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was found of a truth the nobleman had no right to wed his second wife. After a strict and careful inquiry, Violante and Giannica were alone found guilty, and they were publicly beheaded. They went joyously to their death, as if going to some festival; and, as report has it, the slave, being careless for herself, besought her mistress to meet death calmly, since thus nobly had she gotten her revenge.
