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"Decameron"(Il Decamerone, from δέκα "ten", ἡμέρα "day" - lit. " ten days”) - a collection of one hundred short stories by the Italian writer Giovanni Boccaccio, one of the most famous books of the early Italian Renaissance, written approximately in 1352-1354. Most of the short stories in this book are devoted to the theme of love, ranging from its erotic to tragic aspects.

Name

Book title "Decameron" comes from the Greek words δέκα - "ten" and ἡμέρα - "day", literally translated as " ten days". It was created by the author according to the Greek model - in the manner of the title of one of the treatises of St. Ambrose of Milan - Hexaemeron("Shestodnev"). In the Six Days, created by other medieval authors, it was usually told about the creation of the world by God in 6 days. The Decameron is also a book about the creation of the world. But the world in the Decameron is created not by God, but by human society - however, not in six, but in ten days.

Also had a vulgar-folk nickname (subtitle) "Prince Galeotto"(Principe Galeotto, lit. "Procurer"), which hinted at the ideological opponents of Boccaccio, who were trying to prove that the Decameron was undermining the foundations of religion and morality. Galeoto is King Arthur's knight Galehot, who facilitated the relationship between Ginevra and Lancelot, and is mentioned in The Divine Comedy by Dante. Her characters Francesca di Rimini and Paolo kiss for the first time under the influence of reading this fragment of the legend ( “We were alone, everyone was careless, Over the book their eyes met at once .. and the book became our Geleotom ...”, Hell, V.). From Dante, the name "Galeotto" entered into Italian language as a synonym for pimp.

Plot

The scheme of this work is found in Boccaccio before, in Ameto (love stories of seven nymphs) and Philocolo (13 love questions). The structure of the essay is twofold - a "frame composition" is used with inserted short stories. The framing events of the book take place in the XIV century, during the plague of 1348. A group of 3 noble boys and 7 ladies, who met in the church of Santa Maria Novella, leave the plague-ridden Florence for a country villa 2 miles from the city to escape the disease there. (Traditionally it is believed that this is the Villa Palmieri in Fiesole).

Outside the city, they spend their time telling each other various entertaining stories. Many of them are not Boccaccio's original compositions, but folkloric, legendary and classical motifs reworked by him - for example, from "Metamorphosis" Apuleius, anecdotes, which made up a significant part of urban folklore, and religious and moralistic "examples" with which the sermons of the famous ministers of the church were equipped, French fablios and oriental tales, oral stories of contemporary Florentines. Boccaccio also drew from an Italian collection of the 13th century Cento novelle antiche. The Indian collection of tales "Panchatantra" influenced the structure and a number of short stories, and "Historia gentis Langobardorum" Paul the Deacon - on a way of describing the plague. (See below for a summary of the sources he used.) List of Decameron novellas).

