bene diſclofed in greateſt number of theſe Hyſtories, the ſame alſo I haue mollified and ſweetened with the courſe of pleaſaunt matters, of purpoſe not to dampe the deynty mindes of thoſe that ſhrinke and feare at ſuch rehearſall. And bicauſe ſodaynly (contrary to expectation) this Volume is riſen to greater heape of leaues, I doe omit for this preſent time ſundry Nouels of mery deuiſe, reſeruing the ſame to be ioyned with the reſt of an other part, wherein ſhall ſucceede the remnaunt of Bandello, ſpecially ſutch (ſuffrable) as the learned French man François de Belleforreſt hath ſelected, and the choyſeſt done in the Italian. Some alſo out of Erizzo, Ser Giouani Florentino, Paraboſco, Cynthio, Straparole, Sanſouino, and the beſt liked out of the Queene of Nauarre, and other Authors. Take theſe in ſo good part with thoſe that haue and ſhall come forth, as I do offre them with good will curteouſly correcting ſutch Faults, and Errors, as ſhall preſent themſelues, eyther burying them in the Boſome of Fauor, or pretermitting them with the beck of Curteſie.
FINIS.
BALLANTYNE PRESS: EDINBURGH AND LONDON.
