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K1551 Husband returns home secretly and spies on adulteress and lovers
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- Husband discovers wife's adultery · K1550.1 entry
- Adulteress detected by food she prepares for paramour · K1550.3 entry
- Husband feigns blindness and avenges himself on his wife and her paramour · K1553 entry
- The husband sets house afire and ousts hidden paramour · K1554 entry
- Husband carries off box containing hidden paramour. Latter exposed (otherwise discomfited) · K1555 entry
- Old Hildebrand. Hidden cuckold reveals his presence by rhymes. He responds to the rhymes made by the wife and paramour concerning their entertainment · K1556 entry
- Husband discovers wife's adultery by riddling conversation. In this indirect manner the wife confesses and promises reform · K1557 entry
- The husband prepares to castrate the crucifix. The artist's wife's paramour poses as a crucifix when caught. When he sees the husband's preparations, he flees naked · K1558 entry
- The husband meets the paramour in the wife's place. Beats him (or cuts off privates) · K1561 entry
- Husband catches paramour in pitfall. The wife sends her maid to investigate. The maid falls in and finally the wife herself. The husband calls the neighborhood to see them · K1562 entry