Ribald Classic: The Pious Matchmaker
May, 1969
There Lived in Florence a lady of high estate who valued her beauty as greatly as her noble blood. Thus, she surprised no one in despising her aging husband, whose immense wealth did not compensate her for his extreme vulgarity and waning vigor. Promise of some solace appeared one day in the form of a young man who, though penniless, was appropriately endowed with lusty manhood and refinement of manner.The young man had come to the city to see an old friend of his family, a monk of the Dominican...
