简介：ThemainstorycombinesbitsofGiovanniBoccaccio'sownlife(maybeandmaybenot)withthreeofhismostfabulousstoriesoflove.IthasBoccacciofollowingFiamettatoacountryvillawheresheandfiveotherwomen---TheContessa,Pampineaandthreevillagirlsarehidingfollowingtherapeoftheirhomecity,Florance,Italy,bytheDukeofLorenzo.Therecently-widowedFiamettaspurnsoverturesofloveofferedbythephilanderingBoccacciowho,inanefforttowinher,spinstwoofhisstories:Thefirstis"PaganinothePirate",aspicytaleofayoungwife,marriedtoanelderlygent,whoprefersastrologytomartialbliss,permitsherselftobecapturedbyayoungpirate,toteachherhusbandalesson.Thesecondtaleis"WageronVirtue",concerninganelderlymerchant,wholosesfaithinhisbeautifulyoungwife,onthestrengthofcircumstantialevidencepresenthimbyadaringyoungrogue,whohaspreviouslygoadedhimintoabetonhiswife'svirtue,orlackthereof.ThecharactersinthissegmentincludeNerina,TheSultan,theMerchantCaptain,aMerchantinFrenchInnandGeorgeandBertBernardasmessengers.Thethirdstory,toldbyFiametta,is"TheDoctor'sDaughter,"concerningadelicatematterofmatrimonywhenawife,Isabella,findsherselfspurnedbytheman,Bertrando,whohaswedheratthecommandofhisKing.CharactersincludeMaria,TheOldWitch,FatherFrancaisco,andSignoraBucca.…