1332

Irony (1332).

If Petrarch was so fond of bay, it was because it is of a good taste in sausages and with tunny; I cannot put any value on their foolery. [Footnote: Conte Porro has published these lines in the Archivio Stor. Lombarda VIII, IV; he reads the concluding line thus: I no posso di loro gia (sic) co’ far tesauro.—This is known to be by a contemporary poet, as Senatore Morelli informs me.]

Taken from The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci edited by Jean Paul Richter, 1880.

Notebooks of Leonoardo da Vinci
XX: Humorous Writings.
. . .
1312,
1313
Schemes for fables, etc..
1314,
1315,
1316,
1317,
1318,
1319,
1320,
1321,
1322,
1323
Schemes for prophecies.
1324,
1325,
1326,
1327,
1328,
1329,
1330,
1331
Irony (1332).
1332
Tricks.
1333,
1334,
1335