THE FIRST FABLE. Salardo, son of Rainaldo Scaglia, quits Genoa
and goes to Montferrat, where he disobeys certain
injunctions laid upon him by his father’s testament, and is
condemned to death therefor; but, being delivered, he
returns to his own country 11
THE SECOND FABLE. Cassandrino, a noted robber, and a friend of
the prætor of Perugia, steals the prætor’s bed and his horse
Liardo, but afterwards becomes a man of probity and good
repute 20
THE THIRD FABLE. Pre Scarpafico, having been once duped by
three robbers, dupes them thrice in return, and lives
happily the rest of his days 28
THE FOURTH FABLE. Tebaldo, Prince of Salerno, wishes to have
his only daughter Doralice to wife, but she, through her
father’s persecution, flees to England, where she marries
Genese the king, and has by him two children. These, having
been slain by Tebaldo, are avenged by their father King
Genese 35
THE FIFTH FABLE. Dimitrio the chapman, having disguised
himself as a certain Gramottiveggio, surprises his wife
Polissena with a priest, and sends her back to her brothers,
who put her to death, and Dimitrio afterwards marries his
serving-woman 44