Note 1 — XCVI Here it is told of Bito and Messer Frulli of San Giorgio near Florence
Edward Storer translation
A merchant carried wine overseas in casks with two partitions1. At the top and the bottom (of the casks) there was wine, and in the middle water, so that half of the cask was wine, and half water. There were spigots at the top and the bottom, but none in the middle. He sold the water for wine, and doubled his gains, and as soon as he was paid, he got aboard a ship with his money. And by the will of God there was a big monkey aboard the ship, who took the money from the merchant’s pocket, and climbed up to the top of the mast with it.