Emiliae Augustae Per Annus XXII Collaboranti Mecum, Compatienti, Collaetanti Petrarcae Hoc Colloquium Memorabile Amoris Dulcedine Lacrimisque Tinctum Iam Demum Anglice Redditum Gratus Dedico A. S. Mdc

OR

Passion

Translated from the Latin by

William H. Draper

London

Chatto & Windus

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Francis Petrarch

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION
AUTHOR'S PREFACE
DIALOGUE THE FIRST
DIALOGUE THE SECOND
DIALOGUE THE THIRD

Illustrations

Petrarch's Secretum book cover 1470 Petrarch, Veritas (Truth), Augustine and Abbot Crabbe with two attendants. (Wikimedia Commons) (frontmatter).

Petrarca, the profile portrait (see introduction note 3).