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The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio

Note 202 — THE TENTH STORY

John Payne translation

Guadagnare l'anima, lit. gain the soul (syn. pith, kernel, substance). This passage is ambiguous and should perhaps be rendered "catch the knack or trick" or "acquire the wish."

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