THE FIRST FABLE. A simple fellow, named Peter, gets back his
wits by the help of a tunny fish which he spared after
having taken it in his net, and likewise wins for his wife a
king’s daughter 102
THE SECOND FABLE. Dalfreno, King of Tunis, had two sons, one
called Listico and the other Livoretto. The latter
afterwards was known as Porcarollo, and in the end won for
his wife Bellisandra, the daughter of Attarante, King of
Damascus 110
THE THIRD FABLE. Biancabella, the daughter of Lamberico,
Marquis of Monferrato, is sent away by the stepmother of
Ferrandino, King of Naples, in order that she may be put to
death; but the assassins only cut off her hands and put out
her eyes. Afterwards, her hurts having been healed by a
snake, she returns happily to Ferrandino 125
THE FOURTH FABLE. Fortunio, on account of an injury done to
him by his supposed father and mother, leaves them, and
after much wandering, comes to a wood, where he finds three
animals, who do him good service. Afterwards he goes to
Polonia, where he gets to wife Doralice, the king’s
daughter, as a reward for his prowess 140
THE FIFTH FABLE. Isotta, the wife of Lucaferro Albani of
Bergamo, devises how she may trick Travaglino the cowherd of
her brother Emilliano and thereby show him to be a liar, but
she loses her husband’s farm and returns home worsted in her
attempt, and bringing with her a bull’s head with gilded
horns 152