(Book of novels, 1350-1353)
In 1348, a devastating plague broke out in Florence, killing one hundred thousand people, although before that no one had imagined that there were so many inhabitants in the city. Relatives and friends stopped communicating with each other, the servants refused to serve the masters, the dead were not buried, but dumped into pits dug in church cemeteries.
And in the midst of the plague, when the city was almost deserted, in the church of Santa Marif Govella, after the divine liturgy, seven young women from eighteen to twenty-eight years old met, "bound by friendship, neighborhood, kinship", "reasonable, well-born, beautiful, well-behaved, captivating in their modesty", all in mourning clothes appropriate to the "gloomy hour". Without giving their true names, the author calls them, guided by their spiritual qualities, Pampinea, Fiammetta, Philomena, Emilia, Lauretta, Neifila and Elissa.
Recalling how many girls and boys were killed by the terrible plague, Pampinea suggests "retiring in a decent manner to country estates and filling leisure with all kinds of entertainment." Leaving the city, where people, waiting for their death hour, indulged in lust and depravity, they will protect themselves from unpleasant experiences, moreover, they themselves will behave morally and with dignity. Nothing keeps them in Florence, all their loved ones died.
Other women support the idea of ​​Pampinea, and Philomena suggests inviting men with her, because it is difficult for a woman to live with her mind and her advice from a man is extremely necessary. Elissa objects to her, saying that at this time it is difficult to find reliable companions, there are no relatives and friends, and it is indecent to address strangers. She suggests looking for another way to salvation.
During this conversation, three young people Panfilo, Filostrato and Dioneo, comely and well-mannered young people, the youngest of whom is at least twenty-five years old, enter the church. Among the ladies who found themselves in the church there are also their beloved ones, the rest are related to them. Pampinea immediately offers to invite them.
Neifila, blushing with embarrassment, expresses herself in the sense that the young men are good and smart, but are in love with some of the ladies present, and this can cast a shadow on their society. Philomena, on the other hand, objects that the main thing is to live honestly, and the rest will follow.
Young people gladly agreed to the invitation. Having agreed on everything, the girls and boys, accompanied by maids and servants, leave the city the next day. They arrive in a picturesque area where there is a beautiful palace, and settle down there. The most cheerful and witty Dioneo offered to have fun as anyone. He is supported by Pampinea, who suggests that someone should be in charge of them and think about the arrangement of their life and amusements. And so that everyone knows both the cares and joys associated with headship, and that no one is envious, the order of this honorable burden should be established. They will all choose the first "ruler" together, and each time before Vespers, the next ones will be appointed by the one who was the ruler that day. All unanimously elect Pampinea, and Philomena places a laurel wreath on her head, which during the following days serves as a sign of "headship and royalty."
Having given the necessary orders to the servants, and asking everyone to refrain from reporting unpleasant news, Pampinea allows friends to disperse. After breakfast, everyone sings, dances and plays musical instruments, and then they lie down to rest. At three o'clock, waking up, everyone gathers in a shady corner of the garden, and Pampinea suggests devoting time to stories, "for one storyteller is able to occupy all listeners," allowing on the first day to tell "what everyone likes best." Dioneo asks for the right to tell the story of his choice each time in order to amuse the society, tired of the excessive tension of the mind, and he receives this right.
First novella of the first day
Panfilo tells
It often happens that people do not dare to directly turn to God, and then they go to the holy intercessors, who during their lifetime observed the divine will and abide in heaven with the Almighty. But sometimes it also happens that people, misled by public opinion, choose for themselves such an intercessor in the face of the Almighty, who is condemned by him to eternal torment. Panfilo tells about such an intercessor.
One day, the eminent merchant Mushyatto Francesi, who received the nobility, moves from Paris to Tuscany. The brother of the French king Charles Landless at the same time receives a call to the same place from Pope Boniface. Muschiatto Francesi and Karl Landless ride together. Charles needs a man to collect a debt from the Burgundians, famous for their intractability, malevolence and dishonesty. The choice falls on Messer Cepparello of Prato, a notary known in France as Chapeleto. Chapparello trades in the manufacture of false documents and perjury, he is a squabbler, a brawler, a murderer, a blasphemer, a drunkard, a thief, a robber, a cheater and a malicious dice player. " Worst man than he, perhaps, was not born. "For his service, Muschiatto promises to put in a good word for Chapeleto in the palace and give out a fair part of the amount that he will exact.
Since Shapeleto has no business, the funds are running out, and the patron leaves him, he "out of necessity" agrees. Messer goes to Burgundy, where no one knows him, and settles with immigrants from Florence, moneylender brothers.
Suddenly, Shapeleto falls ill, and the brothers, feeling that his end is near, discuss how to be. They cannot drive a sick person out into the street, but meanwhile he can refuse confession, and then it will not be possible to bury him in a Christian way. If he confesses, then such sins will be revealed that no priest will forgive, and the result will be the same. This may turn the locals against them, as they already disapprove of their trade, and may lead to mayhem.
Messer Shapeleto hears the conversation of the brothers and promises to arrange both them and his affairs in the best possible way.
An old man, famous for his "holy life", is brought to the dying man, and Shapeleto begins to confess. To the question of the old man, when he last time confessed, Shapeleto, who
when he did not confess, he says that he does it every week, and each time he repents of all the sins committed from birth. The elder asks if he has sinned with women, to which Shapeleto replies: "I am just the same virgin as I came out of my mother's womb." Regarding gluttony, the notary admits that his sin was that during fasting he drank water with the same pleasure as a drunkard wine, and ate fast food with appetite. Speaking about the sin of silver love, he declares that he donated a significant part of his rich inheritance to the poor, and then, being engaged in trade, he constantly shares with the poor. He admits that he often became angry, watching how people "perform indecency every day, not keeping the commandments of the Lord and not fearing the judgment of God." He repents that he slandered, speaking about a neighbor who kept beating his wife. And once he did not immediately count the money received for the goods, and it turned out that there were more of them than necessary. He failed to find their owner, and used the surplus for charitable causes.
Shapeleto uses two more minor sins to read an instruction to the holy father, and then begins to cry and reports that he once scolded his mother. Seeing his sincere repentance, the monk believes him, forgives all sins and recognizes him as a saint, offering to bury him in his monastery.
Listening to the confession of Shapeleto from behind the wall, the brothers can hardly restrain their laughter, "nothing is able to correct his vicious disposition: he has lived his whole life as a villain, and he dies as a villain."
The coffin with the body of Chapeleto is transferred to the monastery church, the monk who confessed him paints his holiness, and when he is buried in the crypt, pilgrims rush there from all sides. They call him Saint Chapeleto and "they say that the Lord through him has already shown many miracles and continues to show them daily to everyone who with faith resorts to him."
Second novella of the first day
Neifila's story
A wealthy merchant Giannotto di Civigni lives in Paris, a kind, honest and just man who communicates with the Jewish merchant Abram and is very distressed that the soul of such a worthy person will perish because of wrong faith. He begins to persuade Abram to accept Christianity, arguing that Christian faith by virtue of its holiness, it flourishes and spreads more and more, and the faith of Abram becomes impoverished and comes to naught. At first, Abram does not agree, but then promises to become a Christian, but only after he visits Rome and observes the life of God's vicar on earth and his cardinals. This decision plunges Giannotto into despondency, since he is familiar with the mores of the papal court, and he tries to dissuade Abram from the trip, but he insists on his own. In Rome, he is convinced that debauchery, envy, pride and even worse vices flourish in the papal court. Returning to Paris, he announces his intention to be baptized, citing the following argument: the pope, all the cardinals, prelates and courtiers "seek to wipe the Christian faith from the face of the earth, and they do it with extraordinary diligence,<...>cunningly and<...>skillfully, "and meanwhile this faith is spreading more and more, which means it is supported by the Holy Spirit. Giannotto becomes his godfather and gives him the name Giovanni.
Second day of the Decameron
"On the day of the reign of Philomena, stories are brought to attention about how for people who were subjected to many different trials, in the end, beyond all expectations, everything ended well."
First novella of the second day
Neifila's story
Moral: "often the one who tries to mock others, especially sacred objects, laughs to his own detriment and is himself ridiculed."
After his death, a German from Treviso named Arrigo is recognized as a saint, and the crippled, blind and sick are brought to his relics, transferred to the cathedral, for healing. At this time, three actors come to Treviso from Florence: Stecchi, Martelli no and Marchese, to also look at the relics of the saint.
To break through the crowd, Martellino pretends to be a cripple, whom friends lead to the relics. In the cathedral they lay him on the relics, and he pretends to be healed - he unbends his twisted arms and legs - but suddenly he is recognized by a certain Florentine who reveals his deceit to everyone. They begin to beat him mercilessly, and then Marchese, in order to save his friend, announces to the guards that he allegedly cut off his wallet. Martellino is seized and taken to the mayor, where others who were present in the cathedral slander him that he, too, is among them.
hall wallets. A stern and cruel judge takes over the case. Under torture, Martellino agrees to confess, but on the condition that each of the complainants indicate where and when his wallet was cut off. Everyone says a different time, while Martellino has just arrived in this city. He tries to build his defense on this, but the judge does not want to hear anything and is going to hang him.
Meanwhile, Martellino's friends seek intercession from a man who enjoys the trust of the mayor. Calling Martellino to him and laughing at this adventure, the mayor lets all three go home.
Fourth day of the Decameron
"On the day of the reign of Filostrato, stories of unhappy love are brought to attention."
First novella of the fourth day
Fiammetta's story
The Prince of Salerno Tancred has a daughter, Gismond, who, having remained a widow early, returns to her father's house and is in no hurry to marry again, choosing a worthy lover for herself. Her choice falls on Guiscardo, a young man of low birth, but noble, a servant in his father's house. Dreaming of a secret date, Gismond gives him a note in which she makes an appointment with him in an abandoned cave and explains how to get there. She herself goes there along the old secret staircase. Having met in a cave, the lovers go to her bedroom, where they spend time. So they meet several times.
One day, Tankerd visits his daughter when she is walking in the garden, and, while waiting for her, accidentally falls asleep. Without noticing him, Gismond is brought to Guiscardo's room, and Tancred becomes a witness to their amorous pleasures. Imperceptibly getting out of the room, he tells the servants to grab Guiscardo and imprison him in one of the rooms of the palace.
The next day, Tancred goes to his daughter and accuses her of giving herself to a man of "the darkest origin." Gismonda is a very proud woman, so she decides not to ask her father for anything, but to end her life, as she is sure that her lover is no longer alive. She sincerely confesses her love, explaining it by the virtues of Guiscardo and the demands of the flesh, and accuses her father of being in the grip of prejudices, reproaches her not so much for the fall, but for being associated with a person of low birth. Gismond argues that true nobility is not in origin, but in deeds, and even poverty indicates only a lack of funds, but not nobility. Taking all the blame on herself, she asks her father to do with her the same way he did with Guiscardo, otherwise she promises to lay hands on herself.
Tancred does not believe that his daughter is capable of carrying out the threat, and, taking out the heart from the chest of the murdered Guiscardo, sends it to Gismond in a golden goblet. Gismonda addresses the heart of her beloved with the words that the enemy gave him a tomb worthy of his valor. Washing her heart with tears and pressing it to her chest, she pours poison into a goblet and drinks the poison to the drop. The repentant Tancred fulfills his daughter's last will and buries the lovers in the same tomb.
Sixth day of the Decameron
"In the day of Elissa's reign, stories are offered of how people, stung by someone's joke, paid the same or averted loss, danger and dishonor with quick and resourceful answers."
First story of the sixth day
Philomena's story
One day, the noble Florentine Donna Oretta, wife of Geri Spina, was walking on her estate with ladies and men invited to dinner with her, and since it was far from the place where they were going to walk, one of her companions suggested: "Allow me, donna Oretta, to tell you an amusing story, and you will not notice how you get there, as if you were riding a horse almost all the time. However, the narrator was so incompetent and so hopelessly spoiled the story that Donna Oretta experienced physical discomfort from this, "Messer! Your horse is very stumbling. Be so kind as to let me down," the lady said with a charming smile. The companion "immediately caught the hint, turned it into a joke, the first one himself laughed and hurried to move on to other topics," without finishing the story he had begun.

