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N348 Jealous husband kills innocent wife. Suspicions aroused when villain leaves his handkerchief in her room. (Othello.)
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- Suicide in remorse over hasty condemnation · N340.1 entry
- King hastily has 7,000 people put to death for stoning his judges to death · N340.2 entry
- Woman wrongly condemned for drunkenness when seen to take one drink · N340.3 entry
- Misunderstood message causes messenger to be killed (accused) · N341 entry
- Hasty condemnation of man who accidentally becomes suspected of crime · N342 entry
- Lover kills self believing his mistress dead. She has been frightened away by a lion. (Pyramus and Thisbe.) · N343 entry
- Father kills self believing that son is dead. The son forgets to spread white sails, the prearranged signal of his safety. (Told also of lovers.) · N344 entry
- The falcon of Sir Federigo. An impoverished suitor has only a falcon to catch birds with. His lady's sick son wants the falcon and she goes to ask for it. The suitor serves dinner for her – his falcon. When she makes her request it is too late · N345 entry
- Pigeon hastily kills his mate for stealing wheat. It has merely dried out and no longer fills the nest. When the dampness later swells the wheat, he sees his mistake and kills himself in remorse · N346 entry
- Innocent man accidentally suspected of crime. (Cf. N342.2.) · N347 entry