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“Spinelloccio Tavena and Zeppa di Mino“
Spinelloccio and Zeppa are neighbors and friends, both with
beautiful wives. Spinelloccio hangs out at Zeppa’s house
even when he’s not at home, and becomes good “friends”
with Zeppa’s wife. One day, the two lovers don’t realize that
Zeppa’s still in the house. He sees everything. Zeppa calls
out his wife for her behavior the second that Spinelloccio
leaves. He makes her promise to help him carry out his
plan for revenge. The next day, she’s to invite Spinelloccio
over to the house early in the morning. Zeppa will surprise
them and she’s to stuff him into the chest at the foot of
the bed and lock him in. Things go according to plan and
when Zeppa has Spinelloccio securely locked in the chest,
he sends his wife next door to invite Spinelloccio’s wife to
breakfast. When she gets there, Zeppa takes her upstairs
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to his bedroom and sets her down on the chest to explain
the situation. He tells her the only revenge he’s asking is to
have sex with her. And afterward he’ll give her a precious
jewel as a present. Spinelloccio’s wife decides to give
Zeppa what he wants, since there are worse ways of being
avenged. They do the deed right on top of the locked trunk
where Spinelloccio’s locked in. Afterwards, Zeppa calls his
wife and opens up the chest. This is the jewel, he says, that
he’s giving to Spinelloccio’s wife. They all have a good laugh
at Zeppa’s revenge and the men decide that since they’ve
shared everything in the past, now they’ll share wives, too.
Fiammetta ends by saying that henceforth, each husband
had two wives and each wife had two husbands and they
lived happily ever after.
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