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Filed under Husband outwits adulteress and paramour.

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Husband collects fee from paramour. Surprised paramour paysHusband surprises wife and paramour. Rebukes them for not shutting the doorIllness feigned to go to mistress. Husband leaves bed to go to serving maidHusband takes place of paramour. Beats or otherwise discomfits wifeHusband catches paramour by using wife's pre-arranged signalHusband persuades wife to light wicks and carry knife in hand before committing adultery: lovers frightened awayAlleged speaking privates. Husband pretends that his wife's privates tell him of her adulteryHusband discomfits paramour and wife by clever remark showing that he knows allHusband kills surprised paramour. Wife persuades him he has killed thief
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Husband discovers wife's adulteryAdulteress detected by food she prepares for paramourHusband returns home secretly and spies on adulteress and loversHusband feigns blindness and avenges himself on his wife and her paramourThe husband sets house afire and ousts hidden paramourHusband carries off box containing hidden paramour. Latter exposed (otherwise discomfited)Old Hildebrand. Hidden cuckold reveals his presence by rhymes. He responds to the rhymes made by the wife and paramour concerning their entertainmentHusband discovers wife's adultery by riddling conversation. In this indirect manner the wife confesses and promises reformThe 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 nakedThe husband meets the paramour in the wife's place. Beats him (or cuts off privates)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 themHusband (god) traps wife and paramour with magic armor. (Vulcan, Mars, Venus.)Husband proves intrigue by secretly blacking paramour's mouth. When he returns, his wife's face is blackBlades (broken glass) to wound and detect wife's lover. (Often on window.)Cuckolded man shuts wife's paramour in chest and lies on the chest with latter's wifeHusband tricks wife into riding a mule which has been denied water. On fording a stream the mule plunges into the water. Wife drowns. (Sometimes also paramour.)

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