Ribald Classic: For The Common Good
August, 1971
adapted from I Ragionamenti,"Niccolo Neri, thou hast been accused, tried and found guilty of grossly violating a respectable young woman of this town. Her testimony, as thou knowest, was given incognito--only the provost knows her identity--and I hereby warn thee, upon pain of bodily punishment, not to speak that name."Thou comest before this court dressed in dirty rags and tatters, thy face scarred, thy nose flattened in a drunken brawl. Let all witness the wicked downfall of a former...
