In 1348, family and friendship ties broke up, the servants refused to serve the masters, they did not bury the dead, but dumped them in holes dug in church cemeteries.

When the city was almost empty, in the church of Santa Maria Novella, after the Divine Liturgy, seven young women met, “connected by friendship, neighborhood, kinship,” “judicious, generous, beautiful, well-meaning, captivating in their modesty.” Without informing, in order to avoid misunderstandings, their true names, the author calls them Pampinea, Fiametta, Filomena, Emilia, Lauretta, Neufila and Elissa - in accordance with their spiritual qualities.

Pampinea proposes "in a respectable way to retire to suburban estates and fill up leisure activities of all kinds." Leaving the city, where people, in anticipation of their death hour, indulged in lust and debauchery, they will protect themselves from unpleasant experiences, and they themselves will behave morally and dignified. In Florence nothing holds them: all their loved ones died.

The ladies approve of the idea of ​​Pampinea, and Philomena proposes to invite men with her, for it is difficult for a woman to live her own mind, and she urgently needs the advice of a man. During this conversation, three young people enter the church - Panfilo, Philostrato and Dioneo. Among the ladies who appeared in the church are their lovers, the rest are related to them. Pampinea immediately suggests inviting them.

Young people are happy to be invited. Having agreed on everything, the girls and boys, accompanied by the handmaids and servants, leave the city the next morning. They arrive in the picturesque area, where there is a beautiful palace, and are located there. Dioneo, the most cheerful and witty, offers to have fun as anyone. He is supported by Pampinea, who suggests that someone be in their charge and think about the structure of their life and amusements. And so that everyone knows the worries and joys associated with supremacy, and so that no one is envious, this burden of honor should be assigned to each in turn. They will elect the first “lord” together, and the next ones each time before the evening will be appointed by the one who was the lord that day. Everyone unanimously elects Pampinea, and Filomena puts a laurel wreath on her head, which over the next days serves as a sign of "supremacy and royal power."

After an exquisitely served breakfast, everyone begins to sing, dance and play musical instruments, and then go to bed. Having woken up, everyone gathers in a shady corner of the garden, and Pampinea offers to devote time to stories, “for one storyteller is able to keep all listeners”, allowing on the first day to tell “about what everyone likes”. Dioneo claims for himself the right to tell the story the last time, not obeying the theme of the day, to amuse the society, tired of excessive intelligence, and this right gets.

The first day

During the reign of Pampinea, which tells stories on any topic

Novella First

Sir Cheparello, nicknamed Chappeletto, a scoundrel during his lifetime, a liar, a false witness, a murderer, ends up in another city at his death. He deceives the false confession of a pious monk and dies. In order to save from unnecessary troubles and bad rumors of the two moneylenders, the owners of the house in which he stayed, Chappeletto in his dying confession talks about himself as a saint who never sinned in his life. The elder who confessed him willingly believes him, and after the death of Chappeletto, the church fathers rank him among the saints; later on, Saint Chappeletto is respected and respected, pilgrims pray to him and go to his relics.

Novella II

The Jew Abraham, as a result of the admonitions of Giannotto di Civigny, goes to the Roman court and, seeing there the depravity of the ministers of the church, returns to Paris, where he becomes a Christian, believing that even with such debauchery of the heads of the church, the Catholic faith spreads and grows stronger, then it means there truly is the Holy Spirit.

The third story

Saladin, the great Arab commander and ruler, needing money to wage a new war, comes to the usurer, the Jew Melchizedek, and asks him whose faith is better, Christian, Jewish or Islam. The moneylender understands that, whatever the answer, Saladdin will be dissatisfied, kill him and take the money. To avoid this, he tells the commander a story about his father, who made three identical rings and secretly gave a ring to each of his three sons, before announcing that there is only one such ring and it will go to the one he chooses, and the owner of the ring will receive an inheritance. Upon the death of his father, it turned out that there were three rings, and the brothers are still arguing which of them is the rightful heir. Saladdin understands the secret meaning of history (rings symbolize religion), begins to respect the money-lender and leaves without gold, but in friendship with Melchizedek.

Fourth story

One monk, “sinning” along with a certain damsel, is found to be an abbot, who, in turn, can’t stand it and after some time he enjoys the damsel. The monk exposes this abbot, thereby avoiding punishment.

Novella Fifth

The Marquise of Monferrat, a widow who is visited by a French king who is passionately in love with her, feeds him alone with chickens, after which she says that although there are no chickens in their country, these hens are no different from any others. The king understands the hint and tempers his ardor.

Novella Six

One person, having paid for his sins of the Inquisition, received forgiveness and the title of crusader. He was sent to church, to listen and be imbued with faith, but when he returned, he informed the inquisitor that he was amused by one thought: if those who give on earth, the things given in heaven will be paid ten times, then the monks should choke there after the stew that they, as if in excess , in life give to the poor.

