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TRANSLATORS PREFACE

VOLUME I

THE FIRST TEN TALES

PROLOGUE

THE FAIR IMPERIA

THE VENIAL SIN

HOW THE GOOD MAN BRUYN TOOK A WIFE.

HOW THE SENESCHAL STRUGGLED WITH HIS WIFE’S MODESTY.

THAT WHICH IS ONLY A VENIAL SIN.

HOW AND BY WHOM THE SAID CHILD WAS PROCURED.

HOW THE SAID LOVE-SIN WAS REPENTED OF AND LED TO GREAT MOURNING.

THE KING’S SWEETHEART

THE DEVIL’S HEIR

THE MERRIE JESTS OF KING LOUIS THE ELEVENTH

THE HIGH CONSTABLE’S WIFE

THE MAID OF THILOUSE

THE BROTHERS-IN-ARMS

THE VICAR OF AZAY-LE-RIDEAU

THE REPROACH

EPILOGUE

VOLUME II

THE SECOND TEN TALES

PROLOGUE

THE THREE CLERKS OF ST. NICHOLAS

THE CONTINENCE OF KING FRANCIS THE FIRST

THE MERRY TATTLE OF THE NUNS OF POISSY

HOW THE CHATEAU D’AZAY CAME TO BE BUILT

THE FALSE COURTESAN

THE DANGER OF BEING TOO INNOCENT

THE DEAR NIGHT OF LOVE

THE SERMON OF THE MERRY VICAR OF MEUDON

THE SUCCUBUS

Prologue

PETITION

TOURNEBOUCHE.

PETITION

HIEROME CORNILLE.

JEHAN DE LA HAYE.

DESPAIR IN LOVE

EPILOGUE

VOLUME III

THE THIRD TEN TALES

PROLOGUE

PERSEVERANCE IN LOVE

CONCERNING A PROVOST WHO DID NOT RECOGNISE THINGS

ABOUT THE MONK AMADOR, WHO WAS A GLORIOUS ABBOT OF TURPENAY

BERTHA THE PENITENT

HOW THE PRETTY MAID OF PORTILLON CONVINCED HER JUDGE

IN WHICH IT IS DEMONSTRATED THAT FORTUNE IS ALWAYS FEMININE

CONCERNING A POOR MAN WHO WAS CALLED LE VIEUX PAR-CHEMINS

ODD SAYINGS OF THREE PILGRIMS

INNOCENCE

THE FAIR IMPERIA MARRIED

EPILOGUE