Translated by
John Payne


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Contents


[PROEM.]

[DAY THE FIRST] [1]

[The First Story.] Master Ciappelletto dupeth a holy friar with a false confession and dieth; and having been in his lifetime the worst of men, he is, after his death, reputed a saint and called Saint Ciappelletto [16]