Zelus

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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.

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Zelus appears in the following versions and secondary versions
Version Original Language Branch of Tradition Adapted from Erasto (Es) Italian Seven Sages of Rome L'Amabile di Continentia (Em) L'Amabile di Continentia (Em) Italian Seven Sages of Rome Mario Teluccini, Erasto in verse Italian Seven Sages of Rome Erasto (Es)

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
Manuscript Language Siglum (Version) Language Group within Version Parma Biblioteca Palatina Parm. 01391 Italian I (Versio Italico)