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305( 6)[ f. 302b]. Children refused to give drink to theirdrunkard father and put him in a cemetery. But in an emptycave there some thieves had deposited jars of wine. The manfound them and once again got drunk. So the children had totake him home again. Even the cemetry was of no avail!!!

306( 7)[ f. 303a]. A charitably disposed man had 3 chestsof gold, silver, and copper respectively. His wife was un-charitable and ill- disposed. One day being pressed by apoor man, in the absence of her husband, she went to hischests and found them full with scorpions and insects. His" Good- eye" brings blessing; her" Evil- eye" a curse!!!

307( 8)[ f. 303b]. A demon gave a man daily a dinarso as not to cut the tree in which he was. After a time theman was afraid of thus worshiping a demon so he cut thetree, and found a treasure under it, as his reward.

Story( 9) same as 2 of Exempla, and story( 10) identicalwith No. 57.

308( 11)[ f. 305a]. A man was commanded not to takean oath. He lost successively his wife who was taken awayby captain, his 2 children one of whom was carried off bya wolf and the other of whom fell into the water. He foundthem all afterwards in great honour and happiness.

309( 12)[ f. 306b]. A man on a journey remained behindto keep Sabbath. He was protected by a bear and saved fromrobbers. They killed his two companions who had goneahead thus breaking the Sabbath.

310( 13)[ f. 307a]. A pious and poor man's wife was nottempted by a rich man; she also saved her husband fromprison and misery by her courage and virtue.

Story 14 same as Nos. III- 112 of Exempla.

311( 15)[ f. 308b]. A husband heard his wife savingthat of their 10 children only one was his real son, so heleft his fortune to him who would prove to be that one.All ten contested the will: each claiming to be the son.A judge, asked to decide, told the 10 to beat the dead bodywith their cudgels. 9 did so but one refused, and was therebyrecognised to be the son.