Beschrijving
One-eyed Man Marries. The beautiful daughter of a poor knight marries a rich blind man. On the wedding night the blind man notices that she is not a virgin anymore. He reproaches her and she replies that the loss of his eyes would be a greater defect. Her blind husband explains that this injury was caused by his enemies. The young woman thereupon tells him not to reproach her, because her friends caused her defect.
Motief
F111.7
J1772
V11.9
Commentaar
Documented in Petrarch, Epistulae familiares (VII,14*,2), and in Heinrich Bebel, Facetiae (II,6). Horace, Satirae (I,3,40) gives an allusion.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
1379***
Subgenre
mop