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AdulteryChastityDeathDeceptionDeceitful advisorRemorseEvidenceFalse evidence of unchastity/criminalityFoolish old manGullible husbandJealous husbandMarriageRevengeSlander: wife falsely accusedSuicideViolenceMurderUnjust execution

A servant misleads his master into thinking that his wife is having an affair with another servant. The master kills both the adulterers. When he discovers his mistake, he kills the lying servant and then commits suicide.

Adapted from Wikeley (1983) by Ava Byrne.

Note
Italian version was published separately as the Compassionevole avvenimento di Cleandro gentiluomo padovano.

Critical Literature
No critical literature available

Zelus appears in the following versions and secondary versions

Zelus is narrated in the following occurrences

Narrator	Pages
Enoscopo	Erasto (Es), L'Amabile di Continentia (Em), Mario Teluccini, Erasto in verse, Mario Teluccini, Erasto. Pesaro: Girolamo Concordia, 1566., Parma Biblioteca Palatina Parm. 01391

Zelus appears in the following manuscripts

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 {{Inset Story
+|Has Motif=Adultery; Chastity; Death; Deception; Deceitful advisor; Remorse; Evidence; False evidence of unchastity/criminality; Foolish old man; Gullible husband; Jealous husband; Marriage; Revenge; Slander: wife falsely accused; Suicide; Violence; Murder; Unjust execution
+|Has Summary=A servant misleads his master into thinking that his wife is having an affair with another servant. The master kills both the adulterers. When he discovers his mistake, he kills the lying servant and then commits suicide.
+Adapted from Wikeley (1983) by Ava Byrne.
 |Has Note=Italian version was published separately as the Compassionevole avvenimento di Cleandro gentiluomo padovano.
 }}