Ingenia
The Trick: the Wiles of Women
An old man has dedicated his life to the collection and record of antifeminist literature, until he has amassed a collection of stories of all of women's wiles. He arrives at a city bearing the book of women's wiles, and the lord asks his wife to attend him. Once the two are alone, the wife enquires after the old man's business, and he tells her that he has collected stories of every trick played by women. She asks him to sleep with her - in vengeange for her husband's infidelity, she claims - but once the two are in bed together, she screams loudly, and he faints in fear. When her husband rushes in, she tells him that the old man is ill, and choked and fainted when he tried to eat. The lord commends her care, instructs her to feed him honey-water, and leaves. The wife turns to the old man, now awake, and asks if his great book included that particular trick. He assures her it does not, and burns his book, recognising that it is useless.
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