Rinaldo of Esti being robbed, arrived at Castel Guglielmo, and was
succoured of a wydowe: and restored to his losses, retourning saulfe and
sounde home to his owne house.
[_Source._--Boccaccio, _Dec._ ii. 2.
_Origin._--_Pantschatantra_ (Fables of Bidpai), II. iv. tr. Benfey,
183.
_Parallels._--_Mediæval_: von der Hagen, _Gesammtabenteuer_, No. 42;
_Mod.:_ Lope de Vega, _Llegar en ocasion:_ Lafontaine, _L’oraison de
St. Julien;_ La Moth, _Le Talisman_.
_Painter._--I. i. 64; II. i. 60; III. i. 111; IV. i. 125.
_Derivatives._--_The Widow,_ attributed to Ben Jonson, Fletcher and
Middleton, seems to have been derived from this.]