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  • Italian Novella*Rotunda.
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Filed under Generosity rewarded.

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Slave freed as reward for killing enemy's two slaves, and given as much land as he can cultivate in three days
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Spendthrift knight. Divides his last penny. He is later helped by the grateful personReward for providing coffins for poorGenerosity to saint (god) in disguise rewarded. (Cf. Q1, Q45.1.)Reward for generosity to king's buffoon. Ruler rewards herald who is generous to his buffoonReward for tearing out eye when demandedReward for remitting tribute. (Cf. Q172.7.)Saint gives a man all his credit for good deeds so that the man may go to heaven. Saint is then rewarded with even greater credit. (Cf. Q172.)Cobbler gives new pair of shoes to poor boy and says: "You can pay me when you become archbishop." Generously rewarded many years later

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