Most beloved Signor:
If you could imagine with what haste I have written to you these two
verses, etc. I met Signor Doctor, as usual. He asked me where I was
going, and along the street, he asked me why I had written scornfully
to him. I told him that he deserved even worse, because he had given
evil deeds and good words; for he had said he was fond of me and that
he wished him and the rest of them in Sovara, etc. He replied it did
not come from this one, but on account of another gentleman whom I
used to like, who was more gallant than he. I answered him that if
that one was not more gallant than himself, he was at least more
faithful, etc. Professing myself, as I have ever been faithful, etc.
My Adored and Revered Signor:
I wish by this letter of mine to excuse myself from my error in
sealing the letter which I sent to Rome, etc. I tell you that they
have not found any letter at all of mine, because I do not let them
lie around the house, but give them to the flames. And while I keep
them, I place them in my bosom. This is not an excuse, why you should
surmise [it to be] one of my letters; for I tell you that I give it
place in my bosom, etc. Inasmuch as one of the family may be behind
the curtain, as I believe, do not make any signal when you are under
the windows. I shall be at the window this evening, or else at the
blinds, and when I shall see you I will show myself at the window. But
it is necessary to be prudent, that he may not see me. Because he has
told me that if he sees me he will wish to do such things as not even
Æneas, the Trojan, did. To avoid arousing his suspicion I will not
stay there. But I pledge myself