Novella seventh

The wandering musician and poet Bergamino is at a holiday at Messire Canet Del Scala. Without waiting for a reward and a gift from the sir, he tells the story of the poor but famous poet Poet, who was at a dinner with Abbot Cluny, who was always famous for his generosity and invited crowds of the poor and everyone in his table. However, the abbot began to torment greed, and he ordered not to give Primas food, and at that time he was munching on stocked bread. When Primas began to eat up the last piece of stocked bread, the abbot suddenly came to his senses, was surprised by sudden greed, and gladly treated the guest. Thus, Bergamino reproached Cane Del Scala, who, understanding morality, generously gifted the cunning musician.

Novella Eighth

The rich, but stingy messir, Hermino de Grimaldi, once asks the artist to draw something unprecedented when painting the walls. He says that he will write something that Ermino just never saw - "Nobleness." Ermino repents of his stinginess and begins to show generosity.

Novella Ninth

A Gascon lady, being insulted in Cyprus, comes to the king, famous for her inactivity and weakness, and asks not to avenge her, but just to teach him how to bear all insults and insults. He understands her reproach and is changing.

Novella Tenth

The elderly, but respected and wise maestro Alberto from Bologna is in love with one woman, but she is trying to shame him with her friends. The maestro says that he saw women eating onions, although it is absolutely tasteless and unpleasant, so why not hope that instead of young people the woman will choose him, even if she is unable to surrender to passion, but who loves with all her heart.

Second day

Under the leadership of Philomena, where they talk about those who, after various vicissitudes and beyond all expectations, have reached a successful goal

Novella First

Three faces come to Treviso from Florence: Stekki, Martellino and Marqueze, and they want to look at the relics of St. Arrigo. To break through the crowd, Martellino pretends to be crippled and pretends to be healed by the relics of St. Arrigo. When his deception is discovered, he is seized and beaten. Then Marqueze, in order to save a friend, announces to the guards that he allegedly cut his wallet. They want to hang Martellino, but his friends talk about the joke with the wallet to the authorities, they laugh and release Martellino.

Novella II

Rinaldo d’Asti, having been robbed by fellow travelers, is in Castell Guilhelmo, where he “finds refuge” with a widow. Having received a reward from her for this, he finds himself in the city, finds out that his robbers have been captured, gets his good back and happily returns home.

The third story

The three brothers, recklessly wasting their fortune inherited from the rich father, became impoverished. Their nephew Alessandro, returning home in despair, meets the abbot on the way and recognizes in him the daughter of the English king, who marries him, and he, having compensated his uncles for all their losses, returns them to their former position.

Fourth story

Landolfo Ruffolo, impoverished due to unsuccessful trading, becomes a corsair. Attacked by the Genoese, he crashes into the sea, escapes in a box full of jewels, finds shelter with a woman in Corfu, and returns home as a wealthy man.

Novella Fifth

Andreuccio from Perugia, having arrived in Naples for the purchase of horses, finds himself drawn to a getter in his house, where she takes his wallet with money. Andreuccio tries to take the wallet, but falls into the latrine, after which he is driven away. He meets two criminals who offer to take him into business, but first he must wash himself from sewage, and Andreuccio dives into the well. Rising from it, he scares the city guard. Together with the robbers, he falls into the crypt of the recently buried high priest, but treacherous accomplices lock him there. He disguises himself as a dead man and puts on a ruby ​​ring that was on the corpse. New looters get scared when the “dead man” moves, and Andreuccio gets out of the remaining open tomb and leaves with a ruby ​​ring.

Novella Six

Madonna Beritola's husband falls out of favor. She and her two sons end up on the same island after a shipwreck. Her sons are abducted by pirates passing by, she lives in a cave with two fallow deer, like an animal. Beritolu is saved by a ship with her family friends, and she goes to Lunigyana, where one of her sons falls into the service of the ruler of the country, and falling in love and sinning with the ruler’s daughter finds herself in prison. Sicily rebels against King Charles, the family of Madonna Beritola again begin to respect. The son, recognized by his mother, marries the daughter of his master, his brother is found, and both return to their former high position.

Novella seventh

The Sultan of Babylonia gives his daughter, Alatiel, to marry a powerful king. After various accidents and disasters, for four years, she takes turns in different parts of the world into the “hands” of nine men who kill each other and kidnap Alatiel from each other because of her wonderful beauty. Finally, returned to her father by his old friend Greek Antigonos a virgin, she goes, as she had intended before, to King del Garbo, whom she marries.

Novella Eighth

Count Anversky, falsely accused of violating the honor of the wife of one ruler, goes into exile, leaving his two children in different parts of England. Having returned unrecognized, he finds them in a good position, goes as a groom to the army of the French king and, justified after the dying confession of the governor's wife, who admitted that she lied to him, returns to her previous state.

Novella Ninth

Bernabo, a wealthy merchant, argues with Ambrogiolo that his wife will never change him. Ambrogiolo, hiding in a box, finds himself in Bernabo's house, where he looks at his sleeping wife. He tells Bernabo about a certain sign on his wife’s body, the merchant loses a lot of money, and also loses his dignity and orders his innocent wife to be killed. She, spared by the servant who was supposed to finish her off, is saved and, in the masculine guise, serves the sultan, attaining, thanks to her wisdom, high office and respect. She urges Bernabo and Ambrogiolo, forcing the latter to confess to deception, which he does. Bernabo repents, and his wife reveals himself to him and, taking the reward from the Sultan for his service and saying goodbye to him, leaves with her husband.

