In Pampinea’s fifth tale (V, 6), Restituta is the beautiful daughter of nobleman Marin Bòlgaro. She loves a young man named Gianni but has kept him at bay because she wants to preserve her chastity. She is kidnapped by pirates who give her as a “gift” to King Frederick of Sicily. When she and Gianni are reunited, she repents her former “cruel” refusal and willingly has sex with him (also because she’s sure she’s about to become a king’s concubine). She is meant to symbolize a steadfast lover, and she and Gianni are married in the end. But she also ends up demonstrating female objectification in The Decameron when she is offered as a gift to the king and her worth is tied to her sexuality alone.