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In this book, a man disguises himself as the angel Gabriel in order to seduce “Lady Numbskull,” but is exposed when the ironically-named Honest Man betrays him. After a king cuts off a lock of his hair in the night, a groom does the same to every servant in the palace to evade punishment in a story from this book. A tale from this collection about three rings bequeathed by Melchizedek (-5[1])inspired the “ring parable” from Gotthold Lessing’s play Nathan the Wise. In the final story from this collection, a marquis threatens to kill his children to test the patience of his wife Griselda. Dioneo tells the tenth and final story (10[1])of each “day” in this collection. For 10 points, name this collection of 100 (10[1]-5[1])tales told by Florentines sheltering from the Black Death, by Giovanni Boccaccio. (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: The Decameron [or Il Decameron] (The first line refers to Day 4, Story 2. The second line refers to Day 3, Story 2.)
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