Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Contes de Boccace, Vol. 2
Aussit�t que Laurette eutcess� de parler, Philom�ne, par ordre de la reine, prit la parole, et commen�a ainsi Si la compassion mes ainiables dames, est une vertu qu'on loue beaucoup dans notre sexe, la cruaut�, en revanche, est un vice qu'on ne nous pardonne point, et que lajustice divine punit toujours rigoureusement. La nouvelle suivante vous pr�munira, je l'esp�re, contre un d�faut si condamnable.
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