CXXXII + 

The Finesses of Bouderie + 

All that are women devour thee with their eyes, thou gallant! I shall have none of thy embrace. + 

I was in the sulks: he then sneezed, for he thought that I would bless him saying, Long live my beloved! + 

Even if I wear a garland she would go off in a pique saying, Thou wantest to look smart in some damsel’s eyes! + 

I said to her, I love thee above all: and behold, she frowned at once asking, Above whom? and above whom? + 

I told her, We shall never part in this life: alack, her eyes at once filled with tears! + 

I said to her, I called thee to mind when away: and she that was about to clasp me to her arms went off in a pet saying, Thou hadst forgotten me then! + 

I sneezed and she blessed: but then she recalled her blessing and asked with tear-filled eyes, Who thought on thee now, that thou sneezedest? + 

I repressed my sneeze: and then aiso she wept saying, Thou wantest to conceal from me that some of thy friends are thinking on thee! + 

Even if I exhaust all my arts to soothe her, she will only frown harder saying, Thou hast practised well at others’ bouderies! + 

Even if I look in rapture on her own charms, she will chide saying, To whose limbs now art thou comparing mine? + 