The

COMMENTARIES

OF SER PANTALEONE

degli Gambacorti,.

Gentleman Ufher to the august

MADAMA LEONORA D'ESTE.

Hæc scripsi

Non otii abundantiâ, sed amoris.

BY

BIB

THE AUTHOR OF "MARY POWELL."

249. 2. 27.

LONDON:

Printed for ARTHUR HALL, VIRTUE, & Co.

25, Paternofter Row.
1856.

LONDON: PRINTED BY RICHARD CLAY.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

Of Ser Pantaleone's encountering a Friend &

Some Enemies

CHAPTER II.

Of Meffer Torquato's first Introduction to a

Court Life

CHAPTER III.

Of Madama Lucrezia & Madama Leonora

b

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CHAPTER IV.

Of Laura Ariente; and of the Fifty Conclufions,

or Points of Love

CHAPTER V.

Of Ser Pantaleone's being placed in an exceedingly

embarraffing Situation.

CHAPTER VI.

Of Ser Pantaleone's Breakfast al Fresco

CHAPTER VII.

Of the advantageous Marriage proposed by Ser

Pantaleone to his Friend.

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CHAPTER IX.

Of Ser Pantaleone's reading a Letter that was

not intended for him

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