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Gesta Romanorum
This new Emperor Gallus functioning a beneficial singularly skilful carpenter about hard-on out-of a spectacular palace. At this period, a certain knight existed that has an incredibly gorgeous daughter; and you may just who, perceiving the newest over the top sagacity of your artificer, calculated to offer your your lover in marriage.
Calling him, thus, the guy said, “My good friend, query off me personally what you would; so that it getting possible, I am able to get it done, offered you marry my daughter.”
Then your mother of one’s lady thought to this new carpenter, “My personal young buck, since you have become our family members, I am able to bestow through to you a curious shirt. They possesses so it only 1 assets, you to if you and your wife try faithful so you’re able to one another, it does neither getting rent, neither used, neither tarnished. But if — and that Heaven forbid! — either of you show unfaithful, instantaneously it does reduce its advantage.”
The newest carpenter, happy as to what the guy heard, took the new clothing, and returned higher thank you for the new current. A short time afterward, new carpenter are delivered for to superintend this building of one’s emperor’s castle, got that have him the latest beneficial introduce that he had been administered. The guy proceeded, missing till the structure try done; and you will wide variety, observing just how much the guy labored, admired this new freshness and you will clean purity out-of his shirt.
Possibly the emperor condescended to note they, and you will said to him, “My master, just how is-it one from inside the even after of laborious field, and also the lingering use of the shirt, it still preserves its colour and beauty?”
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