Novella Tenth

Paganino from Monaco abducts the wife of Messire Ricciardo da Kinzika, who, finding out where she is, goes after her and, having entered into friendship with Paganino, asks to give her to him. Paganino agrees if the will of the wife of Messier Ricciardo will be, but she does not want to return, and after the death of Messier Ricciardo becomes the wife of Paganino.

Day three

Under the chairmanship of Neifila, where they talk about those who, thanks to their skill, have obtained something strongly desired by them or returned the lost

Novella first

The young Mazetto from Lamporecchio, pretending to be a dumb and not-so-small fellow, enters the nuns as a gardener, after which, first, one, and then all the other nuns, in turn, indulge in passion with Mazetto. After some time, he is exhausted, unable to constantly please so many women, reveals to everyone that he is not at all dumb, and leaves the monastery.

Novella II

The groom, having desired the wife of his master, King Agilulf, disguises himself and sleeps with the queen, about which the king secretly finds out and, finding the groom among others, cuts his hair in order to identify the guilty the next day. The clipped groom cuts off all the others and in this way gets out of trouble, and the king marvels at the cunning of the criminal.

The third story

One lady, having fallen in love with the young man whose friend the priest was, confesses to this priest, over and over again complaining that that young man is allegedly constantly harassing her love. The priest immediately calls his friend to him and condemns him, while the young man understands the trick of the lady. When she describes at the next confession what ways the young man allegedly tried to crawl into her house, he learns from the indignant priest about these paths and, using them, has a good time together with a cunning lady.

Fourth story

Don Felice tells the godless but near-minded brother Puccio that you can achieve deliverance from sins by tying yourself in the yard and praying the whole night, which brother Puccio does. Don Felice, meanwhile, is having fun with his wife, brother Puccio.

Novella Fifth

Ricciardo Winter gives his best horse to Messire Francesco Vergellezi and for this, with his consent, speaks with his wife, Messer Francesco punishes his wife not to say a word to Ricciardo. While she is silent, Ricciardo answers instead of her own questions, suggesting ways by which he and Messer Francesco's wife will be able to meet. And so it goes.

Novella Six

Ricciardo Minutolo loves his wife Filippello Figinolfi. Upon learning that she is jealous, he tells her that Filippello made an appointment with his wife in the bathhouse and ensures that the lady herself goes there and, thinking that she was with her husband, spends the night with Ricciardo, after which the latter admits who he is.

Novella seventh

Tedaldo, quarreling with his mistress, leaves Florence. After some time, he returns there under the guise of a pilgrim and informs her that because of her coldness, her former lover, Tedaldo, committed suicide, thereby obtaining remorse from her. Then he saves the life of her husband, accused of killing himself, reconciles the husband of his mistress with his brothers and reasonably thrives with his wife.Later it turns out that one foreigner turned out to be killed, very similar to Tedaldo.

Novella Eighth

Ferondo, having tasted a certain powder, sprinkled with him by the abbot, falls asleep and becomes like a dead man. He is buried. Extracted from the grave by the abbot, he goes to prison and he is assured that he is in purgatory. The abbot at this time is amusing himself with his wife Ferondo. "Resurrected," Ferondo brings up a son born of an abbot to his wife.

Novella Ninth

Gillette of Narbonne, the daughter of a famous doctor, cures the French king of fistula and asks her husband Beltramo Rossillonskogo, who, having married her against his will and indignant at it, goes to Florence. There he takes care of one girl, but instead of her, Gillette sleeps with him and gives birth to two sons from him. Subsequently, having recognized his sons and appreciated the mind and love of Gillette, he treats her as a lawful wife.

Novella Tenth

Alibek, the daughter of a wealthy Muslim, at the whim of his will becomes a hermit-hermit. Other monks are afraid that the temptation will break them, and they transfer it to the care of Rustiko, who is known for his purity and strength of faith. Rustiko makes love to Alibek, saying that in this way he “drives his devil to hell Alibek”. Last it starts to like over time. She, seeing that Rustiko is no longer able to appease her because of her hermitage, returns to the city where she becomes the wife of Nerbal. She talks about her adventures to city ladies, after which the phrase of a selfish character “to drive the devil to hell” is born.

Day four

Chaired by Philostrato, where they talk about those whose love had an unfortunate outcome

Novella first

Tancred, Prince of Salerno, kills his daughter's lover and sends her his heart in a golden goblet. Watering him with poisoned water, she drinks it and dies.

Novella II

Monk Albert assures Lisette that an angel is in love with her, and, dwelling in Albert's body, the angel wishes closeness to Madonna Lisette. So they manage to connect several times, until the vain Lysette blurts out her secret to her friends. Lizetta’s relatives want to catch the “angel”, and he rushes out of the window of her house and finds refuge in the house of one poor man who the next day leads him, dressed as a savage, to the square where he is recognized, and the brothers grab him and put him in prison.

