Man who owes 1000 ducats has his creditor arrested for owing him ten. Thus he hopes to postpone payment of his own debt

Motif

Man who owes 1000 ducats has his creditor arrested for owing him ten. Thus he hopes to postpone payment of his own debt.

Deceptions. · Deceptive bargains. · Deception in payment of debt. · Other deceptions in the payment of debt. · view the constellation · filed as K238.2

ask the rhapsode about this motif →

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

Italian NovellaRotunda.

Within the index

Filed under Deceptive respite in payment obtained.

Filed beside it

Creditor to wait till debtor is shaved. The debtor refuses to finish shaving

wander