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In 1450 an outbreak of the [[pest]] sent Poggio to his birthplace where he completed the compilation of the "Facetiæ". This is a collection of [[witty]] [[saying]]s, [[anecdote]]s, [[quidproquo]]s, and [[insolence]], mingled with [[obscenities]] and [[impertinent]] [[jesting]] with religious subjects. In 1450 an outbreak of the [[pest]] sent Poggio to his birthplace where he completed the compilation of the "Facetiæ". This is a collection of [[witty]] [[saying]]s, [[anecdote]]s, [[quidproquo]]s, and [[insolence]], mingled with [[obscenities]] and [[impertinent]] [[jesting]] with religious subjects.
-Poggio published his ''Facetiae'' in [[1451]], when he was seventy years old. They were not condemned by the Vatican because they were written in the [[Classical Latin|purest Latin]] Poggio could command, [[legible]] by the [[clerical class]] and [[incomprehensible]] to [[the masses]].+The collection was not condemned by the Vatican because they were written in the [[Classical Latin|purest Latin]] Poggio could command, [[legible]] by the [[clerical class]] and [[incomprehensible]] to [[the masses]].
Its unsparing [[satire]]s on the [[monastic]] orders and the secular clergy is remarkable and reminiscent of ''[[Gargantua and Pantagruel]]'' by [[Rabelais]] who was familiar with the ''Facetiae''. Its unsparing [[satire]]s on the [[monastic]] orders and the secular clergy is remarkable and reminiscent of ''[[Gargantua and Pantagruel]]'' by [[Rabelais]] who was familiar with the ''Facetiae''.

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Facetiae is a collection of humorous and indecent tales by Poggio, featuring such stories as "Of a Fool, Who Thought His Wife Had Two Openings" and the earliest recorded version of Carvel's ring. The collection is available in several English translations.

The stories were written between 1438 and 1452, but not published until 1470 but was undoubtedly circulating privately before then. Caxton first printed it in English in 1484.

In 1450 an outbreak of the pest sent Poggio to his birthplace where he completed the compilation of the "Facetiæ". This is a collection of witty sayings, anecdotes, quidproquos, and insolence, mingled with obscenities and impertinent jesting with religious subjects.

The collection was not condemned by the Vatican because they were written in the purest Latin Poggio could command, legible by the clerical class and incomprehensible to the masses.

Its unsparing satires on the monastic orders and the secular clergy is remarkable and reminiscent of Gargantua and Pantagruel by Rabelais who was familiar with the Facetiae.

Gershon Legman's Rationale of the Dirty Joke was dedicated to Poggio.

There is a public domain 1930 edition titled Facetia Erotica.

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