The third story

Three young people love the three sisters with whom they flee to Crete, where they live happily for a short time. The older sister soon out of jealousy kills her lover. The second sister, surrendering to the Duke of Crete, saves the first from death, but her lover kills her and runs with her first sister. The third lover and third sister are charged with this murder. Once captured, they take the blame, but, fearing death, bribe the remnants of the money to the guard, flee, impoverished, to Rhodes, where they die in poverty.

Fourth story

The stately and handsome prince Gerbino falls in love upon hearing the descriptions of the beauty of the daughter of the Tunisian king, she is likewise in love with Gerbino. Giving an honest word to his grandfather not to attack the ship on which the daughter of the Tunisian king is being taken to her legal groom, he breaks the word and attacks. Those on the ship kill the girl, Gerbino kills them all out of revenge. After that, he was executed as a disobedient order from his grandfather.

Novella Fifth

Isabetta's brothers kill her lover. He appears to her in a dream and indicates where he is buried. Secretly digging his head, she puts it in a pot of basil and cries over it for a long time every day. Brothers rob her of a pot of plants, after which Isabetta dies of grief. After her death, the canzone remains: "Something was evil for unchrist // // that my flower was stolen ...".

Novella Six

Andreola loves Gabriotto. She tells him the nightmare she had seen, he tells her his own, and suddenly dies in her arms from a heart attack. When she and Gabriotto carry her servant to his house, the guard picks them up, and Andreola tells how it was. They want a girl to commit violence, she opposes it. Andreola's father hears about this and frees her, still innocent. She, not wanting to live more in peace, goes as a nun.

Novella seventh

Lovers Simon and Pasquino meet in the garden. Pasquino rubs his sage and dies. Simon, arrested, wanting to show the judge how Pascvino died, rubs his teeth with a piece of the same sage and also dies. It turns out that in that garden it was not sage that grew, but some kind of poisonous plant.

Novella Eighth

Girolamo loves Salvestra. Encouraged by the requests of his mother, he goes to Paris. Upon returning, he finds her married, secretly penetrates her house and asks Salvestra to lie down a little nearby, after which he dies. Girolamo is buried, and his beloved comes and, sobbing, dies next to his body; they are buried together.

Novella Ninth

Messire Guilhelmo Rossiglione gives his wife to taste the heart of Messier Guillielmo Guardastano, whom he killed and loved. Upon learning of this, she rushes from a high window, dies, and she is buried with her lover.

Novella Tenth

A doctor’s wife’s lover accidentally drinks a sleeping potion prepared by this doctor for one of the patients. The doctor’s wife thinks that her beloved has died, and her maid puts the sleeping man in a box, which two loan sharks are dragging along with the body. Having woken up, the lover does not understand anything and is raging, but he is captured like a thief. The lady’s servant tells the authorities that she put the sleeping man in a box, stolen by usurers. Thanks to this, he avoids the gallows, and the moneylenders for the abduction of the box are awarded a cash penalty

Fifth day

Under the chairmanship of Fiammetta, where they talk about how, after various sad and unfortunate incidents, lovers smile happiness

Novella first

Cimone, formerly like a beast, uneducated and ugly, upon seeing sleeping Euphenia, becomes wise and beautiful. He abducts his sweet Ephigenia and takes her to the sea, but after that he is imprisoned in Rhodes. Lysimachus frees him, they abduct Ephigenia and Cassandra, the beloved of Lysimachus, from their marriage, and flee with them to Crete, marry them, and return home together.

Novella II

Kostanza loves Martuccio Gomito. Hearing of his death, she desperately gets into the boat alone, which the wind carries to Susa. Finding him alive in Tunisia, she opens to him, and he, having become close to the king for the advice given during the war, marries her and returns to Lipari as a rich man.

The third story

Pietro Bokkamazsta flees with Agnella from his home, but on the way he meets the robbers. The girl runs away into the forest, where her old friend stumbles upon her and leads to her castle. Pietro, on the other hand, escapes from the hands of robbers and, after several adventures, ends up in the castle where Agnolla is located. He marries her, and together they return to Rome.

Fourth story

The daughter of Lizio da Valbona, referring to the heat, sleeps on the balcony of her room to "listen to the birds singing." Her lover Ricciardo Manardi climbs up to the wall to her. Tired of nightly fun, young people fall asleep hugging. In this position they are caught in the morning by Lizio da Valbona, who, together with his wife, persuades Ricciardo to marry his daughter, and he does not refuse.

Novella Fifth

Guidotto from Cremona entrusts his foster daughter to the cares of Giacomino from Pavia and dies. In Faenza, Giannole di Severino and Mingino di Mingole fall in love with her. They enter into a quarrel with each other and try to abduct the girl one night, having bribed the servants. However, the truth is revealed about the girl’s parents. She turns out to be the sister of Giannole, and the girl is given to marry Mingino.

Novella Six

Gianni from Procida sneaks into the royal chambers, as his beloved is given to King Federigo. The king catches a couple and orders to burn both lovers, but Ruggieri del Oria recognizes in love, under whom a fire should be built, the offspring of noble families, and the king lets them go, not daring to execute.

