Husband beaten by paramour. Husband, dressed in wife's clothing, is beaten by forewarned paramour. The latter says that he is testing the wife's fidelity to her husband

Motif

Husband beaten by paramour. Husband, dressed in wife's clothing, is beaten by forewarned paramour. The latter says that he is testing the wife's fidelity to her husband.

Deceptions. · Deceptions connected with adultery. · Adulteress outwits husband. · view the constellation · filed as K1514.4.1

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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SpanishChilders
Italian Novella*Rotunda.

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Filed under Returning husband beaten by servants. Mistaken for lover whom he has told them to beat.

Filed beside it

Husband hides in curtain to catch paramour. On entering, paramour threatens to kill husband if he should appear

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