Our former named two craftie Companions, seeing _Guccio Porco_ so seriously employed about _Nuta_, was there-with not a little contented, because their intended labour was now more then halfe ended. And perceiving no contradiction to crosse their proceeding, into Friar _Onyons_ chamber entred they, finding it ready open for their purpose: where the first thing that came into their hand in search, was the wallet. When they had opened it, they found a small Cabinet, wrapped in a great many foldings of rich Taffata; and having unfolded it, a fine formall Key was hanging thereat: wherewith having unlockt the Cabinet, they found a faire Feather of a Parrots taile, which they supposed to bee the verie same, that he meant to shew the people of _Certaldo_. And truly (in those dayes) it was no hard matter to make them beleeve anything, because the idle vanities of _Ægypt_ and those remoter parts, had not (as yet) bin seene in _Tuscany_, as since then they have bin in great abundance, to the utter ruine (almost) of _Italy_. And although they might then be knowne to very few, yet the inhabitants of the Country generally, understoode little or nothing at all of them. For there, the pure simplicitie of their ancient predecessours still continuing; they had not seene any Parrots, or so much as heard any speech of them. Wherefore the two crafty consorts, not a little joyfull of finding the Feather, tooke it thence with them, and because** they would not leave the Cabinet empty, espying Char-coales lying in a corner of the Chamber, they filled it with them, wrapping it up againe in the Taffata, and in as demure manner as they found it. So, away came they with the Feather, neither seene or suspected by any one, intending now to heare what Friar _Onyon_ would say, uppon the losse of his precious Relique, and finding the Coales there placed insted thereof.