Tales From The Decameron

March, 1954

Tales from the DecameronThe 7th Tale Of The 7th DayIn Paris there once lived a Florentine gentleman who, because of poor financial circumstances, had become a merchant, and who prospered so at his trade that he became very rich. He had a son named Lodovico, and wanting the boy to become a nobleman rather than one of the trade, he did not put him to work, but sent him instead to be with other gentlemen in the service of the King of France, where he learned good manners and other fine things.While...