Novella seventh

Theodoro, abducted many years ago by the son of a noble man, lives as a servant in the house of Messire Amerigo and falls in love with his daughter, Violanta. She became pregnant from Teodoro, and when he learned about the birth of his daughter Amerigo, he ordered the servant to be hanged, but the nearby father, Teodoro, recognized the son and freed him.

Novella Eighth

Nastaggio degli Onesti, in love with a girl from the Traversari family, wastes his wealth without receiving reciprocity. He goes to Chiassi, where he sees one rider chasing a girl, kills her and two dogs devour her, then the girl resurrects and runs again. The horseman says that this girl once tormented him, not reciprocating, he died of grief, and now his former lover was forced to suffer in this way for as many years as she tormented the horseman who loved her. Nastaggio invites his family and his dear to dinner. She sees that girl being tormented, and, fearing a similar fate, she marries Nastagio. After this story, all the girls in that city became more accommodating.

Novella Ninth

Federigo degli Alberigi loves Monna Giovanna, but we do not love her. He squanders all his fortune into courtship, and he has only one falcon left, which the sick son of Monna Giovanna is asking for. This falcon, for lack of anything else, Federigo serves for dinner to his beloved, who came to him with her request. Upon learning of this, she changes her feelings for Federigo, and after her son dies, a rich inheritance passes to her and her lover.

Novella Tenth

Pietro di Vinciolo, sinning with sodomy, goes to dinner outside the house. His wife, dissatisfied with the fact that her husband does not fulfill marital duties, invites a young man to her. When Pietro returns, his wife hides her lover under a basket of chickens. Pietro says that in the house of Ercolano, with whom he had dinner, they found a young man hidden there by his wife. Wife Pietro condemns wife Ercolano. Unfortunately, the donkey steps on the fingers of a young man, and he gives himself out with a scream. Pietro runs there, sees him and learns about the deception of his wife, with whom, at the end, by her baseness, she reconciles, and the three of them spend the night. The young man, returning home in the morning, thinks of who he was last night, a woman or a man.

Sixth day

Under the chairmanship of Eliza, which refers to those who, being hurt by some kind of sharp word, repaid for it, or by quick response and resourcefulness avoided damage, danger or resentment

Novella first

A certain nobleman promises Madonna Oreta to tell such a novel that it would seem to her that she was riding a horse, but she tells her ineptly, stuttering and straying, and she aptly compares his narrative with a stumbling mare, asking him to let her down from the saddle. The narrator takes a reproach.

Novella II

The Cleaner Baker constantly treats the noble sir Jerry with expensive wine. Soon he sends a servant to Chisti for wine to treat his guests, but Chisty, seeing a huge bottle, says that the servant was apparently sent not to him. Messier Jerry understands the immodesty of his request and comes with the guests directly to Chisti, where the baker treats them with pleasure.

The third story

The Florentine bishop, having noticed among the people Madonna Ponus, a young and lively girl who has recently married, wonders if her husband is in control with her. Remembering the story in which one of the subordinates of the bishop slept with the wife of a city dweller, having paid him fake coins for it, she answers that it doesn’t matter if the husband is in control or not, but the main thing is that the coins will be real. The bishop is ashamed.

Fourth story

Kikibio, the chef of Currado, having given one of the legs of the roasted crane to his beloved, justifies Currado that the cranes always stand on one paw. The next day, Currado drives up to the cranes and screams, they take off and their two legs are visible. The cook says that the fried crane also had to shout, then the second leg would be visible.

Novella Fifth

The great artist Messire Foreze da Pabata and the wise Messire Giotto, a painter with an ugly appearance, returning from Mugello joking with each other. Giotto says that none of the passersby would have guessed by the sight of Messier Forese what beautiful paintings he was painting. Messir Forese says that no one would have guessed that Giotto knows at least the very basics of grammar. Both understand that it’s not for them to joke with each other.

Novella Six

Michele Skalda wins the debate about whose kind is the most noble. He says that the oldest family is the Baronchi family, famous for its hereditary physical flaws, as the Lord apparently created this family when it was just training to sculpt people, hence there are so many mistakes.

Novella seventh

Madonna Philip, finding herself in a betrayal, for which she was legally punished by law, explains that her husband did not satisfy her desire, and therefore she gave the resulting "surplus" to the person in need. Madonna's speech delighted the judge, and the cruel law was relaxed.

Novella Eighth

Cheska, considering herself more beautiful than all people in the world, condemns other people and says that she is unpleasant to look at the abomination. Then Fresco, her uncle, advises Ceske not to look in the mirror.

Novella Ninth

Over the wise Guido Cavalcanti are trying to make fun of the townspeople. Having found him in the cemetery, they hear that in their house he, Guido, is ready to calmly listen to their words. Then Guido leaves, the townspeople realize that Guido compared them in their ignorance and stupidity with the dead, whose house is a cemetery.

Novella Tenth

Brother Chipolla (or Luke), who came once again to collect donations from the peasants for his order, promises to show the parishioners a sacred relic - the feather of the archangel Gabriel. Two jokers, taking advantage of the fact that the servant Luke, Guccio, a slut and a loafer, molested an ugly maid, stole the "relic", which turned out to be a feather of a parrot, and replaced the feather with charcoal. Having discovered coals instead of a pen during a sermon, Luke, telling a long story of his wanderings in search of relics, says that he mixed up the relics by taking coals instead of Gabriel's pen, on which one of the great martyrs was burned. Parishioners believe Luke and give generous donations; the pranksters begin to respect Luka and return the feather to him.

