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The Decameron, The Author's Epilogue


[029]So, then, be every lady at liberty to say and believe whatever she
	  may think fit: but 'tis now time for me to bring these remarks to a
	  close, with humble thanks to Him, by whose help and guidance I,
	  after so long travail, have been brought to the desired goal. And
	  may you, sweet my ladies, rest ever in His grace and peace; and
	  be not unmindful of me, if, peradventure, any of you may, in any
	  measure, have been profited by reading these stories.