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¶ Of him that said there were but two commandementes. i. | 11 |
¶ Of the wyfe who lay with her prentys and caused him to beate her husbande disguised in her rayment. ii | 12 |
¶ Of John Adroyns in the dyuyls apparell. iii. | 14 |
¶ Of the Ryche man and his two sonnes. iv. | 18 |
¶ Of the Cockolde who gained a Ring by his iudgment. v. | 19 |
¶ Of the scoler that gave his shoes to cloute. vi. | 20 |
¶ Of him that said that a womans tongue was lightest of digestion. vii. | ib. |
¶ Of the Woman that followed her fourth husbands bere and wept. viii. | 21 |
¶ Of the Woman that sayd her woer came to late. ix. | 22 |
¶ Of the Mylner with the golden thombe. x. | 23 |
¶ Of the horseman of Irelande that prayde Oconer for to hange up the frere. xi. | ib. |
¶ Of the preest that sayd nother Corpus meus nor Corpum meum. xii. | 26 |
¶ Of the two freres whereof the one loued nat the ele heed nor the other the tayle. xiii. | 27 |
¶ Of the welche man that shroue hym for brekynge of hys faste on the fryday. xiv. | 28 |
¶ Of the merchaunte of London that dyd put nobles in his mouthe in hys dethe bedde. xv. | 30 |
¶ Of the mylner that stale the nuttes of the tayler that stale a shepe. xvi. | 31 |
¶ Of the foure elementes where they should sone be founde. xvii. | 36 |
¶ Of the woman that poured the potage in the iudges male. xviii. | 37 |
¶ Of the wedded men that came to heuen to clayme theyr herytage. xix. | 39 |
¶ Of the merchaunte that charged his sonne to fynde one to synge for hys soule. xx. | 40 |
¶ Of the mayde wasshynge clothes that answered the frere. xxi. | 42 |
¶ Of the thre wyse men of Gotam. xxii. | ib. |
¶ Of the graye frere that answered his penytente. xxiii. | 43 |
¶ Of the gentylman that bare the sege borde on hys necke. xxiv. | 44 |
¶ Of the merchantes wyfe that sayd she wolde take a nap at a sermon. xxv. | 47 |
¶ Of the woman that said and she lyued another yere she wolde haue a cockoldes hatte of her owne. xxvi. | 48 |
¶ Of the gentylman that wysshed his tothe in the gentylwomans tayle. xxvii. | ib. |
¶ Of the Welcheman that confessyd hym howe he had slayne a frere. xxviii. | 49 |
¶ Of the Welcheman that coude nat gette but a lytell male. xxix. | 50 |
¶ Of the gentyll woman that sayde to a gentyll man ye haue a berde aboue and none benethe. xxx. | 51 |
¶ Of the frere that sayde our Lorde fed fyue M. people with iii fysshys. xxxi. | 52 |
¶ Of the frankelyn that wold haue had the frere gone. xxxii. | 53 |
¶ Of the prest that sayd Our Lady was not so curyous a woman. xxxiii. | 54 |
¶ Of the good man that sayde to his wyfe he had euyll fare. xxxiv. | 55 |
¶ Of the frere that bad his childe make a laten. xxxv. | ib. |
¶ Of the gentylman that asked the frere for his beuer. xxxvi. | 56 |
¶ Of the thre men that chose the woman. xxxvii. | ib. |
¶ Of the gentylman that taught his cooke the medycyne for the tothake. xxxviii. | 58 |
¶ Of the gentylman that promysed the scoler of Oxford a sarcenet typet. xxxix. | 60 |
¶ Of mayster Skelton that broughte the bysshop of Norwiche ii fesauntys. xl. | 62 |
¶ Of the yeman of garde that sayd he wolde bete the carter. xli. | 65 |
¶ Of the fole that saide he had leuer go to hell than to heuen. xlii. | 66 |
¶ Of the plowmannys sonne that sayde he sawe one to make a gose to creke swetely. xliii. | 67 |
¶ Of the maydes answere that was wyth chylde. xliv. | ib. |
¶ Of the seruaunt that rymyd with hys mayster. xlv. | 68 |