Eighth day of the Decameron
"On the day of Lauretta's reign, stories are offered of what jokes are made daily by a woman with a man, a man with a woman, and a husband with a man."
Tenth novella of the eighth day
Dioneo's story
In the port city of Palermo, there is a procedure by which merchants who come to the city deposit their goods in a warehouse called customs. Customs officers allocate a special room for the goods and enter the goods with an indication of value in the customs book, thanks to which women of dishonest behavior easily find out about the means of the merchant, in order to then lure him into love networks and rob him to the skin.
One day, the Florentine Niccolo da Cigna no, nicknamed Salabaetto, arrives there. He arrived in Palermo with a large amount of fabrics on behalf of his masters. He handed over the goods and went for a walk around the city. Donna Jancofiere, aware of his financial situation, pays attention to him. She nominates young man a date, and when he comes, he pleases him in every possible way. They meet several times, she gives him gifts and does not demand anything in return. Finally she finds out that he sold the goods. After that, she starts her main game. During the next meeting, she leaves the room and returns in tears, saying that her brother demands to immediately send him a thousand florins, otherwise he will be beheaded. Believing that before him is a rich and decent woman who will repay the debt, he gives her five hundred florins obtained for the fabrics. Having received the money, Jancofiore immediately loses interest in him, and Salabaetto realizes that he was deceived.
To hide from the persecution of the owners demanding money, he leaves for Naples, where he tells everything to the treasurer of the Empress of Constantinople and a friend of his family, Pietro dello Canigiano, who offers him a plan of action.
According to the plan, Salabaetto packed a lot of bales, bought two dozen olive oil barrels, and returned to Palermo, where he handed over the goods to customs, announcing to the customs officers that he would not touch this batch until the next one arrived. Learning that the goods that have arrived cost at least two thousand florins, and the expected one is more than three, Jancofiore sends for the merchant. Salabaetto pretends to be glad to be invited and confirms the rumors about the value of his goods. To win the young man's trust, she returns the debt to him, and he enjoys spending time with her.
Once he comes to her dejected and says that he must pay off the corsairs who have seized the second batch of goods, otherwise the goods will be taken to Monaco. Jancofiore suggests that he borrow money from a loan shark friend at high interest, and Salabaetto realizes that she is going to lend him her own money. He agrees, promising to secure the payment of the debt with goods in the warehouse, which he will immediately transfer to the name of the lender. The next day, Jancofiore, a trusted broker, gives Slabaetto a thousand florins, and he, having paid off his debts, departs for Ferrara.
After making sure that Salabaetto is not in Palermo, Jancofiore tells the broker to break into the warehouse - it turns out to be in barrels sea ​​water, and in bales of tow. She understands that she was left in the cold, and she was treated in the same way as she herself did in her time.
Tenth day of the Decameron
"On the day of Panfilo's reign, stories about people who have shown generosity and magnanimity both in hearty and in other matters are brought to attention."
Tenth novella of the tenth day
The young Gualtieri, the eldest in the family of the marquises of Salutsky, is persuaded by his subjects to marry in order to continue the family, and even offer to find him a bride. But the marquis agrees to marry only of his choice. He marries a poor peasant woman, Griselda, warning her that she will have to please him in everything. The girl turned out to be charming and courteous, she is obedient and considerate to her husband, affectionate with her subjects, and everyone loves her, recognizing her high virtues.
Meanwhile, Gualtieri decides to test Griselda's patience and reproaches her for having given birth not to a son, but to a daughter, which greatly outraged the courtiers, who were already allegedly dissatisfied with her low origin. A few days later, he sends a servant to her, who announces that he has an order to kill her daughter. The servant brings the girl Gualtieri, and he sends her to be raised by a relative in Bologna, asking no one to reveal whose daughter it is.
After some time, Griselda gives birth to a son, whom her husband also takes from her, and then tells her that, at the insistence of his subjects, he is forced to marry another, and expel her. She resignedly gives her son, who is sent to be raised by the same relative in Bologna.
Some time later, Gualtieri shows everyone fake letters in which the pope allegedly allows him to part with Griselda and marry another. Griselda obediently, in one shirt, returns to parental home. Gualtieri, on the other hand, spreads rumors that he is marrying the daughter of Count Panago, and sends for Griselda, so that she, as a servant, will put things in order in the house for the arrival of guests. When the "bride" arrives, and Gualtieri has decided to marry off his own daughter, Griselda welcomes her cordially.

The book "Decameron" by Giovanni Boccaccio is one of the brightest and most famous works of the Early Renaissance in Italy. What this book tells about and how it earned the love of readers, you can learn from this article.

On the question of the name

"Decameron" literally translates from ancient Greek as "ten days". Here the author follows the tradition of Greek texts, which came from Ambrose of Milan, dedicated to the theme of the creation of the world in six days - "Six Days". As in similar texts, in the Decameron the title refers directly to the plot. However, unlike medieval treatises, the world is created not by God, but by man, and not in six, but in ten days.

In addition to the official title, the book was subtitled "Prince Galeotto" (in Italian, "Galeotto" means "procurer"). It hinted at the opponents of Boccaccio, who argued that the writer undermines the moral foundations of society with his short stories.

History of creation

It is believed that Boccaccio's Decameron was written in 1348-1351 in Naples and Florence. A peculiar reason and source of inspiration for the writer was the plague of 1349 - a very real historical fact used by him in the work.

The originally published book became popular not with the intended target audience - the Italian intelligentsia, but with merchants who read the Decameron as a collection of erotic stories. But closer to the 15th century, the work became popular among other segments of the Italian population, and after that throughout Europe, bringing Boccaccio world fame. Since the invention of printing, the Decameron has become one of the most published books.

The Decameron was listed in the 1559 Index of Forbidden Books as an anti-clerical work. The church immediately condemned the work and its author for many immoral details, which gave rise to Boccaccio's doubts about whether the Decameron had a right to exist. He even planned to burn the original, which Petrarch talked him out of. However, until the end he was embarrassed by his brainchild, repenting of its creation.

