Excerpt from The Nights of Straparola, Vol. 2<br><br>The fifth fable. Frate Bigoccio becomes enamoured of Gliceria, and, having put on lay attire, fraudulently takes her to wife then, having gotten her with child, forsakes her, and returns to his monastery.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.