Origin of his Family 115 1313. His Birth 116 1329. He enters on the Study of the Canonical Law 117 1333. His Dislike for this Study 117 He goes to Naples 117 1338. He visits the Tomb of Virgil 118 A Description of it 118 Boccaccio--his Admiration of it 119 1341. Another Circumstance occurs which confirms his Predilection for Literature 120 Commencement of his Attachment for Lady Mary 121 Some Account of her 121 Her Person 122 His first Book, "Filocopo" 123 The Story of it 123 His Style 124 1342. His Recal to Florence on the Death of his Father 125 His "Ameto" 126 1344. He returns to Naples 126 Death of King Robert 126 Queen Jane and her Court 126 "Filostrato," of Boccaccio 126 His "Amorosa Fiammetta" and "Amorosa Visione" 127 1348. He writes "The Decameron" 127 The Preface 127 Description of the Plague in Florence 128 Critique on the "Decameron" 130 1497. Burning of the "Decameron" 130 1527. The "Ventisettana" and "Delphin" edition of the "Decameron" published 130 1350. Return of Boccaccio to Florence 131 His various Embassies 131 1351. He visits Petrarch at Padua 132 He is sent to Bohemia to Louis of Bavaria 133 1354. Again sent on a Mission to Avignon 133 His violent Party Feelings 133 His Letter to Petrarch 133 Petrarch's Answer 134 Boccaccio--his enthusiastic Love for the Study of the Ancients 135 His celebrated Copy of Dante 136