By The Editor. _Of a woman who on her death-bed, in the absence of her husband, made over her children to those to whom they belonged, and how one of the youngest of the children i...
By Monseigneur De Lannoy. _Of a shepherd who made an agreement with a shepherdess that he should mount upon her "in order that he might see farther," but was not to penetrate beyon...
By Monseigneur De Villiers. _Of a knight whose mistress married whilst he was on his travels, and on his return, by chance he came to her house, and she, in order that she might sl...
By Poncelet. _Of three women of Malines, who were acquainted with three cordeliers, and had their heads shaved, and donned the gown that they might not be recognised, and how it wa...
By Monseigneur. _Of two comrades who wished to make their mistresses better inclined towards them, and so indulged in debauchery, and said, that as after that their mistresses stil...
By Monseigneur de la Roche _Of a Dutchman, who at all hours of the day and night ceased not to dally with his wife in love sports; and how it chanced that he laid her down, as they...
By Monseigneur de la Roche _Of a youth of Picardy who lived at Brussels, and made his master's daughter pregnant, and for that cause left and came back to Picardy to be married. An...
By Anthoine De La Sale. _Of a father who tried to kill his son because the young man wanted to lie with his grandmother, and the reply made by the said son._ Young men like to trav...
By Philippe De Saint-Yon. _Of a girl who complained of being forced by a young man, whereas she herself had helped him to find that which he sought;--and of the judgment which was...
By Monseigneur De Commensuram. _Of a gentleman of Picardy who was enamoured of the wife of a knight his neighbour; and how he obtained the lady's favours and was nearly caught with...
By Meriadech. _Of a village clerk who being at Rome and believing that his wife was dead became a priest, and was appointed cure of his own town, and when he returned, the first pe...
By Monseigneur. _Of a noble knight of Flanders, who was married to a beautiful and noble lady. He was for many years a prisoner in Turkey, during which time his good and loving wif...
By Monseigneur De Villiers. _Of a girl who was ill of the plague and caused the death of three men who lay with her, and how the fourth was saved, and she also._ In the year of the...
By Caron. _Of a gentleman who seduced a young girl, and then went away and joined the army. And before his return she made the acquaintance of another, and pretended her child was...
By Messire Chrestien De Dygoigne. _Of a married man who found his wife with another man, and devised means to get from her her money, clothes, jewels, and all, down to her chemise,...
By Monseigneur De Vaurin. _Of a Carmelite monk who came to preach at a village and after his sermon, he went to dine with a lady, and how he stuffed out his gown, as you will hear....
By Monseigneur _The second story, related by Duke Philip, is of a young girl who had piles, who put out the only eye he had of a Cordelier monk who was healing her, and of the laws...
By Alardin. _Of a poor, simple peasant married to a nice, pleasant woman, who did much as she liked, and who in order that she might be alone with her lover, shut up her husband in...
By Monseigneur De Commesuram. _Of a clerk of whom his mistress was enamoured, and what he promised to do and did to her if she crossed a line which the said clerk had made. Seeing...
By Poncelet. _Of a cure who forgot, either by negligence or ignorance, to inform his parishioners that Lent had come until Palm Sunday arrived, as you will hear--and of the manner...
By Monseigneur De Fiennes. _Of a Count who would ravish by force a fair, young girl who was one of his subjects, and how she escaped from him by means of his leggings, and how he o...
By Michault De Changy. _Of a Jacobin who left his mistress, a butcher's wife, for another woman who was younger and prettier, and how the said butcher's wife tried to enter his hou...
By Monseigneur _Of a jealous rogue, who after many offerings made to divers saints to cure him of his jealousy, offered a candle to the devil who is usually painted under the feet...
By Monsigneur De Beauvoir _Of three merchants of Savoy who went on a pilgrimage to St. Anthony in Bienne, (*) and who were deceived and cuckolded by three Cordeliers who slept with...
By Monsieur Le Voyer. _Of a gentle knight who was enamoured of a young and beautiful girl, and how he caught a malady in one of his eyes, and therefore sent for a doctor, who likew...
By Poncelet. _Of a lord who pretended to be sick in order that he might lie with the servant maid, with whom his wife found him._ In the town of St. Omer there lived formerly a a g...
By Monseigneur Le Duc. _Of a knight of Picardy who went to Prussia, and, meanwhile his lady took a lover, and was in bed with him when her husband returned; and how by a cunning tr...
Walter Dene, deacon, in his faultless Oxford clerical coat and broad felt hat, strolled along slowly, sunning himself as he went, after his wont, down the pretty central lane of We...
By Messire Timoleon Vignier. _Of a good wife who pretended to her husband that she was going on a pilgrimage, in order to find opportunity to be with her lover the parish-clerk--wi...
By Monseigneur _Of a gentleman to whom--the first night that he was married, and after he had but tried one stroke--his wife brought forth a child, and of the manner in which he to...