Genre "Decameron"

According to the researchers, Boccaccio in the book "The Decameron" perfected the genre of the short story, giving it features that are so attractive to the reader - a bright, juicy folk Italian language, interesting images, entertaining plots (which were well known, but sometimes interpreted quite unusually). The focus of the author's attention was on a typical Renaissance problem - the self-awareness of the individual, therefore the "Decameron" is often called the "Human Comedy", by analogy with the famous work of Dante.

Thanks to the new approach, Boccaccio became fundamental to the Renaissance - he had never before reached such a peak, although he had existed for a long time.

Boccaccio's text is curious in structure. It is a "frame" composition with numerous short stories inserted into it. Most of them are devoted to the love theme, which varies from light erotica to real tragedies.

The main action takes place in 1348 in Florence, covered in one of the city's cathedrals, young noble people meet - seven girls and three boys. Together they decide to retire from the city to a remote villa to wait out the epidemic there. Thus, the action resembles a feast during the plague.

Characters are described as real existing people, but their names directly correspond to their characters.

Being outside the city, they entertain each other, telling all kinds of stories - this is no longer original lyrics Giovanni Boccaccio, but reworked by him a variety of fabulous, folklore and religious motifs. They are taken from all layers of cultures - these are oriental tales, and the writings of Apuleius, and Italian anecdotes, and French fablios, and moral sermons of priests.

The action takes place over ten days, in each of which ten short stories are told. The story itself is preceded by a description of the pastime of youth - refined and intelligent. In the morning a queen or king of the day is chosen to decide the theme of today's stories, and in the evening one of the ladies sings a ballad summing up the stories. On weekends, young people take a break, so in total they stay at the villa for two weeks, after which they return to Florence.

In 1348 Florence was “visited by a destructive plague”, one hundred thousand people died, although before that no one had imagined that there were so many inhabitants in the city. Family and friendship ties fell apart, the servants refused to serve the masters, the dead were not buried, but dumped into pits dug in church cemeteries.

And here in the midst

Troubles, when the city was almost empty, in the church of Santa Maria Novella, after the divine liturgy, seven young women from eighteen to twenty-eight years old met, "bound by friendship, neighborhood, kinship", "reasonable, well-born, beautiful, well-behaved, captivating in their modesty ”, all in mourning clothes appropriate to the “gloomy hour”. Without giving their true names in order to avoid misunderstandings, the author calls them Pampinea, Fiametta, Philomena, Emilia, Lauretta, Neyfila and Elissa - in accordance with their spiritual qualities.

Recalling how many young men and women were swept away by the terrible plague, Pampinea suggests "retiring in a decent manner to country estates and filling leisure with all kinds of entertainment." Leaving the city, where people, in anticipation of their death hour, indulged in lust and depravity, they will protect themselves from unpleasant experiences, despite the fact that they themselves will behave morally and with dignity. Nothing keeps them in Florence: all their loved ones died.

The ladies approve of Pampinea's idea, and Philomena suggests inviting men with her, because it is difficult for a woman to live by her own mind and the advice of a man is extremely necessary for her. Elissa objects to her: they say, at this time it is difficult to find reliable companions - some of the relatives have died, some have gone in all directions, and it is indecent to address strangers. She suggests looking for another way to salvation.

During this conversation, three young people enter the church - Panfilo, Filostrato and Dioneo, all pretty and well-bred, the youngest of whom is at least twenty-five years old. Among the ladies who found themselves in the church there are also their beloved ones, the rest are related to them. Pampinea immediately offers to invite them.

Neifila, blushing with embarrassment, expresses herself in the sense that the young men are good and smart, but are in love with some of the ladies present, and this can cast a shadow on their society. Philomena, on the other hand, objects that the main thing is to live honestly, and the rest will follow.

Young people are glad to be invited; having agreed on everything, the girls and boys, accompanied by maids and servants, leave the city the next morning. They arrive in a picturesque area where there is a beautiful palace, and settle down there. The word is taken by Dioneo, the most cheerful and witty, offering to have fun as anyone wants. He is supported by Pampinea, who suggests that someone should be in charge of them and think about the arrangement of their life and amusements. And so that everyone knows both the worries and joys associated with headship, and that no one is envious, this honorable burden should be placed on each one in turn.

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In 1348, a plague in Florence killed about a hundred thousand people.
In the almost deserted city, in the temple, after a sermon, seven young girls met, whom the author names as Pampineea, Fiametta, Philomena, Emilia, Lauretta, Neifila and Elissa - according to their spiritual qualities.
Pampinea offered to retire to a country estate, where to indulge in entertainment. The ladies agreed on the idea of ​​Pampinea, and Philomena suggested that men be invited as well, since horses are always necessary for women. During the conversation, three men enter - Filostrato, Panfilo and Dioneo. Pampinea offers to invite them.

The young people rejoiced at the invitation. The next morning, the girls and boys, accompanied by servants and maids, leave the city. They nailed to a wonderful palace outside the city and settled in it. Dioneo offered to have fun as he pleases. He was supported by Pampinea, who proposed to choose the chief in the organization of entertainment and to choose everyone in turn for this position. The first "overlord" will be chosen jointly, and the next overlord will be chosen by the previous overlord. For the first time Pampinea was unanimously elected.
Everyone is eating and having fun. Pampinea offers to listen to stories that everyone likes. Dioneo asks for the right to always be the last to tell the story, without respecting the theme of the day, for the amusement of society and avoiding unnecessary philosophizing.

THE FIRST DAY
Under the leadership of Pampinea, where only love stories are told.
Novella first
Sir Cheparello, nicknamed Chappeletto, a scoundrel in life, is dying in another city. He cheats at confession and dies. The priest who confessed him believes that, and after Chappeletto died, he is ranked among the saints; by decision of the Church. Saint Chappeletto is respected and pilgrims go to his relics.
Novella II
Abraham, a Jew, went to the Roman court and saw the corruption of the churchmen there. He returned to Paris and became a Christian, believing that if even with such depravity of those, Catholicism only grows stronger, then there is truth in it.
Novella third
The ruler-commander, Saladin, comes to Melchizedek, a Jewish usurer, for money to wage war and asks a question. Which is better Christianity, Islam or Judaism? The usurer understands that Saladdin will be dissatisfied with any answer, kill him and take the money. In an attempt to avoid this, he told a story about his father. He made identical rings and secretly gave each of his three sons, saying before that this ring was the only one and its owner would receive an inheritance. After the death of their father, the brothers are still arguing about which of them is the heir, because. all have rings. Saladdin understood the meaning of history (rings mean religions), began to respect the usurer and left without money, but making Melchizedek a friend.

Novella 4
The monk sins with the girl. He was seen by the abbot, who himself could not stand it and also enjoyed the girl. The monk catches the abbot and escapes punishment.
Novella fifth
Widow of the Marquise of Montferrat, she is visited by the passionate King of France. She feeds him chickens, saying that although there are no roosters and hens in the country, these hens are no different from others. The king took the hint and tempered his temper.
Novel six
A person, having paid for his sins before the Inquisition, receives forgiveness and becomes a crusader. He was sent to the church to be imbued with faith. Returning, he says to the inquisitor, he is amused by one thought: if the giver on earth, the rejected will be rewarded tenfold in paradise, then the monks in heaven choke on stew, which they give to the poor as a surplus.

