Ad questo scocto i Greci assai sovente

incappavan per lor disaventura;

per che ad Theseo, allor singnor possente,

ducha d'Acthene, spesso con ranchura

eran posti richiami di tal gente

et di lor crudeltate ad dismisura;

ond'elli, in sé di ciò forte crucciato,

propose di purgar cotal peccato.

ADThe two-line painted and decorated capital A is an arbitrary addition, since the convention in the MS is to use a painted three-line initial after rubrics. A similar, arbitrarily decorated initial G appears five pages later at 1.36.1, at the same position (lines 3-4) on the MS page. The letters AG might be a monogram or have some other meaning for Boccaccio. The two arbitrary capital letters also -- and uniquely --appear in NO (fols. 4v, 7r), but not at the same position on the MS page. questo scocto igreci assai sovente

īcappavā ꝑlor disaventura

ꝑchẹ adtheseo allor singnor possente

ducha dacthene spesso cō ranchura

eran posti richiami ditalgente

⁊dilor crudeltate ad dismisura

Ondelli īse dicio forte crucciato.

ꝓpose dipurgar cotal peccato·

AThe three-line high painted capital A is an arbitrary addition, since the convention in the MS is to use painted three-line initials after rubrics. A similar, arbitrarily painted, two-line initial G appears five pages later at 1.36.1. The letters might be a monogram or have some other meaning for Boccaccio. The two arbitrary capital letters also -- and uniquely -- appear at the same stanzas in AUT (fols. 4v, 7r). Questo schotto igreci· assai· sovente

Inchappavan ꝑlor disaventura

Ꝑche atheseo illor signior possente

ducha dathene: spesso con ranchura

eran posti· richiami· di talgente

e di lor crudeltade ad dismisura

Ondegli intese· dicio forte cruccato

propose dipurghar chotal pecchato