tyrant understood them to say uno laro, that is un ladro, or a thief. ↑