Note 20 — FIRST DISCOURSE
A. R. (Alfred Richard) Allinson translation
P. 28:
◆Giovanni Boccaccio, the author of the Decameron, was born at Paris in 1313, being the (illegitimate) son of a wealthy merchant of Florence. He died 1375 at Certaldo, a village near Florence, the original seat of the family.
◆Does the following chanson refer to the same woman?
On void Simonne Proumener aux bordeaux Matin, soir, nonne, Avec ses macquereaux. (Bib. Nat., ms. français 22565, fo 41 vo.)