Like Salabaetto earlier, Madonna Jancofiore is slow to suspect the trick. Also like Salabaetto, she learns a lesson from the experience: although other men might be gullible enough to make good marks in the future, she shouldn’t mess with Florentines. Thus, the tale ends on some home-town pride for Florence—and it suggests the stature of the
brigata, all of whom are, themselves, honest Florentines.