Introduction. [The introduction has yet to be written.]

[The English translation is by William Cowper (1731-1800).]

from myself to fly (fuggir me stesso). To escape the turmoil of the condition of love. This concept is taken from Petrarch's O cameretta 9-10.

When tempests...and every Muse (Quando rugge...e delle muse). The depth of the speaker's devotion is similar to that found in Horace's Odes 3.3.1-8.

dart (ago). A sting from Cupid's arrow.