A free rendering into heroic verse of the story found in giornata V, novella 8 of Boccaccio's Decameron. First published (as Theodore and Honoria, from Boccace) in 1700 as a section of Dryden's Fables ancient and modern.

"Limited to three hundred copies ...; copies 1-50 are bound in quarter leather & copies 51 to 270 in linen and board ...; 30 sets of sheets, 271 to 300, complete the edition"--Colophon.