NOVEL 7. — Simona loves Pasquino; they are together in a garden; Pasquino rubs a leaf of sage against his teeth, and dies; Simona is arrested, and,with intent to shew the judge how Pasquino died, rubs one of the leaves of the same plant against her teeth, and likewise dies. — / 380
NOVEL 8. — Girolamo loves Salvestra: yielding to his mother's prayers he goes to Paris; he returns to find Salvestra married; he enters her house by stealth,lays himself by her side, and dies; he is borne to the church, where Salvestra lays herself by his side, and dies. — / 385