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The Banquet of the Chestnuts

The banquet of the chestnuts is a famous party that happens in the vatican. After dinner, lamp stands holding lighted candles were placed on the floor and chestnuts were strewed around them. 50 decent prostitutes, or courtesans, have dinner with duke valentino,. That's chesere, in his room in the apostolic palace at sant b Vatican. And after dinner, er they danced with the servants, tesans and others there, first in their clothes and then naked. Finally, prizes were offered, silken doublets, pairs of shoes, hats and other garments, for those who knew the greatest number of these prostitutes canly. So

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