Story 5 Andreuccio da Perugia comes to buy horses in Naples where, during a single night, he is caught in three serious misadventures, manages to extricate himself from all of them, and returns home with a ruby. He escapes, however, on a chest filled with very precious jewels, is cared for by a woman on Corfu, and finally returns home a rich man. Story 4 Landolfo Rufolo is impoverished, becomes a pirate, and is shipwrecked after being captured by the Genoese. Story 2 After being robbed, Rinaldo d Asti turns up at Castel Guiglielmo, where he is given lodging by a widow, and then, after having recovered his possessions, returns home safe and sound. When his ruse is discovered, he is beaten and then arrested, and though in danger of being hanged, he gets off in the end. Story 1 Pretending to be a cripple, Martellino makes it seem as though he is cured after having been placed on the body of Saint Arrigo. Story 7 With a story about Primasso and the Abbot of Cluny, Bergamino justly rebukes Messer Can della Scala for an unexpected fit of avarice. Story 5 By means of a banquet consisting entirely of hens, plus a few sprightly little words, the Marchioness of Monferrato curbs the foolish love of the King of France. Story 4 A monk, having committed a sin deserving the gravest punishment, escapes paying any penalty for it by justly rebuking his Abbot for the same fault. Story 3 Melchisedech the Jew uses a story about three rings to avoid a very dangerous trap set for him by Saladin. Story 2 Abraham the Jew, urged on by Giannotto di Civign1, goes to the court of Rome, and after having seen the wickedness of the clergy, returns to Paris and becomes a Christian. Story 1 Ser Cepparello deceives a holy friar with a false confession and dies, and although he was one of the worst of men during his life, he is reputed after his death to be a saint and is called Saint Ciappelletto. A Note on the Abridgment of the Text and on the Contextual and Critical Materials
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