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of pretending not to love.
Which woman is more pleasing: the beautiful and simple, or the deformed and clever? In Renaissance courtly debates, "simple" usually refers to a lack of wit or social guile, while "clever" (accorta) implies being shrewd or socially adept.
Whether love can exist without jealousy.
Which is the greater power of Love: making the wise man foolish, or the foolish man wise?
Whether a lover can die from too much love.
Whether it is less painful to hear that the beloved has died without being able to be present, or if presence itself lessens the grief.
Whether it is true that a revealed love is either full of a thousand troubles or cannot reach any desired end.
Who is by nature more constant: man or woman?
Whether it would be better or worse if Love did not exist in the world.
Whether a man falls in love through reputation. The concept of falling in love with someone's "fame" or reputation before meeting them was a common trope in chivalric literature.
Which is a greater spur to virtue: Honor, or the desire to please the beloved?
Which woman loves more: the timid or the bold?
Which is more difficult: to win a woman’s grace, or to maintain it? original: "gratia." In this context, "grace" refers to the lady's favor, approval, or affection.
Who is more easily persuaded that they are loved: the man or the woman?
What is the greatest sign to a woman that she is loved, besides perseverance?
Which is the more powerful passion: hatred or Love?
Whether the soul can be bent toward loving through magic.
Whether it is possible for a miser to love.

Let no one reproach me if in this Game I have greatly exceeded the number of ten questions original: "questioni." These are the dubbi or philosophical paradoxes that formed the core of Renaissance intellectual social life. promised in all the games, for Love can perform these and much greater miracles; it will never be too much, whatever is spent in praise of such a benign God, as he is powerful enough to reward us with superhuman and unhoped-for rewards original: "guiderdoni." A term for a recompense or knightly reward..

Once the Game of Love is finished, let the whole company rise to escort Love from his seat, and for that evening let them recognize him as Lord, and hold him in greater honor than any other.