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classes of people. Among the more appropriate arrangements 
may be mentioned the wedding of Curiosity to women, Flattery 
to the court, Discord to musicians, and Blindness to lovers. 
Le Testament d’un Amoreux qui mourut par amours . En¬ 
semble son Epitaphe (printed about 1520), is the title of a 
very pretty poem found in Montaiglon’s collection. 1 The 
author, sad for the loss of his love, wanders alone in the forest. 
He hears cries of distress and comes upon a young man pierced 
through with a dart. The youth asks him to receive his testa¬ 
ment. The author has thought himself the only one who has 
reason to mourn and asks who this can he. The youth replies 
that he is the son of a lawyer. He claims the right of the mili¬ 
tary testament as under Homan law. He is a servant to the 
God of Love for whom he has suffered many griefs and through 
whom he is now brought to this condition. He sees that he must 
die but he is comforted by remembering that many others have 
had to suffer the same pains. He then recalls the stories of 
gods and famous persons who have suffered for love. Regrets, 
Sighs, and Weeping are to he the witnesses of his testament. 
He directs his soul to go to the mansions of those who have 
died for love. Since it has been unhappy on earth, it should 
seek the abode of the unhappy in the world beyond. He gives 
his heart to her who has caused it so much grief. Perhaps she 
will now weep over it. He asks that his body be buried among 
thorns. He wishes no requiem sung for his departed soul. 
The crows, ever messengers of had news, shall hear to his lady 
the news of his death. The slave-earnings which he has ac¬ 
quired in the service of love he leaves to certain friends of like 
trade in Turin. The youth then dies and the author writes 
down the testament and sends it to Turin. The author closes 
with an epitaph for the tomb of the unhappy youth. 
Of like character is Le premier Testament du Martyr Amo¬ 
reux, a poem which also belongs to the sixteenth century. 2 It 
is a rather pretty testament in which opportunity is given to a 
lover to bequeath his heart to his mistress and to make the 
usual arrangements for his funeral. 
1 Montaiglon, IV, 193. 
2 Fournier, Varietes Historiques et Litteraires, Paris 1855, III, 349. 