Seventh day

Under the chairmanship of Dioneo, where they talk about jokes that, out of love or for their own salvation, the wives did over their husbands, whether they knew or not

Novella first

Gianni Logteringi hears a knock at the door at night and wakes his wife. She assures him that this is a ghost, although in fact it is her lover who gives a signal, since he came on a date because of an incorrectly turned goat head at the gate of the house of Gianni - a conventional sign. Gianni and his wife utter a conspiracy prayer over the “ghost”, in which the wife covertly explains to her lover that her husband is at home, but her lover can enjoy the food left in the garden. The knock stops.

Novella II

When her husband returns home, Peronella hides her lover in a wine barrel. The husband sold it, and the wife says that she had already sold it to the man who climbed into the barrel in order to examine whether she was strong. He crawls out of the barrel and, telling her husband to still scrap it out, is hiding.

The third story

Brother Rinaldo is sleeping with his godmother. Kuma's husband finds him in the same room with her, and she assures her husband that the monk was talking worms at his godson. Before this, his companion Rinaldo manages to warn his brother, having fun at this time with the maid.

Fourth story

One night, Tofano is locked at home by his wife, who has gone to her lover. When, despite her requests, she is not allowed in, she pretends to have rushed into the well, throwing a large stone there.The terrified Tofano runs out of the house and hurries to the well, while his wife enters the house, locks herself up and does not let Tofano go back, introducing him to the neighbors as a drunkard who came home in the middle of the night and was breaking inside.

Novella Fifth

Jealous, disguised as a priest, confesses his wife. She assures him that she loves a priest who comes to her every night. While the jealous secretly guards at the door, the wife tells her lover to go up to her on the roof and spends time with him, later reproaching her husband in jealousy and deceit.

Novella Six

To Madonna Isabella, when she had Leonetto, Messire Lambertuccio arrives, who loved her, but was not loved by her. Upon learning that her husband is nearby, Madonna Isabella tells Leonetto to run away, and Messire Lambertuccio chases after him with a knife. She explains to her husband that she tried to shelter a young man who was fleeing Messer Lambertuccio, whom the first one for some reason got angry.

Novella seventh

Lodovico admits Madonna Beatrice in love and hides in her bedroom. Madonna Beatrice, wearing her husband Egano in a dress, sends him to the garden to try to catch Lodovico, who is harassing her. The same one, meanwhile, sleeps with Madonna Beatrice, and after that he comes out and batters Messir Egano dressed in a woman’s dress, saying that he, Lodovico, will not stand the impudent harassment of his wife to him.

Novella Eighth

Someone begins to be jealous of his wife. She ties a thread to her finger to find out when her lover will come. A husband once stumbles upon a thread and unravels his wife’s cunning, but while he is chasing a lover, the wife puts his maid in bed instead of himself, which the husband hits, cuts her braids, and then goes to his wife’s brothers. Seeing their sister safe and sound, they are outraged and threaten the jealous.

Novella Ninth

Lydia, the wife of Nicostratus, loves his servant, Pyrrhus. To be sure of this, Pyrrhus demands from her the fulfillment of three conditions, which she fulfills: she kills her beloved pigeon Nicostratus, saying that he tears her husband away for too long without leaving his wife at that time; pulls out a tuft of beard and tooth from her husband, saying that he completely rotted. Pyrrhus is assured of Lydia's love. After that, they begin to play Nicostratus together: once you get under one of the apple trees in his garden with Lydia, Pyrrhus, climbing on it, insists that the husband and wife are allegedly making love. As soon as Nicostratus himself climbs onto the apple tree, he sees how the remaining Pyrrhus and Lydia, too, make love, but if the first was a pure deception, the second happens in reality. However, Nicostratus believes the miraculous properties of the apple tree, which Lydia soon orders, just in case, to cut it down.

Novella Tenth

Two Sienans love one woman, the godmother of one of them. Kum dies and, returning to his comrade, according to a promise made earlier to him, says that they were told to him in purgatory that changing with kuma is not considered a sin. The surviving Sienet smiles with his lover and reaches the goal.

Day eight

Under the chairmanship of Lauretta, where they talk about jokes that a woman makes over a man every day, a man over a woman, or a man over a man

Novella first

Gulfardo takes money from Gasparruolo and, having agreed with his wife that he will sleep with her, hands it to her. After that, he tells Gasparruolo in the presence of his wife that he returned the money to her, and she confirms that this is true.

Novella II

A parish priest from Varlungo sleeps with Madonna Belcolore. Taking a mortar from her, he leaves her cloak as a guarantee of love. Soon he sends the mortar to Madonna Belcolore with a request to return the cloak. Compelled by her husband, she pays a mortgage, saying that the priest "will no longer rub the pestle in her mortar."

