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- An honest and wealthy merchant exposes the hypocrisy of the religious (I.6).
- Madonna Beritola loses her sons and husband through a disastrous turn of events and gains them back through Fortune (II.6).
- Tedaldo is rejected by his mistress, makes his fortune as a merchant, and returns to her after rebuking her for her harsh treatment and setting a disastrous situation right (III.5).
- Simona and her lover Pasquino meet their deaths in a garden due to a poisonous toad and Pasquino's malicious friends (IV.5).
- Martuccio and Gostanza are forbidden to marry, almost meet untimely deaths, and are brought back together through the workings of Fortune and Martuccio's intelligence (V.2).
- Fresco da Celatico chides his niece for being vain and unpleasant, but she is too dim-witted to notice (VI.8).
- Monna Tessa fools her blindly religious husband into believing that her lover knocking at the door is actually a werewolf and communicates with her lover while pretending to exorcise the werewolf (VII.1).
- Monna Piccarda tricks the overly amorous Rector into sleeping with her deformed maid while believing he is lying with her and has her brothers bring the Bishop to witness the Rector's shame (VIII.4).
- Joseph and Melissus look for wisdom from Solomon, from whom Joseph learns that he should beat his shrewish wife into submission (IX.9).
- Madonna Dianora, the noble wife of the wealthy Gilberto, demands a blooming garden in winter from Ansaldo Gradense in return for her favor to try to stop him from courting her; when he succeeds, Gilberto orders her to submit to Ansaldo's pleasures, but Ansaldo return Gilberto's favor and relinquishes Dianora from her promise (X.5).
(M. L.)
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