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	\|Has Note=This material is closely related to the other "Wiles of Women" stories, which are: [[Ingenia\|Ingenia, The Trick: The Wiles of Women Collection]], in which a man tries (and fails) to record examples of all of women's trickery; Ingenia 3, The Trick: The Fish in the Field, in which a woman makes a fool of her misogynist husband; and [[Ingenia 4\|Ingenia 4: The Fur Coat]], in which a woman challenges her husband's misogynist scribe, who writes about women's wiles, into testing her capacity for creative adultery.		\|Has Note=This material is closely related to the other "Wiles of Women" stories, which are: [[Ingenia\|Ingenia, The Trick: The Wiles of Women Collection]], in which a man tries (and fails) to record examples of all of women's trickery; [[Ingenia 3\|Ingenia 3, The Trick: The Fish in the Field]], in which a woman makes a fool of her misogynist husband; and [[Ingenia 4\|Ingenia 4: The Fur Coat]], in which a woman challenges her husband's misogynist scribe, who writes about women's wiles, into testing her capacity for creative adultery.

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			\|Has Short Description=The Trick: Hidden Under the Throne
	\|Has Critical Literature=Nishimura (2001); Basset (1891); Marzolph and van Leeuwen (2004); Clouston (1884); Chauvin (1892-1922)		\|Has Critical Literature=Nishimura (2001); Basset (1891); Marzolph and van Leeuwen (2004); Clouston (1884); Chauvin (1892-1922)
	\|Has Motif=Deception; Deceitful woman; Deceitful lover; Gullible husband; Lesson: women’s cleverness and deceit; Adultery; Humour; Admission of trick framed as a joke; Riches; Jealousy; Jealous husband		\|Has Motif=Deception; Deceitful woman; Deceitful lover; Gullible husband; Lesson: women’s cleverness and deceit; Adultery; Humour; Admission of trick framed as a joke; Riches; Jealousy; Jealous husband; Trick in plain sight; Disguise; Cross dressing; Cross dressing: man in women’s clothes; Concealed lover; Mistaken or concealed identity
	\|Has Summary=~~'''The Wiles of Women'''~~		\|Has Summary=Passing through the city, a queen sees a great crowd of people gathered around a shop where a man offers to help women decieve their lovers, selling tricks and amulets, and writing their letters. She sends for him secretly, and he arrives at the palace disguised as a black woman. While the two are talking, a lady in waiting rushes in to inform the queen of the king's approach. The queen asks the man to demonstrate his deceit and his trickery, but he freezes in fear instead. She orders him to curl up under the seat of her high chair, then sits upon it, concealing him beneath her skirts. When the king enters, the queen immediately tells him that she has a man under her chair; the king draws his sword in fury. The queen then bursts out laughing, tells the king she is joking and that actually it is the shy daughter of a minister she has concealed who was too nervous to face the king, and so hid in fright. The king leaves, and the man promises that he can never match women's trickery, and will give up his business. The queen gives him a great deal of money, and he is never seen again.

	Passing through the city, a queen sees a great crowd of people gathered around a shop where a man offers to help women decieve their lovers, selling tricks and amulets, and writing their letters. She sends for him secretly, and he arrives at the palace disguised as a black woman. While the two are talking, a lady in waiting rushes in to inform the queen of the king's approach. The queen asks the man to demonstrate his deceit and his trickery, but he freezes in fear instead. She orders him to curl up under the seat of her high chair, then sits upon it, concealing him beneath her skirts. When the king enters, the queen immediately tells him that she has a man under her chair; the king draws his sword in fury. The queen then bursts out laughing, tells the king she is joking and that actually it is the shy daughter of a minister she has concealed who was too nervous to face the king, and so hid in fright. The king leaves, and the man promises that he can never match women's trickery, and will give up his business. The queen gives him a great deal of money, and he is never seen again.


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	[Entered by Jane Bonsall]		[Entered by Jane Bonsall]
	\|Has Note=Nishimura notes:		\|Has Note=This material is closely related to the other "Wiles of Women" stories, which are: [[Ingenia\|Ingenia, The Trick: The Wiles of Women Collection]], in which a man tries (and fails) to record examples of all of women's trickery; Ingenia 3, The Trick: The Fish in the Field, in which a woman makes a fool of her misogynist husband; and [[Ingenia 4\|Ingenia 4: The Fur Coat]], in which a woman challenges her husband's misogynist scribe, who writes about women's wiles, into testing her capacity for creative adultery.

			Nishimura notes:

	'''Analogues:''' ''Le Jardin parfumé'', 11.7 ‘The story of a woman who played a trick on a gallant’. Cardonne, ''Mélanges de littérature orientale'', ‘Die Geschicht von verliebten Philosophen’ (pp. 276-279. The man hides in a box). Hagen, ''Gesamtabenteuer'', 41, ‘Der Ritter unterm Zuber’ (by Jacob Appet).		'''Analogues:''' ''Le Jardin parfumé'', 11.7 ‘The story of a woman who played a trick on a gallant’. Cardonne, ''Mélanges de littérature orientale'', ‘Die Geschicht von verliebten Philosophen’ (pp. 276-279. The man hides in a box). Hagen, ''Gesamtabenteuer'', 41, ‘Der Ritter unterm Zuber’ (by Jacob Appet).

