La Vec[c]hia 
 
  «E quando sol' a sol con lui sarai, 
Sì fa che·ttu gli facci saramenti 
Che·ttu per suo danar non ti consenti, 
Ma sol per grande amor che·ttu in lui ài. 
  Se fosser mille, a ciascun lo dirai, 
E sì 'l te crederanno, que' dolenti; 
E saccie far sì che ciascuno adenti 
Insin c[h]'a povertà gli metterai. 
  Che·ttu·sse' tutta loro,dé' giurare; 
Se·tti spergiuri, non vi metter piato, 
Ché Dio non se ne fa se non ghignare: 
  Ché sie certana ch'e' non è peccato, 
Chi si spergiura per voler pelare 
Colui che fie di te così ingannato. 
 
 

The Old Woman 
 
      "And when you'll be alone with him,  
make sure you swear to him 
that you're not giving yourself to him because of his money,  
but only for the great love you have for him. 
      And if there were thousands, to each one you'll say it,  
and they'll believe you for sure, those wretched ones;  
and do it in such a way that you put the bite on all of them,  
until you have reduced them to poverty. 
      You must swear that you're all theirs;  
if you commit perjury, don't worry about it,  
for God won't do anything but laugh. 
      You may be sure that it's no sin  
to commit perjury in order to skin  
that one who'll be deceived by you."