Good manners where considered very important in Tuscany; the only exception was the wine that, in the periods of epidemics that in those centuries prevailed, was allowed to be poured down one's throat as an antidote and narcotic; also the beautiful young women and distinguished young men who told the stories of Decamerone, between the sugared almonds and small cakes of their artistocratic afternoon snacks, some glasses of wine where allowed often.
A differenza che altrove in Toscana si teneva molto alle buone maniere; l'unica deroga era il vino che, nei periodi di epidemie che in quel secolo infuriavano, era concesso bere a garganella come antidoto e narcotico; anche le belle fanciulle e i distinti giovani che raccontano le novelle del Decamerone, tra le confetture e i pasticcini delle loro aristocratiche merende, qualche bicchiere di vino se lo concedono spesso.