Novella seventh
Bergamino, musician and poet, at the feast of Monsieur Canet Dela Scala. Not having received payment from him, he told that parable about the poor but famous poet Primus. Being at a dinner with the abbot, famous for his hospitality. He invited crowds of the poor to the table. But somehow greed got the better of him. The abbot ordered not to give the Primus food, and he began to eat the stored bread. When the Primate finished eating the last piece, the abbot came to his senses, marveled at himself and treated the guest. Cane Dela Scala understood the moral and generously thanked the musician.
Novella eighth
The rich miser Ermino de Grimaldi asked the artist to paint something unusual while painting the walls. He said that he would write Ermino's never seen Nobility. Ermino became ashamed and became generous.
Novella ninth
Gascon lady insulted in Cyprus. She came to the then weak-willed king, and asked not for revenge, but to teach her to endure all insults like him. He understood the reproach and changed.

Novella tenth
Old but wise Alberto fell in love with a woman, but she wants to shame him in front of her friends. Alberto says that women eat unpalatable and unpleasant onions. Therefore, he hopes that a woman will choose him instead of a young man, if not passionate, but loving.

SECOND DAY
Under the leadership of Philomena, where they talk about those who have achieved their goal despite obstacles.
Novella first
Three actors came to Treviso to look at the relics of St. Arrigo. In the crowd, Martellino pretended to be a cripple and pretended to be cured by relics. The deception was revealed, he was seized and beaten. Marchese, saving a friend, told the guards that he had cut off his purse. Martellino is awaiting execution, but friends told the authorities about the joke, they laughed and freed the porch.
Novella II
Rinaldo was robbed. He was "sheltered" by a widow. Having received a reward for this, he learns that his thieves were seized in the city, takes the loot and goes happy to his homeland.
Novella third
The three brothers squandered their inheritance and became impoverished. Alessandro's nephew, in despair. On the way, he meets the abbot, who is actually the daughter of the king of England. They are getting married. Alessandro returns the uncles to their former position and wealth.

Novella 4
Landolfo Ruffolo, impoverished and became a pirate. His ship sinks, he escapes on a jewelry box and returns home a wealthy man.
Novella fifth
Andreuccio arrived in Naples to buy horses. He ends up at the hetaera's house, where she steals his wallet. Andreuccio fell into a latrine trying to get it back. He is chased away. He met the robbers, washed himself in the well and went to rob the crypt with them. The robbers locked him there. He has changed into clothes from a corpse and puts on a dead man's ruby ​​ring. The new marauders who came were frightened, and Andreuccio got out of the open tomb and left with a ruby ​​ring.
Novel six
Beritola's husband is in disfavor. She and her two sons end up on the island after a shipwreck. Sons are kidnapped by pirates, she lives with two fallow deer in a cave. Beritola is rescued by family friends and travels to Lunigiana. One son fell into the service of the king. He seduced the king's daughter and ended up in prison. Sicily overthrew King Charles. The Beritola family is respected again. Son, marries the king's daughter. Another brother found. Both regained their high status.
Novella seventh
The Babylonian Sultan married his daughter, Alatiel, to a great king. As a result of various cases, she ends up in different parts, in the "hands" of nine men who kill each other for the beauty of Alatiel. Finally, returning to her father as a virgin, she marries King Garbo.
Novella eighth
Count of Anver, sent into exile on false accusations by the ruler's wife, leaving his two children in England. He serves as a groom in the army of the King of France. Before his death, the ruler's wife confessed that she had lied, and the count regained his position.
Novella ninth
Bernabò argued with Ambrogiolo that his wife would never cheat on him. Ambrogiolo, hid in Bernabò's house and looks at his sleeping wife. He told Bernabò about the sign of his wife. The merchant lost a lot of money and dignity. Orders to kill his wife. The servant spared her. She, under the guise of a man, serves the Sultan, having reached a high position. Calling on Bernabò and Ambrogiolo, she forces the deceiver to tell the truth. Bernabò repents. His wife opened up to him. After receiving an award from the Sultan, she leaves with her husband.
Novella tenth
Paganino kidnaps the wife of Ricciardo da Cinzica. The husband follows them. Having made friends with Paganino, he asks to return it to him. Paganino agrees if Ricciardo's wife agrees. She does not want to return, and becomes Paganino's wife after her husband's death.

DAY THREE
Under the leadership of the Neiphiles, they tell about those who returned or got something.

Novella first
Young Masetto, pretending to be a dumb, stupid fellow, became the gardener of the monastery and begins to seduce the nuns. He's exhausted, he can't please so many women. He says that he is not dumb and leaves the monastery.
Novella II
The stable boy disguises himself as King Agilulf and sleeps with the queen. The king saw him and secretly cut his hair to identify the culprit. The groom cuts the hair of the other grooms and remains unrecognized, and the king is amazed at the insolent cunning.
Novella third
The lady, having fallen in love with the young man, confesses to the priest, complaining that the young man "seeks" her love. The priest is a friend of the young man and calls him to him for censure. The young man understood the trick of the lady. At the next confession, she tells in what ways the young man “tried” to enter her house. From the indignant priest, the young man learns these ways and spends time with the lady at her place.
Novella 4
Don Felice told the believing but stupid brother Puccio that one can atone for sins by praying all night, tied in the yard. What Puccio does. Don Felice is sleeping with his wife at this time.
Novella fifth
Ricciardo Zima gave the horse to Francesco Vergellesi, for which he is allowed to talk to the latter's wife. Francesco told his wife to keep quiet. Ricciardo answers his questions for her, thereby offering that way of meeting. It all happened.
Novel six
Ricciardo Minutolo, in love with his wife Filippello Figinolfi, tells her that Filippello has a date in the bath with his wife. The jealous lady goes there and sleeps with Ricciardo, thinking that it is her husband. Ricciardo then confessed to everything.
Novella seventh
Tedaldo quarreled with his mistress and left Florence. After a while he returned. Disguised as a pilgrim, he informs her that Tedaldo killed himself because of her and seeks her repentance. Then he saved her husband, accused of his murder. He reconciles his husband with his brothers and sins with his wife. Later it was found out that a foreigner who looked like a lover was killed.
Novella eighth
After the powder sprinkled by the abbot, Feronda fell asleep and became like a corpse. They bury him. The abbot pulled him out of the grave and took him to prison, they assure him that he is in purgatory. Meanwhile, the abbot sins with his wife Ferondo. "Resurrected" Ferondo brings up the son of the abbot, who was born to his wife.

Novella ninth
Gilletta cured the king of France from a fistula and demands Beltramo as her husband. He marries against his will and leaves for Florence. There he meets another girl. Gillette secretly sleeps with him instead of her and gives birth to two sons. He recognizes sons. Appreciating the efforts of Gillette, he lives with her as with his wife.
Novella tenth
Alibek, the daughter of a wealthy Muslim, became a hermit of her own free will. Other monks, fearing temptation, give her to the care of Rustico, known for the strength of faith and purity. Rustico sleeps with Alibek, saying that this is how he "drives the devil to hell." She likes it. She returned to the city and became Neyerbal's wife. She told the ladies about the incident. Thus was born the obscene phrase "drive the devil to hell."

