_Bruno_ and _Buffalmaco_, who had laughed all this while heartily at this pastime, with _Phillippo_ and _Nicholetta_; came running in haste to know the reason of this loude noise, and after they had pacified the woman with gentle perswasions: they advised _Calandrino_ to walke with his Wife to _Florence_, and returne no more to worke there againe, least _Phillippo_ hearing what had hapned, should be revenged on him with some outrage. Thus poore _Calandrino_ miserably misused and beaten, went home to _Florence_ with his Wife, scoulded and raild at all the way, beside his other molestations** (day and night) afterward: his Companions, _Phillippo_ and _Nicholetta_, making themselves merry at his mis-fortune. _Two yong Gentlemen, the one named_ Panuccio, _and the other_ Adriano, _lodged one night in a poore Inne, where one of them went to bed to the Hostes Daughter, and the other (by mistaking his way in the darke) to the Hostes wife. He which lay with the daughter, happened afterward to the Hostes bed, and told him what he had done, as thinking he spake to his owne companyon. Discontentment growing betweene them, the Mother perceiving her errour, went to bed to her daughter, and with discreete language, made a generall pacification._ The Sixt Novell. _Wherein is manifested, that an offence committed ignorantly, and by mistaking; ought to be covered with good advise, and civill discretion._ _Calandrino_, whose mishaps had so many times made the whole assembly merry, and this last passing among them with indifferent commendations: upon a generall silence commanded, the Queene gave order to _Pamphilus_, that hee should follow next, as indeed he did, beginning thus. Praise-worthy Ladies, the name of _Nicholetta_, so fondly affected by _Calandrino_, putteth mee in minde of a Novell, concerning another _Nicholetta_, of whom I purpose to speake: to the ende you may observe how by a sudden wary fore-sight, a discreet woman compassed the meanes to avoyde a notorious scandall. On the plaine of _Mugnone_, neere to _Florence_, dwelt (not long since) an honest meane man, who kept a poore Inne or Ostery for travellers, where they might have some slender entertainement for their money. As he was but a poore man, so his house affoorded but very small receit of guests, not lodging any but on necessity, and such as he had some knowledge of. This honest poore hoste had a woman (sufficiently faire) to his wife, by whom hee had also two children, the one a comely young maiden, aged about fifteene yeares, and the other a sonne, not fully (as yet) a yeare old, and sucking on the mothers brest.