[De duobus amantibus Euryalo et Lucretia]

and after checking the location, brings Eurialus and says, "From this window you will be able to speak to Lucretia." There was a sewer between the two houses, accessible to neither men nor the sun, and a distance of three cubits separated it from the window of Lucretia. Here the lover sat for a long time, waiting if any chance would show Lucretia. Nor was he deceived: Lucretia finally appeared. And as she looked here and there, "What are you doing," said Eurialus, "guide of my life? Where are you directing your eyes, my heart? Direct your eyes hither, hither, my faith. This is your Eurialus; take me, look at me." "Are you here," said Lucretia. "O my Eurialus, now I can speak to you. I wish I were able to embrace you." To this Eurialus said, "I will do it with no great effort, I will bring a ladder here. Open the chamber; we have delayed the joys of our love too much." "Beware, my Eurialus, if you want me safe. The window is here to the right, and the neighbor is a terrible man, and one must not trust the innkeeper, who would destroy both you and me for his own money. But we will proceed by another way. It is enough if access is open from here to our conversation," replied Lucretia. "But," said Eurialus, "this vision is death if I hold you even once and keep you in my arms." For a long time, he was pulled from this place, and gifts were sent by means of a reed. Eurialus was not the only one; he was more liberal than Lucretia, and felt the tricks of Sosia. "I strive in vain," he said, "against the efforts of the lover. The lady will perish by craft and foresight, and the lord will suffer infamy. Of these evils, it is easier to choose one. Before the lady loves, it will do no harm if it is secret. She herself is blind with love, nor does she foresee enough what she is doing. If modesty cannot be guarded, it is enough to stop the rumors, so that the house does not become infamous and she does not omit the crime." "I also apply my effort," he said, "as far as I have been able, so that she does not commit the wrong that was not allowed. It is my job to see that what is done is hidden, and to act so that no one knows. Lust is a common evil, nor is there a man whom this pelt a reference to the body or nature does not agitate. And he is considered more chaste who acts more cautiously." While he said this, Lucretia saw him coming out of the chamber and, approaching the woman, said, "What is it now that you do not share your love with me? Eurialus is no less dear to you, and you love me secretly. See to whom you give your faith. The first step of wisdom is not to love; the second is to love so that it does not become public. You alone cannot do this with my help. How much faith is in you, you have already learned in a long time. If you wish to let me go, I have great care that this love is not detected and you suffer punishment, and the husband of all." To this, Lucretia said, "It is as you say, Sosia, I love, and I have great faith in you; but you seemed, I know not how, negligent and opposed to my desires. Now because