DAY FOUR
Under the leadership of Filostrato, they talk about unhappy love.
Novella first
Tancred killed his daughter's lover and sent his heart to her in a goblet. She poured poisoned water into it, drank it and died.
Novella II
Monk Albert told Lisette that an angel had taken possession of Albert's body and wished for intimacy with her. They date until Lisette tells her friends about the secret. Relatives are trying to catch the "angel", he runs away through the window, hides with the poor man, who took him to the square. The monk was recognized, seized and thrown into prison.
Novella third
Three guys fell in love with three sisters, they run away to Crete in them. The older sister kills her lover out of jealousy. The second sister sleeps with the Duke of Crete, saving her from death. Her lover killed her and fled with her first sister. The third lover of the third sister is accused of murder. They took the blame, bribed the guards and flee to Rhodes, where they died in poverty.
Novella 4
Prince Gerbino fell in love with the described image of the daughter of the King of Tunisia. She also fell in love with Gerbino. He gives his word to his grandfather that he will not attack the ship in which the daughter of the king of Tunisia is being transported to the groom. He did not keep his word and attacked. The girl was killed in battle, but Gerbino killed everyone out of revenge. He was executed for disobedience.
Novella fifth
Isabetta's brothers killed her lover. He dreams of her and shows where his grave is. She dug up his head and put it in a basil pot and weeps over it every day. The brothers take the pot and Isabetta dies of grief.
Novel six
Andreola loved Gabriotto. He suddenly dies of a heart attack. She and her maid carry Gabriotto to his house. The guard takes them and wants to rape them, she resists. Her father hears her and frees the innocent. Andreola becomes a nun.

Novella seventh
Simone and Pasquino met in the garden. The young man rubbed sage against his teeth and died. Simone, showing the judge how Pasquino died, rubbed her teeth with the same piece of paper and died. It turned out that this is a poisonous plant, not sage.
Novella eighth
Girolamo loved Salvestra. He went to Paris at the request of his mother. He returned and found out that she was married. Having secretly entered the house, he asks Salvestra to lie down next to him and dies. Salvestra weeps over his body and also dies, they are buried together.
Novella ninth
Rossillone gives his wife a taste of the heart of Guardastagno, loved by her and killed by him. Upon learning, she jumped out of the window and died. She was buried with her beloved.
Novella tenth
The doctor's wife's lover accidentally drank a sleeping potion. The wife thought he was dead and the maid put the body in a box being dragged by two usurers. A lover who wakes up is seized like a thief. The maid says that she put him in a box stolen by usurers. The lover escaped the gallows, and the usurers were fined.

DAY FIVE
Under the leadership of Fiammetta, where they talk about happy love.
Novella first
Cimone, an ugly savage, saw Ephigenia sleeping and became a wonderful sage. He stole his beloved and took him to the sea, after which he ends up in captivity in Rhodes. He was freed by Lysimachus, they steal Ephigenia and Cassandra, Lysimachus's beloved, flee to Crete, marry and return home together.
Novella II
Martuccio is loved by Constanta. Upon learning of his death, she boards the boat alone, the wind takes her to Susa. In Tunisia, seeing that he is alive, she confesses to him. He married her and returned to Lipari as a wealthy man due to his successful service to the king.

Novella third
Pietro ran away with Agnolella from the house, meeting robbers along the way. The girl in the forest stumbled upon a friend, she brought her to her castle. Pietro escaped from the robbers and then ends up in the castle, where he saw Agnolllau. They got married and returned to the city.
Novella 4
Due to the heat, Valbonne's daughter is sleeping on the balcony. Her beloved Ricciardo climbs up to her. Tired of love, they fell asleep embracing. They were caught by Lizio da Valbona and persuaded Ricciardo to marry his daughter.
Novella fifth
Guidotto entrusts his adopted daughter Giacomino and dies. Giannole and Mingino fell in love with her. However, they learn that she is the sister of Giannole and the girl is marrying a rival.
Novel six
Having climbed into the royal chambers, Gianni went to the mistress of King Federigo. The king finds them and orders them both to be burned, but finds out that they are from rich families and lets them go, not daring to execute them.
Novella seventh
Teodoro, a servant in Amerigo's house, fell in love with his daughter Violanta, and she suffered from Teodoro. Amerigo ordered to hang him, but Teodoro's father recognizes him as a kidnapped son and releases him.
Novella eighth
Nastagio is in love with a girl from the Traversari family, but does not receive reciprocity. In Chiassi, he sees a rider kill a girl and two dogs eat her, then she is resurrected and runs away again. The rider said that for the torment from this girl he died without reciprocity and now she must suffer for as many years as she tormented him for months. Beloved Nastagio, fearing the same fate, marries him.
Novella ninth
Federigo loves Giovanna, but she doesn't love him. He spends his riches on her and is left with only a falcon. Giovanna's sick son asks for a falcon. Federigo serves a falcon for dinner, as there is nothing else. She finds out about this and falls in love with Federigo, her son dies and the inheritance passes to him.
Novella tenth
Sodomy Pietro went to eat outside the house. His dissatisfied wife invited the young man to her place. When Pietro returned, his wife hid her lover in a chicken basket. Pietro said that in Ercolano, from whom he ate, they found a young man, hidden from him by his wife. The wife of Pietro condemns the wife of Ercolano. By chance, the donkey stepped on the young man's fingers, and he gave himself away by screaming. Pietro ran there, saw him and found out about his wife's betrayal. They reconcile, reconcile, and spend the night together. The young man, returning home in the morning, reflects on who he was last night, a man or a woman.

DAY SIX
Under the leadership of Eliza, where they talk about those who escaped offense or repaid for it.
Novella first
The nobleman promises Oryota to tell such a story that it will seem to her that she is riding a horse, but she stutters and gets lost. She aptly compared his story with a stumbled mare and asks to get off the saddle. The narrator understands the reproach.
Novella II
Chisty the baker always treats Jerry with expensive wine. Somehow he sends to Chist for wine, to treat his guests. Clean, seeing a healthy bottle, that the servant was sent to the wrong address. Jerry realized his indiscretion and came with the guests to Chisti himself, where he treated them with pleasure.
Novella third
The Bishop notices Pona, a lively girl who has recently been married. He asks if her husband got along with her? She, remembering the subordinate bishop who slept with the wife of a city dweller and paid for it with counterfeit money, replies that her husband will cope with her or not, most importantly, the coins are real. The bishop is ashamed.
Novella 4
Currado's cook, Kikibio, gave one leg of a roasted crane to his beloved and told Currado that these birds stand on one leg. Currado drove up to the cranes the next day and called out, they took off and both legs became visible. The cook said that even a fried bird had to shout to see the other leg.

