Saturday, January 06, 2018

 

Say Hello to Him for Me

Facezie e motti dei secoli XV e XVI. Codice inedito Magliabechiano, ed. Giovanni Papanti (Bolgna: Presso Gaetano Romagnoli, 1874), pp. 77-78, number 110 (tr. Barbara C. Bowen):
The Florentine Martino dello Scarfa was unusually obese, so that he couldn't see those lower parts that are kept most covered. One day while he was urinating, a young boy stopped and had a good look. Martino said to the boy: "If you can see him, say hello to him from me; for I haven't seen him for ten years."

Martino dello Scarfa, cittadino fiorentino, era del corpo molto compresso et grasso oltra l'ordinario, talchè lui medesimo non si poteva vedere le parti interiori più coperte. Orinando uno giorno, uno fanciullo si fermò et guardavagli sotto. Martino gli dixe: Se tu lo vedi, salutalo per mia parte; che egli è dieci anni che io non l'ho visto.
Cf. Angelo Polizianos Tagebuch, ed. Albert Wesselski (Jena: Eugen Diederich, 1929), p. 13, number 18 (tr. Charles Speroni):
While Martino dello Scarfa, who was very fat and had a large belly, was urinating one day, he saw that a boy was staring at him; he turned to him and said: "If you see him, say hello to him for me, for I haven't seen him in ten years."

Martino dello Scarfa, orinando un tratto, e veduto un fanciullo che lui che grassissimo era guardava, voltosi a lui, disse: Se tu lo vedi, salutalo da mia parte, chè son dieci anni ch'io non l'ho veduto.



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