Ribald Classic: The Family Jewels

October, 1976

Messer D' Arezzo, an affluent citizen of Bergamo, wished only to see his daughter Lella married to a good husband, for this lovely, unruly girl was like a wild mare--she shied at the approach of any man who seemed hopeful of mounting her.One day, Lella went to her father with a strange list of things to be bought in the market: half a quintal of Palermo sugar, ambrosian almonds, six flagons of scented water, musk and amber, twoscore pearls, rubies, two sapphires, spun gold, a modeling bowl and a...