	'''Bibliography:''' ~~Chauvin VIII142, 206.~~ Landau 4. Hagen, II, pp. xxxvi-xl~~. W.A. Clouston, pp. 258-263~~.		'''Additional Bibliography:''' Landau 4. Hagen, II, pp. xxxvi-xl.
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	\|Has Critical Literature=Nishimura (2001); Basset (1891); Marzolph and van Leeuwen (2004); Clouston (1884); Chauvin (1892-1922)		\|Has Critical Literature=Nishimura (2001); Basset (1891); Marzolph and van Leeuwen (2004); Clouston (1884); Chauvin (1892-1922)
	\|Has Motif=Deception; Deceitful woman; Deceitful lover; Gullible husband; Lesson: women’s cleverness and deceit; Adultery; Humour; Admission of trick framed as a joke; Riches		\|Has Motif=Deception; Deceitful woman; Deceitful lover; Gullible husband; Lesson: women’s cleverness and deceit; Adultery; Humour; Admission of trick framed as a joke; Riches; Jealousy; Jealous husband
	\|Has Summary='''The Wiles of Women'''		\|Has Summary='''The Wiles of Women'''

	Passing through the city, a queen sees a great crowd of people gathered around a shop where a man offers to help women decieve their lovers, selling tricks and amulets, and writing their letters. She sends for him secretly, and he arrives at the palace disguised as a black woman. While the two are talking, a lady in waiting rushes in to inform the queen of the king's approach. The queen asks the man to demonstrate his deceit and his trickery, but he freezes in fear instead. She orders him to curl up under the seat of her high chair, then sits upon it, concealing him beneath her skirts. When the king enters, the queen immediately tells him that she has a man under her chair; the king draws his sword in fury. The queen then bursts out laughing, tells the king she is joking and that actually it is the shy daughter of a minister she has concealed who was too nervous to face the king, and so hid in fright. The king leaves, and the man promises that he can never match women's trickery, and will give up his business. The queen gives him a great deal of money, and he is never seen again.		Passing through the city, a queen sees a great crowd of people gathered around a shop where a man offers to help women decieve their lovers, selling tricks and amulets, and writing their letters. She sends for him secretly, and he arrives at the palace disguised as a black woman. While the two are talking, a lady in waiting rushes in to inform the queen of the king's approach. The queen asks the man to demonstrate his deceit and his trickery, but he freezes in fear instead. She orders him to curl up under the seat of her high chair, then sits upon it, concealing him beneath her skirts. When the king enters, the queen immediately tells him that she has a man under her chair; the king draws his sword in fury. The queen then bursts out laughing, tells the king she is joking and that actually it is the shy daughter of a minister she has concealed who was too nervous to face the king, and so hid in fright. The king leaves, and the man promises that he can never match women's trickery, and will give up his business. The queen gives him a great deal of money, and he is never seen again.


	From the ''One Thousand and One Nights,'' from Nishimura's summary of Basset's MS, found in Leiden Or. 14.303.		From the ''One Thousand and One Nights,'' from Nishimura's summary of Basset's MS, found in Leiden Or. 14.303.

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			\|Has Note=Nishimura notes:

			'''Analogues:''' ''Le Jardin parfumé'', 11.7 ‘The story of a woman who played a trick on a gallant’. Cardonne, ''Mélanges de littérature orientale'', ‘Die Geschicht von verliebten Philosophen’ (pp. 276-279. The man hides in a box). Hagen, ''Gesamtabenteuer'', 41, ‘Der Ritter unterm Zuber’ (by Jacob Appet).

			'''Bibliography:''' Chauvin VIII142, 206. Landau 4. Hagen, II, pp. xxxvi-xl. W.A. Clouston, pp. 258-263.
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{{Inset Story
|Has Critical Literature=Nishimura (2001); Basset (1891); Marzolph and van Leeuwen (2004); Clouston (1884); Chauvin (1892-1922)
|Has Motif=Deception; Deceitful woman; Deceitful lover; Gullible husband; Lesson: women’s cleverness and deceit; Adultery; Humour; Admission of trick framed as a joke; Riches
|Has Summary='''The Wiles of Women'''

Passing through the city, a queen sees a great crowd of people gathered around a shop where a man offers to help women decieve their lovers, selling tricks and amulets, and writing their letters. She sends for him secretly, and he arrives at the palace disguised as a black woman. While the two are talking, a lady in waiting rushes in to inform the queen of the king's approach. The queen asks the man to demonstrate his deceit and his trickery, but he freezes in fear instead. She orders him to curl up under the seat of her high chair, then sits upon it, concealing him beneath her skirts. When the king enters, the queen immediately tells him that she has a man under her chair; the king draws his sword in fury. The queen then bursts out laughing, tells the king she is joking and that actually it is the shy daughter of a minister she has concealed who was too nervous to face the king, and so hid in fright. The king leaves, and the man promises that he can never match women's trickery, and will give up his business. The queen gives him a great deal of money, and he is never seen again.

From the ''One Thousand and One Nights,'' from Nishimura's summary of Basset's MS, found in Leiden Or. 14.303.

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