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  • Italian Novella*Rotunda.
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Filed under Cheating by substitution of worthless articles.

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Innkeeper serves sweetened water for wine, cat for rabbit, mule for beef
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Entrails substituted for meat. Prometheus divides slain ox so that bones and entrails seem to be choicest part. (Zeus is not deceived.)False articles used to produce creditFalse set of rings to offset genuine. Jewels bought with counterfeit moneyWhile swimming with the lizard, toad exchanges own ugly daughter for lizard's pretty oneLean geese substituted for fat by tricksterWoman gives friend dried comb while she herself eats the honeyCheating by substitution of common cow for magic one

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