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Third Day, Six th Stor y
Ricciardo is a married man, but he has fallen in love with Catella, intend to meet in a Turk ish bathhous e. Ins tead, Ricciardo go es
w ho is married to Filipp ello. She is jealously p os ses sive of her t o t h e b a t hh o us e a n d p re t en ds t o b e C a t ella’s hus b a n d. W h en
husband and Ricciardo uses this to his advantage. He convinces she discovers she has slept with Ricciardo and not Filippello, he
Catella that his wife is having an af fair with her husband, and they convinces her to continue their af fair.

Ninth Day, Tenth Story
Pietro da Tresanti and Father Gianni di Barolo are friends who stay can carry more to and from the market, and make more money. Gianni
in each other’s houses when they travel on business. Pietro’s wife uses this as a way to have sex with Pietro’s wife: he orders her to strip
Gemmata always says she will stay at a friend’s house so Father Gianni and get down on all fours. Pietro is to say nothing, or the spell will not
doesn’t have to sleep in the straw with his mare. But Gianni says he work. Gianni caresses her body, exciting himself. When he puts his
knows a spell that can “turn a mare into a woman.” Gemmata stupidly “tail” into Gemmata, Pietro objects. The spell “fails” and Gemmata is
asks Pietro to learn the spell so he can turn her into a horse so they displeased with her husband.

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