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The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio

Note 152 — THE FIRST STORY

John Payne translation

Hortyard (orto) is the old form of orchard, properly an enclosed tract of land in which fruit, vegetables and potherbs are cultivated for use, i.e. the modern kitchen garden and orchard in one, as distinguished from the pleasaunce or flower garden (giardino).

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