The third story

Calandrino, Bruno and Buffalmacco go down the Munnione to look for heliotropy, a magic stone that heals poisons and makes its owner invisible. Calendrino imagines that he found him, because his friends get tired of the search and pretend that they do not see Calendrino. He returns home, laden with stones, because he does not know which stone from the heap he has typed is magic. The wife scolds him. Enraged, he bashes her, and tells his comrades that the woman has destroyed all the spells of heliotropy.

Fourth story

Rector Fiesole loves one widow who does not love him. For the sake of the widow agrees and invites the abbot home. He does not see in the dark that he is actually sleeping with the ugly servant of the widow. Meanwhile, the widow's brothers invite the bishop to visit and bring him to the room where Fiesole sleeps in the arms of a maid.

Novella Fifth

Three young Florentines, pretending to demand an urgent trial, quietly pull off their pants from one stupid and blind-eyed judge from Marka, while sitting on the bench, he is trying to figure things out.

Novella Six

Bruno and Buffalmakko, not waiting for Kalandrino to sell his pig and treat his friends to the rescue, steal a pig from Kalandrino and encourage him to try to find thieves with the help of ginger pills and Vernaccia wine. Everyone present is given a pill, the same one who seems bitter - a thief. Calandrino himself is given one after another the bitter pills of sabur mixed with aloe. Everyone blames Calandrino for stealing a pig from himself. He also has to pay off Bruno and Buffalmacco so that they do not talk about this wife.

Novella seventh

The schoolboy loves a widow. Proving her loyalty to her lover, she forces the schoolboy to spend half of the winter night in the snow waiting for her, after which the half-dead returns home and thinks of revenge. Soon, wanting to bewitch the lover who had left her, on the advice of a schoolboy, in the middle of July she stood all day on the tower, naked, bitten by flies and horseflies and burnt by the sun. After that, with her last gasp, the servant finds and rescues her.

Novella Eighth

Two live in friendship. One of them agrees with the wife of the other. When he learns about this, he agrees with his wife and locks a friend in the chest, and has fun with him with his wife while he sits inside. In the end, both are friendly again, and often then play with each other’s wives.

Novella Ninth

Maestro Simone Bruno and Buffalmacco tell a stupid doctor about a secret society in which they both seem to be members and enjoy luxury and overseas beauties every night. The doctor wants to join the society and, according to the instructions of Bruno and Buffalmakko, expects a wonderful beast at the old temple, which should take him to a secret society gathering. Buffalmacco, disguised as a beast, takes the doctor to the locks, and then dumps him into a garbage pit, where he leaves.

Novella Tenth

A certain Sicilian, pretending to be rich and in love with one merchant, asks him for a large amount of debt, and then forgets about him. Pretending to be back with even more goods than before, and taking her even more money, the merchant leaves her in fact barrels of water and a hairstyle.

Day nine

Chaired by Emilia, where everyone talks about what he likes more

Novella first

Madonna Francesca is loved by a certain Rinuccio and a certain Alessandro, both are unloved by her. To make sure of their love, she tells one to lie in the tomb, as if dead, the other to extract the imaginary dead from there. When neither one nor the other succeeds, she cleverly escapes them.

Novella II

One abbess hastily gets up in the dark to grab the nun in bed with her lover, to whom she was informed. Since the priest was with her then, she, believing that she had thrown a veil over her head, threw priestly pants. When the accused saw them and pointed them to the abbess, they released her, and she calmly remained with her lover.

The third story

Aunt inherits 200 lire from the painter Calandrino. Bruno, Buffalmacco and Nello want to get the money through. At their request, maestro Simone assures Calandrino that he became pregnant. He gives them all the money in return for the medicine and heals, having given birth to no one.

Fourth story

Cecco, the son of Messier Fortarrigo, loses in Buonconvento all that he had, as well as the money of the son of Messier Angjolieri. In one shirt, Cecco runs after the son of Angiolieri, saying that he robbed him, orders the peasants to seize him and, dressed in his dress and mounted his horse, leaves, leaving him in one shirt.

Novella Fifth

Kalandrino falls in love with the mistress of the master of the house, which Kalandrino and his fellow artists paint. Bruno, having agreed with the girl and the owner of the house, gives Kalandrino a “magic” incense, and only he touches the girl with the incense as she goes after him. Taken aback by a wife brought by Bruno and Buffalmacco, Calandrino listens to her reproaches.

Novella Six

Two young people spent the night in a hotel. One of them goes to bed with the owner’s daughter, whose wife, desiring to preserve her daughter’s honor, goes to the second guest by mistake. The one who was with his daughter, wanting to return to his room, lies by mistake next to the owner and, taking him for his friend, tells him everything. Meanwhile, the owner’s wife, having seen with whom she is lying in order to avoid shame, says that the guest only dreamed.

Novella seventh

Talano di Molese, seeing in a dream that the wolf tore his wife's face and throat, tells her to beware. She does not do this, and she is really lacking a wolf, from whom she miraculously escapes and regrets that she did not listen to her husband.

Novella Eighth

Biondello tells Ciacco, the glutton famous throughout the city, that one of the houses will have a delicious dinner. Chacco comes to that house and realizes that he is deceived. In retaliation, he slanders Biondello for one verzil, who thoroughly muddies the joker.

