Tales From The Decameron

Tales from the DecameronThe 9th Tale of the 7th DayIn Argos, a city of Achaia, there once lived a nobleman named Nicostratus. When he was nearing old age, fortune bestowed upon him a very young wife, a noble lady named Lydia, as high spirited as she was beautiful. Nicostratus, being a man of wealth, kept many servants, hounds and hawks, and spent much of his time hunting. Among his servants was a young man named Pyrrhus, handsome, well bred, and skilled in all that he was required to do.Now it c...