Novella fifth
The famous artist Forese and the wise painter Giotto, both ugly, laugh at each other on the way from Mugello. Giotto said that no one would say by the appearance of Forese that he paints beautiful pictures. Forese replied that no one knew that Giotto had even learned grammar. Both realized that it was not for them to laugh at each other.
Novel six
Michele won the dispute about the most noble family. He argued that the Baronci family, famous for its deformities, is the most ancient because God trained on them to sculpt people.
Novella seventh
Philippa, convicted of treason, tells the judge that her husband can satisfy her and she gave the resulting "surplus" to the person who needed it. The speech delighted the judge so much that the sentence was reduced.
Novella eighth
Ceska, considers herself the most beautiful in the world and condemns others, saying that she is disgusted to see an abomination. Then Fresco, Chesky's uncle, advises her not to look in the mirror.
Novella ninth
The townspeople are trying to play a trick on the wise Guido. Finding him in the cemetery, Guido says that he is ready to listen to them here, in their house. Then he leaves, and the townspeople realize that he compared them to the dead in the cemetery because of their ignorance.
Novella tenth
Brother Luke came to collect donations for the order from the peasants, promising to show them a holy relic: a feather from the wing of the Archangel Gabriel. Two pranksters stole the "relic" and replaced the pen with charcoal. Finding coal instead of a pen, Luka tells the story of his wanderings in search of relics. He said that he mixed up and took instead of Gabriel's pen the coal on which they burned the great martyrs. The parishioners believed and gave Luka generous offerings, the pranksters began to respect Luka and returned the pen.

DAY SEVEN
Under the leadership of Dioneo, where they talk about the jokes of wives on their husbands.
Novella first
Gianni heard a knock on the door at night and woke his wife. She says that it is a ghost, although in truth it was her lover who came, thinking that her husband was not at home. Gianni and the wife pray, and the wife thus secretly tells the lover that the husband is at home, but that the lover can help himself to the food left in the garden. The knocking stopped.
Novella II
Peronella hid her lover in a wine barrel when her husband returned. The husband decided to sell it, and the wife said that she had just sold it. The buyer climbed into the barrel to check its strength. He got out and ordered his husband to scrape it out again, disappeared.

Novella third
The monk Rinaldo is sleeping with his godfather. The husband of the godfather finds them, and she assures her husband that the monk is talking worms from his godson. Brother Rinaldo had time to warn a comrade, having fun with a maid.
Novella 4
At night, Tofano locks the house from his wife, who went to her lover. When they refused to let her in on her return, she pretended to fall into the well by throwing a boulder into it. Frightened Tofano ran out of the house to the well. And the wife darted into the house, locked herself up and did not let Tofano in, exposing him to the neighbors as a violent drunkard, who returned home in the morning.
Novella fifth
Jealous, disguised as a priest and confesses his wife. She tells him that she is in love with a priest who comes to her every night. While the jealous man was guarding at the door, the wife ordered her lover to get on the roof. And then she reproached her husband for jealousy.
Novel six
To Isabella, when she had Leonetto, Lambertuccio comes. He loves her and she doesn't love him. Upon learning that her husband was nearby, Isabella ordered Leonetto to flee, and Lambertuccio to chase him with a knife. She told her husband that she wanted to shelter Leonetto, who had fled from Lambertuccio, with whom he for some reason became angry.
Novella seventh
Lodovico confessed his love to Beatrice and hid in her bedroom. Beatrice, dressing her husband in a dress, sent him to the garden to catch Lodovico. The same one sleeps with Beatrice this time, and then beat her husband dressed in a dress, saying that he does not want to endure the harassment of his wife

.
Novella eighth
Someone is jealous of his wife. She tied a thread to her finger so that she would know about the arrival of her lover. The husband stumbled upon a thread and guessed what this trick was for. While he runs after his lover, the wife puts a maid in bed instead of herself. The husband beats her, cuts her hair, and goes to his wife's brothers. They saw the sister unharmed, were indignant and threatened the jealous.
Novella ninth
Nicostratus' wife, Lydia, loves Pyrrhus' servant. Pyrrhus requires the fulfillment of three conditions. She fulfilled them: she killed the beloved pigeon Nicostratus, pulled out her husband's tuft of beard and tooth. Pyrrhus was convinced of Lydia's love. After that, they began to play Nicostratus: as soon as he found himself with Lydia in the garden under one of the many apple trees, Pyrrhus, climbing there, repeated that they were making love. Then Nicostratus himself climbed an apple tree and sees Pyrrhus and Lydia making love below. Nicostratus believes in the miraculous property of the apple tree, which Lydia ordered to be cut down just in case.
Novella tenth
Two love the same woman, she is godfather to one. When the godfather died, he returned to his friend, as he had promised earlier. He said that he was told in purgatory that adultery with a godfather was not a sin. The surviving man makes friends with his beloved.

DAY EIGHT
Under the leadership of Lauretta, where they talk about the various jokes people make on each other.
Novella first
Gulfardo borrowed money from Gasparruolo, having agreed with his wife that he would sleep with her, and gave it to her. After that, he told Gasparruolo in front of his wife that he handed the money to her. The wife confirmed that he was telling the truth.
Novella II
The priest sleeps with Belcolore. Taking a mortar from her, he left her his cloak. He later sent the mortar to Belcolora and asked for the cloak to be returned. Urged on by her husband, she sends off her cloak with the words: "The priest will no longer pound with a pestle in my mortar."
Novella third
Bruno, Calandrino and Buffalmacco went down Mugnone in search of heliotropia, a magical stone capable of curing poisons and making the wearer invisible. Calandrino thinks he has found the stone, because, tired of searching, the friends pretend not to notice Calandrino. He returned home with a bunch of stones because he does not know which one is magical. His wife scolds him. He got angry and beat his wife, and told his friends that she had dispelled the heliotrope spell.
Novella 4
Fiesole, abbot of the monastery, fell in love with a widow who did not love him. She agrees for the sake of appearance and invited the abbot to the house. In the dark, he cannot see that he is actually sleeping with an ugly maid. Meanwhile, the widow's brothers invited the bishop to visit and led him to the room where Fiesole slept with the maid.

Novella fifth
Three Florentines, jokingly demanding a speedy trial, gradually pulled down the trousers of the stupid and blind judge from the Marche, while he tried to delve into the affairs, sitting on the judges' bench.
Novel six
Buffalmacco Bruno did not wait until Calandrino sold the pig and treated his friends with the proceeds. They stole a pig and persuade Calandrino to find the thieves with ginger pills and vernac wine. Those present swallow the pill and whoever has it bitter is a thief. Calandrino was given bitter pills of sabur mixed with aloe. Then they accused Kalandrino as if he had stolen a pig from himself. He had to pay off Bruno and Buffalmacco, fearing that they would report to his wife.
Novella seventh
The schoolboy fell in love with the widow. To prove his feelings, he spends half the night in the snow, waiting for her. Then half-dead returned home and began to think about revenge. Later, on the advice of a schoolboy, wanting to charm her lover, in July she stood all day on the tower, naked, bitten by horseflies and flies, and burned by the sun. She was found barely alive and saved by a maid.
Novella eighth
The two are friends. One of the friends is sleeping with the other's wife. He learns about the betrayal and locks his friend in a chest. And while he's inside, having fun on the lid with his wife. After that, they again became friendly, and often have fun with the wife of another.
Novella ninth
Bruno and Buffalmacco told the rustic doctor about a secret meeting in which they supposedly enter and every evening enjoy themselves in luxury with overseas beauties. The doctor wants to join the meeting and, at the behest of Bruno and Buffalmacco, is waiting at the old temple for a wonderful beast, who is supposed to bring it to a secret meeting. Buffalmacco, disguised as an animal, carried the doctor on his shoulders and threw him into the garbage pit.
Novella tenth
One Sicilian, pretending to be a rich woman who fell in love with a merchant, asked him to loan a large sum, and then forgot about it. Having deceived her that he had brought more goods than before, he borrowed even more money from her. And he left her only barrels with a vacuum cleaner and water.