¶ Of the Welcheman that delyuered the letter to the ape. xlvi. | 69 |
¶ Of hym that solde ryght nought. xlvii. | 71 |
¶ Of the frere that tolde the thre chyldres fortunes. xlviii. | 72 |
¶ Of the boy that bare the frere his masters money. xlix. | 74 |
¶ Of Phylyp Spencer the bochers man. l. | 75 |
¶ Of the courtear and the carter. li. | 76 |
¶ Of the yong man that prayd his felow to teche hym hys paternoster. lii. | 77 |
¶ Of the frere that prechyd in ryme expownynge the ave maria. liii. | 78 |
¶ Of the curat that prechyd the Artycles of the Crede. liv. | 80 |
¶ Of the frere that prechyd the x commaundementis. lv. | 82 |
¶ Of the wyfe that bad her husbande ete the candell fyrste. lvi. | 84 |
¶ Of the man of lawes sonnes answer. lvii. | ib. |
¶ Of the frere in the pulpet that bad the woman leve her babelynge. lviii. | 85 |
¶ Of the Welcheman that cast the Scotte into the see. lix. | 86 |
¶ Of the man that had the dome wyfe. lx. | 87 |
¶ Of the Proctour of Arches that had the lytel wyfe. lxi. | 89 |
¶ Of ii nonnes that were shryuen of one preste. lxii. | ib. |
¶ Of the esquyer that sholde haue ben made knight. lxiii. | 91 |
¶ Of hym that wolde gette the maystrye of his wyfe. lxiv. . | 92 |
¶ Of the penytent that sayd the shepe of God haue mercy vpon me. lxv. | 93 |
¶ Of the husbande that sayd he was John daw. lxvi. | 94 |
¶ Of the scoler of Oxforde that proued by souestry ii chykens iii. lxvii. | 95 |
¶ Of the frere that stale the podynge. lxviii. | 97 |
¶ Of the frankelyns sonne that cam to take orders. lxix. | 98 |
¶ Of the husbandman that lodgyd the frere in his own bede. lxx. | 99 |
¶ Of the preste that wolde say two gospels for a grote. lxxi. | 100 |
¶ Of the coutear that dyd cast the frere ouer the bote. lxxii. | 101 |
¶ Of the frere that prechyd what mennys sowles were. lxxiii. | ib. |
¶ Of the husbande that cryed ble vnder the bed.lxxiv. | 102 |
¶ Of the shomaker that asked the colyer what tydynges in hell. lxxv. | 103 |
¶ Of Seynt Peter that cryed cause bobe. lxxvi. | 104 |
¶ Of hym that aduenturyd body and soule for hys prynce. lxxvii. | 105 |
¶ Of the parson that stale the mylners elys. lxxviii. | 106 |
¶ Of the Welchman that saw one xl's better than God. lxxix. | ib. |
¶ Of the frere that said dyryge for the hoggys soule. lxxx. | ib. |
¶ Of the parson that sayde masse of requiem for Crystes soule. lxxxi. | 108 |
¶ Of the herdeman that sayde: ryde apace, ye shall haue rayn. lxxxii. | 109 |
¶ Of hym that sayde: I shall haue neuer a peny. lxxxiii. | 110 |
¶ Of the husbande that sayde his wyfe and he agreed well. lxxxiv. | 111 |
¶ Of the prest that sayde Comede episcope. lxxxv. | ib. |
¶ Of the woman that stale the pot. lxxxvi. | 112 |
¶ Of mayster Whyttyntons dreme. lxxxvii. | 113 |
¶ Of the prest that killed his horse called modicus. lxxxviii. | 114 |
¶ Of the Welcheman that stale the Englysshmans cocke. lxxxix. | 115 |
¶ Of hym that brought a botell to a preste. xc. | ib. |
¶ Of the endytement of Jesu of Nazareth. xci. | 116 |
¶ Of the frere that preched agaynst them that rode on the Sonday. xcii. | 117 |
¶ Of the one broder that founde a purs. xciii. | 118 |
¶ Of the answere of the mastres to the mayde. xciv. | 119 |
¶ Of the northern man that was all harte. xcv. | ib. |
¶ Of the burnynge of olde John. xcvi. | ib. |
¶ Of the courtear that ete the hot custarde. xcvii. | 121 |
¶ Of the thre pointes belonging to a shrewd wyfe. xcix. | 122 |
¶ Of the man that paynted the lamb upon his wyfes bely. c. | 123 |