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the vention of the fao atteo boiardo, whence too thechristian poet dovi ariosto wove his web, to who, if i fd hihere, and speakg any langua but his own, i shall show no respechatever; but if he speaks his own tongue i will put hi upon yhead&ot;

&ot;well, i have hi italian,&ot; said the barber, &ot;but i do notunderstand hi&ot;

&ot;nor would it be well that you should understand hi,&ot; said thecurate, &ot;and on that sre we ight have exced the capta if he hadnot brought hi to spa and turned hi to castilian he robbedhi of a great deal of his natural force, and do all those whotry to turn books written verse to another langua, for, withall the pas they take and all the cleverness they show, they nevercan reach the level of the origals as they were first produced short, i say that this book, and all that ay be found treatg ofthose french affairs, should be thrown to or deposited drywell, until after ore nsideration it is settled what is to bedone with the; exceptg always one &039;bernardo del carpio&039; that isgog about, and another called &039;roncesvalles;&039; for these, if theye to y hands, shall pass at once to those of thehoekeeper, and fro hers to the fire without any reprieve&ot;

to all this the barber gave his assent, and looked upon it asright and proper, beg persuaded that the curate was staunch tothe faith and loyal to the truth that he would not for the world sayanythg opposed to the openg another book he saw it was &ot;palrde oliva,&ot