William Painter 
Palace of Pleasure 
Elizabethan Versions of Italian and French Novels From Boccaccio, Bandello, Cinthio, Straparola, Queen Margaret of Navarre, and Others

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. In the Citie of Siena in Italie there was a rich yong Gentleman called Galgano, borne of noble birth, actiue, and wel trained in al kinde of exercife, valiaunt, braue, ftoute and curteous, in the maners and orders of all countries verye fkilfull. This Galgano loued a Gentlewoman of Siena named Madonna Minoccia, the wyfe of fir Stricca a comely knight, and wore in his apparell the colour and deuifes of his Lady, bearing the fame vppon his helmet and armour, in all luftes, Tourneyes and triumphes, obferuing noble feafles and banquettes for her fake. But for all thofe coftly, fumptuous and noble praftifes, this Lady Minoccia in no wyfe would giue eare vnto his futes. Wherfore Galgano at his wittes ende, was voyde of aduife what to do or faye, feing the great crueltie and rigor raigning in her brefte, vnto whom bee dayle prayed for better fuccefle and fortune than to himfelfe. There was no feaft, banquet, triumph, or mariage, but Galgano was there, to do her humble feruice, and that daye his minde was not pleafed and contented, wherein he had not feene her that had his louing harte in full pofleffion.