The “Decameron” did not reach its sixteenth edition till fifty years after its first publication. Footnote 6: In his introduction to the recent edition of Painter, Mr. Joseph Jacobs cites the presence of this fable as an argument that Painter must occasionally have translated directly from the Italian. There is no reason, however, why he should not have used Louveau’s work. Footnote 7: It was published with seven other stories in a volume, “Novelle otto rarissime stampate a spese de Signor Giacomo conte de Clambrassil, J. Stanley, et Wogan Browne. Londra, Giacomo Edwards, 1790.” Footnote 8: Brackelmann says that it was a selection from the first six nights, while Grimm maintains that it contains the whole of these, and Grimm’s English translator says that it “only contains six stories.” In fact, it is made up chiefly of the contents of the first six nights, but in addition to these it contains fables from Nights VII., VIII., and XIII. It would appear that neither Dunlop nor Schmidt knew of the existence of this work. Footnote 9: Night IV., Fable I.; Night IV., Fable III.; Night V., Fable III., and Night XII., Fable III. Footnote 10: Night V., Fable I. Footnote 11: In the National Gallery. Footnote 12: _Di che le donne, et parimente gli huomini fecero si gran risa che ancora ridono._ Footnote 13: Night VII., Fable II. Footnote 14: Night IV., Fable V. Footnote 15: Night VIII., Fable V. Footnote 16: Night X., Fable IV. Footnote 17: Night VII., Fable I. Footnote 18: “Die XIII. nächtlichen Erzählungen sammt den Logogryphen welche Argellati, ‘ingeniosissime conflata quamvis parum pudice,’ nennt wurden zu Rom durch das Decret vom 16ten Dec. 1605, einigen darin enthaltenen unzüchtigen Stellen wegen verbothen” (preface to Vienna translation, 1791). The book must have been condemned by the index some time before this, as the issue of 1604, Ven., “con licenza de’ Superiori” is rigorously castrated. Footnote 19: “Ma ben holle fedelmente scritte secondo il modo, che furono da dieci damigelle nel concistorio raccontate.”—STRAPAROLA, _Introduction to Book II_. Footnote 20: Orig., _ed importar altro, che finocchi_. Footnote 21: Orig., _altrimenti si guasterebbe la coda al fasiano_. Footnote 22: Orig., _cominciorono macinare à raccolta_. Footnote 23: Orig., _essendo da suoi servi senza pettine oltra modo carminato_. Footnote 24: Orig., _infilzar perle al scuro_. Footnote 25: Orig., _gli troncò la strada_. Footnote 26: Orig., _tra se stesso se radeva_. Footnote 27: Orig., _che se io potrò rendervi il contra cambio non starò a dormire_. Footnote 28: Orig., _credonsi signare il fronte à se stessi cavano gli occhi_. Footnote 29: Orig., _pane per schiacciata_. Footnote 30: Orig., _le renderò gnanf per gnaf_. Footnote 31: Orig., _stento per non stentare_. Footnote 32: Orig., _cuocersi nel suo unto_.