In Florence, a rich and famous city of Italy in the province called Tuscany, there lived two gentlemen of wealth and quality, Anselmo and Lothario, such great friends that by way of distinction they were called by all that knew them "The Two Friends."
«En Florencia, ciudad rica y famosa de Italia, en la provincia que llaman Toscana, vivían Anselmo y Lotario, dos caballeros ricos y principales, y tan amigos que, por excelencia y antonomasia, de todos los que los conocían los dos amigos eran llamados.