Novella Ninth

Two young people ask Solomon for advice: one — how to make himself fall in love, the other — how to teach his obstinate wife a lesson. Solomon advises the second to go to the Goose bridge, where both young men see the driver beat a stubborn donkey with a stick, and she moves on. At home, one of them bashes his wife when she refuses to fulfill his request, and understands the value of Solomon's advice. The first one understands that he must first love himself, and then they will love him.

Novella Tenth

Don Gianni, at the request of the godfather, Pietra casts a spell to turn his wife into a mare, and when it comes to the tail, he inserts his “tail” into the wife of the godfather. Kum Pietro says that he does not need such a tail and such a mare.

Day ten and last

Under the chairmanship of Pamfilo, where they talk about those who have done something generous or magnanimous in matters of love or in other matters.

Novella first

A certain valiant knight serves the Spanish king. It seems to him that he is little rewarded. The king sets the experience: he offers the knight to choose one of two chests, one of which has treasures, and the other has land. When the knight gets the land, the king decides that, although fate itself does not want wealth for this man, he, the king, will give him both chests.

Novella II

Ataman Gino di Tacco captures the abbot of Cluny, who went to be treated with water, heals the abbot’s stomach with a severe diet and then releases him. He, returning to the Roman court, reconciles the robber Gino with Pope Boniface and presents him to a high position.

The third story

Mithridan, who wants to be famous for his generosity, envies Nathan's generosity and goes to kill him. He meets Nathan, unrecognized, along the way, and, having scrutinized from himself how to do this, discovers that he has been talking with Nathan all this time. Mithridan realizes that Nathan was ready to give his life, and that he is more generous, and therefore begins to respect him and makes friends with him.

Fourth story

Messir Gentile dei Carisendi, having arrived from Modena, extracts from the tomb the woman he loved, who was accepted and buried for the dead. Having recovered, she gives birth to a son, and Messier Gentile returns her, together with the child, to her husband, Niccoluccio Caccianimikimo, which shows fantastic generosity.

Novella Fifth

Madonna Dianora asks Messir Ansaldo, in love with her, to arrange for her in January a garden as beautiful as in May. Messir Ansaldo, having agreed with one necromancer, sets up Madonna Dianore Garden. Her husband, learning about this, allows her to surrender to Ansaldo. When he learns of her husband’s generosity, he saves her from fulfilling her promise, and the necromancer, for his part, taking nothing, lets go of the debt to Messir Ansaldo.

Novella Six

Victorious King Carl the Elder falls in love with a young girl, the daughter of a noble Italian. Being ashamed of his foolishness and not wanting contention, he honorably marries the girl and her sister.

Novella seventh

King Pietro, learning about Lisa's passionate love for him from the minstrel she sent, consoles her. Subsequently, he gives Lisa married to a noble young man and, kissing her forehead, calls himself her knight.

Novella Eighth

Gisippo and Tit Quintius Fulv are very friendly, but in love with one girl. When she is extradited as Gisippo, he lets Tit Quintus sleep with her. When this becomes known, a scandal erupts, and Titus and his beloved leave for Rome, where Gisippo comes, impoverished and despised. Titus does not recognize Gisippo at the meeting. He, thinking that Titus despises him, and to die, slanders himself, claiming that he killed a man. Recognizing Gisippo and wanting to save him, Titus says that he is the killer. Hearing this, the perpetrator of the crime betrays himself, after which the ruler sets everyone free. Titus gives his sister to Jisippo and shares all his wealth with him.

Novella Ninth

Saladin, disguised as a merchant, perfectly receives Messire Torello. Going on a crusade, Messire Torello gives his wife time to marry, and himself, taken prisoner, becomes known to the Sultan Saladin by his adolescent to look after hunting birds. He recognizes Torello and announces to him who was that merchant, renders him great honors. When the time given to his wife comes out, the sorcerer Saladin in one night takes Messire Torello to his homeland, giving him treasures and jewelry. During the celebration, which took place on the occasion of the marriage of his wife, she recognizes Messire Torello, and he returns with her to her home.

Novella Tenth

The Marquis of Salutsky takes for himself the daughter of one peasant, Griselda, for love, and, having survived two children with her, wants to test her. He assures her that he killed the children, and he sends them to his relatives for education. Then, pretending to be tired of his wife and marry another, he returns his daughter who has grown up and declares her his bride, and Griselda tells him to drive away in one shirt. Seeing that she patiently transfers everything, he returns her to his house, beloved more than ever, introduces her to her already adult children, gives her a daughter in marriage, exalts Griselda’s father, a simple tiller, and loves and honors his wife all his life.

With the exception of the weekend, when you should devote yourself to God, every day ends with a change of ownership of the crown and a new song. The new king announces the theme of short stories the next day and issues orders for arranging the life of the company. By order of its kings and queens, the company leaves Florence and ends up in a castle abandoned by the owners with a beautiful garden, where it is located for several days. Then the company goes to a valley located between the wonderful mountain slopes, where friends enjoy nature. At the end of the 10th day, it was decided to return to Florence, and seven ladies go home, and three young people go in search of new adventures.