9. Novell.

_Frederigo, of the Alberighi Family, loved a

Gentlewoman, and was not requited with like

love againe. By bountifull expences, and over liberal

invitations, hee wasted and consumed all his

lands and goods, having nothing lefte him, but a

Hawke or Faulcon. His unkinde Mistresse, happeneth

to come visit him, and he not having any

other food for her dinner, made a dainty dish of

his Faulcon for her to feed on. Being conquered by

this his exceeding kinde courtesie, she changed her

former hatred towards him, accepting him as her

husband in marriage, and made him a man of

wealthy possessions._

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