 It is also known under the titles La favola di Belfagor Arcidiavolo and Il demonio che prese moglie ("The demon who took a wife").An abbreviated version of Machiavelli's "favola" (tale) was issued under the name Giovanni Brevio in 1545.Giovanni Francesco Straparola included his own version as the fourth story of the second night in his "Le piacevoli notti" (1557).