By Giovanni Boccaccio...

Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-75) was was an Italian author
and poet. He was an important Renaissance humanist
and the author of a number of notable works including
the Decameron, and On Famous Women
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From Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-75):
Emilia in the Rosegarden (Teseida), ca. 1460
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Teseida is a long epic poem written by Giovanni
Boccaccio, ca. 1340-44. Running to almost 10,000 lines divided
into twelve books, its notional subject is the career and rule of Theseus -
Teseo - although the majority of the epic tells the story of the rivalry
of the love of Palemone and Arcita for the love of Emilia. It is the main
source of 'The Knight's Tale' in Geoffrey Chaucer's the Canterbury Tales,
and therefore is the original source of 'Two Noble Kinsmen' a
collaboration by William Shakespeare, John Fletcher
and Richard Brighton
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