It is, in fact, one of the freest and most frankly satirical compositions for the stage produced at that epoch, and reveals a previous study of Aretino.

Nola, Bruno's birthplace, was famous for the license of its country folk.

Since the day of its foundation by Chalkidian colonists, its inhabitants had preserved their Hellenic traditions intact.

The vintage, for example, was celebrated with an extravagance of obscene banter, which scandalized Philip II.'s viceroy in the sixteenth century.[85] During the period of Bruno's novitiate, the ordinances of the Council of Trent for discipline in monasteries were not yet in operation; and it is probable that throughout the thirteen years of his conventual experience, he mixed freely with the people and shared the pleasures of youth in that voluptuous climate.

He was never delicate in his choice of phrase, and made no secret of the admiration which the beauty of women excited in his nature.