À cui havendo il mercatante risposto, che egli havendo la giovane per le rare conditioni, ch’erano in lei, per figliuola accettata, et havendo ella statuito di sempre castamente vivere, in una camera la facea da quattro fantesche servire: percioche non volendo essa fuor di quella uscire, quivi nell'orationi, et nelle virtù il giorno tutto consumava.
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The merchant replied that because of the rare talent that she possessed, he had adopted her as his daughter and because she had decided to always live in chastity, he kept her in a room, served by four maids. She never wanted to leave the room and spent her time there in prayer and good works.
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