"Francesco Filelfo, jealous of his wife, was in the greatest anxiety lest she should have to do with some other man, and was, day and night, intent upon keeping good watch over her. One night, in a dream (for we are often visited in our slumbers by what has preyed upon the mind when waking) he saw a certain Demon, who promised him full security respecting his wife, if he but followed his prescription. Fast asleep, he accepted, saying it would afford him the greatest pleasure, and that he would be happy to requite such a good turn: — "Well then," quoth the Demon, "take this ring, and keep it carefully on your finger; for, so long as the finger shall be in the ring, your wife may never sleep with another man without you know of it." Filelfo, whom joy at once wakened, sensit se digitum habere in uxoris cunno. That ring is indeed a first rate preservative for jealous husbands, and secures them against their wives being unchaste without their knowledge."
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