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...... The first story of the third day, told by Filostrato, describes the farce that Masetto da Lamporecchio plays on the nuns of a convent. Thus, he feigns to be dumb to obtain a gardener's place at the convent, and thus gets all the nuns in the convent to engage in sexual relations with him. Again, the trick betokens ingenuity: Masetto simply feigns that he is dumb, at first because it would be the best way to obtain admittance in a womens convent, as he would not be able to offend them with his talk which might be unrighteous. His main intention is however to get the nuns to lie with him, knowing that if they think he is dumb they will trust no one else will ever find out. After some time spent like this, he goes to the abbess to complain about the fact that he is required to do work he was not hired for, and thus reveals that he is not dumb:
Ultimamente della sua camera alla stanza di lui rimandatolone, e molto spesso rivolendolo e oltre a ci pi che parte volendo da lui, non potendo Masetto sodisfare a tante, s'avis che il suo esser

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