The Marchioness of Monferrat cures the King of France of his senseless passion by means of a repast of hens and by a few suitable words.
Appeared in Painter's Palace of Pleasure, ii (1567), No. 16.
For sources see S. Prato, L' orma del leone, racconto orientale considerato nella tradizione popolare, in Romania, xii (1883), p. 535 et seq.
NOVEL VI
By Emilia
An honest layman, by means of a fortunate jest, reproves the hypocrisy of the clergy.
Against the clergy.
See V. Rossi, in Dai tempi antichi ai tempi moderni; da Dante al Leopardi (Milano, 1904). Una novella boccaccesca in azione nel secolo xv, p. 419 et seq.
NOVEL VII