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                                                                  DEcAMERON: EIGhth DAY - NOVEL VI
                                                                  E.A. 1985 ETCHINg AQUA FORTE /AQUA TINTA 7,5X11,5 IN. /20X30 CM.























































                                                                  Eighth Day - Novel VI
                                                                  Bruno and Buffalmacco steal a pig from Calandrino, and induce him to deduce
                                                                  its recovery by means of pills of ginger and vernaccia wine. Of the said pills
                                                                  they give him two, one after the other, made of dog-ginger compounded with
                                                                  aloes; and it then appearing as if he had had the pig himself, they constrain
                                                                  him to buy them off, if he would not have them tell his wife.
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