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The First Day, The First Novell (Panfilo) Messire Chappelet du Prat, by making a false confession, beguyled an holy Religious man, and after dyed. And having (during his life time) bene a very bad man, at his death, was reputed for a saint, and called S. Chappelet. The First Day, The Sixth Novell (Emilia) An honest plaine meaning man, (simply and conscionably) reprehended the malignity, hypocrisie, and misdemeanour of many Religious persons. The Third Day, The First Novell (Filostrato) Massetto di Lamporechio, by counterfetting himselfe to be dumbe, became a Gardiner in a Monastery of Nunnes, where he had familiar conversation with them all. The Sixth Day, The Tenth Novell (Dioneo) Fryer Onyon, promised certaine honest people of the Countrey, to shew them a Feather of the same Phoenix, that was with Noah in his Arke. In sted whereof, he found Coales, which he avouched to be those very coals, wherewith the same Phoenix was roasted. Main: Themes & Motifs: Module: Wit: Men outwitting clergy |
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See also Fortune is reversed by character
See also Deception through language
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