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  • Italian Novella*Rotunda.
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Filed under The husband's good eye covered. The wife holds a cloth in front of his one good eye, so that he cannot see the paramour.

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The husband's good eye treated. The wife pretends to treat his one good eye, so that he cannot see the paramourGirl covers nurse's one good eye so that she cannot see her loverAdulteress covers husband's eyes during incantation. Meanwhile paramour escapesAdulteress persuades husband to milk cow with his eyes blindfolded: meets lover. (Cf. Chaucer's Merchant's Tale.)The faithless wife asks her gullible husband how he would act if he were blind. The husband closes his eyes; meanwhile the lover escapesWife washes husband's hair hiding his eyes while lover escapes unseenWife has husband look for hole in pot she has bought, allowing lover to escape unseenWife shows husband her milk-filled breasts and squirts milk in his eyes allowing lover to escape unseen

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