" Compare the very beautiful Ballata vi. and Sonnet xlviii., beginning, "Di donne io vidi una gentile schiera.

" [Footnote H: Compare with this passage Ballata v., "Io mi son pargoletta bella e nova," and Sonnet xlv., "Da quella luce che

It was originally a ballata, but I prefer to quote some stanzas from the traditional version: Vaghe le montanine e pastorelle,

The ballata and the estampida were dance-songs, but very few examples survive.