Falsembiante 
 
  «Que' che vorrà campar del mi' furore, 
Ec[c]o qui preste le mie difensioni: 
Grosse lamprede, o ver di gran salmoni 
Aporti, [o] lucci, sanza far sentore. 
  La buona anguilla nonn-è già peg[g]iore; 
Alose o tinche o buoni storïoni, 
Torte battute o tartere o fiadoni: 
Queste son cose d'âquistar mi' amore, 
  O s'e' mi manda ancor grossi cavretti 
O gran cappon' di muda be·nodriti 
O paperi novelli o coniglietti. 
  Da ch'e' ci avrà di ta' morse' serviti, 
No·gli bisogna di far gran disdetti: 
Dica che g[i]uoco, e giuoc' a tutti 'nviti. 
 
 

False Seeming 
 
      "If someone wishes to escape my fury,  
here are the weapons to defend himself from me:  
let him bring huge lampreys or enormous salmons  
or pike, without letting it be known. 
      A good eel is hardly bad,  
shad or tench or some good sturgeon,  
cakes or stuffed pastries or sweet breads:  
these are things that will gain my love. 
      Or let him send me large kids,  
or large, well-nourished capons who've moulted,  
or young goslings and rabbits. 
      After he's served us such morsels,  
he'll need not make any big excuses:  
let him tell me what game to play, and I'll play it."