DAY NINE
Under the leadership of Emilia, where he talks about what they like best.
Novella first
Francesca fell in love with Rinuccio and Alessandro, she does not love both. To prove her love, she ordered one to lie in the tomb, like a corpse, the other to get the "dead" out of there. Neither one nor the second achieved their goal, and she cunningly got rid of them.
Novella II
The abbess hurriedly got up in the dark to find the nun, whom she had complained about, with her lover. A priest was with her at that moment, and she, thinking that she was wearing a veil, threw her lover's trousers over her head. The nun, seeing this, pointed out to the abbess, was released and was able to calmly be with her lover.
Novella third
The aunt left a legacy of 200 lire to the painter Calandrino. Buffalmacco, Bruno and Nello want to squander his money. Maestro Simone, at their persuasion, assured Calandrino that he was pregnant. He gave them all the money for medicine and was cured without giving birth to anyone.

Novella 4
Fortarrigo's son, Chukko, lost money in Buonconvento, his own and that of Angiolieri's son. In one underwear, Cecco is chasing Angiolieri's son, shouting that he has robbed him, the peasants have seized the thief. Cecco put on his clothes, got on his horse and rode away, leaving him in his underwear.
Novella fifth
Calandrino fell in love with the mistress of the owner of the house, in which Calandrino and fellow artists paint. Bruno, having agreed to be the owner of the house and the girl, gives Kalandrino a "magic" amulet, and when he touched the girl with the amulet, she follows him. Then Calandrino's wife came and he heard reproaches from her.
Novel six
Young people spend the night in a hotel. A young boy wants to sleep with the master's daughter. The mother, trying to preserve her maiden honor, went to bed with the second by mistake. The one who slept with his daughter, returning to the room, by mistake lay down in the bed of the owner, and thinking that this was a friend, he told him everything. And the owner's wife, realizing with whom she was sleeping, in order to avoid shame, said that he dreamed everything.
Novella seventh
Talano saw in a dream a wolf biting his wife's face and throat. He tells her to beware. She forgot about it and the wolf grabbed her. She escapes with difficulty from him and regrets that she did not listen to her husband.
Novella eighth
Biondello told Chacko, a well-known glutton in the city, about a delicious dinner at one house. Chacko came to that house and realized that he had been deceived. Out of revenge, he slandered Biondello to one bully, who decently beat the joker.
Novella ninth
Two people asked Solomon for advice. One wanted to know how to force himself to love, and the other about how to punish his disobedient wife. Solomon advised the second to go to the Goose Bridge, where both people saw how the driver beat the stubborn donkey with a stick, and she became obedient. At home, the husband beat his wife when she did not comply with his request, and realized the value of advice from Solomon. The first one realized that he must first fall in love himself, and then he will be loved.
Novella tenth
At the request of Pietra, godfather, Gianni casts a spell to turn his wife into a mare. It came to the tail, Gianni inserted his "tail" to the woman. Pietro said that he did not need such a tail and such a mare.

DAY TENTH, LAST
Under the leadership of Pamfilo, where they speak of the generous and magnanimous.
Novella first
The knight serves the Spanish king. The reward seems inadequate to him. The king arranges a test: he offered the knight a choice of two chests. Earth in one, gold in the other. The knight chose a chest with earth. Despite this, the king gave both chests to the knight.
Novella II
Gino, a bandit chieftain, captured the abbot of Cluny, who was riding on the waters. With the help of a strict diet, he cured the abbot's stomach and let him go. In gratitude, he reconciled the robber with the Pope and gave him a high position.
Novella third
Mithridan, wanting to be the most generous, wants to kill Nathan, jealous of his generosity. He met Nathan along the way and did not recognize him. He learns from a passerby how best to kill Nathan and finds himself talking to him. Mithridan, seeing that Nathan was ready to sacrifice his life, was convinced of the generosity of that, and therefore began to respect him and be friends with him.
Novella 4
Gentile dei Carisendi, who came from Modena, removed from the grave the beloved woman, who was mistaken for the deceased and buried. Having recovered, she gave birth to a son, and Gentile returned her and the child to her husband Niccoluccio Caccyanimiko, which showed unprecedented generosity.

Novella fifth
Dianora asked Ansaldo, who loved her, to make her winter garden as beautiful as the spring one. Ansaldo, agreed with a necromancer wizard and arranged a garden for Dianora. Her husband, who found out about this, allowed her to give herself to Ansaldo. Who, having learned about the generosity of her husband, does not agree to such a sacrifice. And the magician, for his part, is nothing to Ansaldo for his services.
Novel six
King Charles fell in love with a young girl, the daughter of a well-born Italian. Ashamed of his desire and in order to avoid strife, he married a girl together with her sister to honorable people.
Novella seventh
Ruler Pietro learns of Lisa's love and passion for him from the minstrel she sent and comforts her. Subsequently, he passed her off as a noble person. He kisses her on the forehead and calls himself a knight.
Novella eighth
Titus Quintius and Gisippo are friends, but fall in love with the same girl. After she was given in marriage to Gisippo, he allowed Titus Quintius to be her lover. When they found out about this, a scandal broke out and Titus and his beloved leave for Rome, where Gisippo later arrived, beggarly and contemptible. Titus did not recognize Gisippo. He decided that he despised Titus. He wants to die and slandered himself, saying that he killed a man. Titus recognizes Jezippo and, saving him, said that he is the murderer and he is the murderer. Hearing this, Gisippo confessed everything and the ruler frees them. Titus gave his sister to Gisippo and divided his fortune with him.
Novella ninth
Saladin disguises himself as a merchant and is received by Torello. Leaving in crusade, Torello gave his wife an order to marry after a certain period, and he himself was captured, became known to Sultan Saladin due to his ability to follow the birds of prey. He recognized Torello showered him with honors, telling him that he was the same merchant. When the time given to his wife expired, the sorcerer of Saladin transferred Torello to his homeland, we will give treasures and jewelry. During his wife's wedding, she recognizes him and they return to their castle.
Novella tenth
The noble Marquis of Saluzzi marries for love the daughter of a peasant's daughter, Griselda, and after having two children, decides to test his wife. He told her that he killed the children, while he himself sent them to be raised by relatives. Then, passing off the matured daughter as his new bride, he pretends that his wife is disgusted with him and kicks him out in one shirt. Seeing that she endures everything, he fell in love with her even more, returned her to the house, married his daughter, exalted his wife's father and loved his wife for the rest of his life.

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