Title: The Heptameron of Margaret, Queen of Navarre - A Linked Index to the Project Gutenberg Edition
Author: Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre, 1492-1549
Language: English
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THE HEPTAMERON

of Margaret Queen of Navarre


AN INDEX


Translated by George Saintsbury
Illustrated HTML Edition

CONTENTS

 ##   Volume 1.


 ##   Volume 2.


 ##   Volume 3.


 ##   Volume 4.


 ##   Volume 5.



VOLUMES, CHAPTERS AND STORIES


THE QUEEN OF NAVARRE, Volume 1.

PREFACE.

Explanation of the Initials appended to the Notes.

MARGARET OF ANGOULÊME, QUEEN OF NAVARRE.

I.

II.


III.

IV.

ON THE HEPTAMERON

DEDICATIONS AND PREFACE,

Peter Boaistuau, surnamed Launay, To the Reader

THE HEPTAMERON

PROLOGUE.

FIRST DAY.

TALE I.

TALE II.

TALE III.

TALE IV.

TALE V.

TALE VI.

TALE VII.

APPENDIX.

A. (Prologue, Page 31.)

B. (Tale I., Page 50.)

C. (Tale IV., Page 85.)



List of Illustrations

Frontispiece

Titlepage

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039a.jpg Du Mesnil Learns his Mistress's Infidelity from Her Maid

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056.jpg Tailpiece

057a.jpg the Muleteer's Servant Attacking his Mistress

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064.jpg Tailpiece

065a.jpg the Stags Head

065.jpg Page Image

078.jpg Tailpiece

079a.jpg Hurrying to Her Mistress's Assistance

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094.jpg Tailpiece

095a.jpg the Boatwoman of Coulon Outwitting The Friars

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102.jpg Tailpiece

103a.jpg the Wife's Ruse to Secure The Escape of Her Lover

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108.jpg Tailpiece

109.jpg the Merchant Transferring his Caresses from The Daughter to the Mother

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113.jpg Tailpiece



TALE CONTENTS
FIRST DAY.

Tale I. The pitiful history of a Proctor of Alençon, named St. Aignan,
and of his wife, who caused her husband to assassinate her lover, the
son of the Lieutenant-General

Tale II. The fate of the wife of a muleteer of Amboise, who suffered herself
to be killed by her servant rather than sacrifice her chastity

Tale III. The revenge taken by the Queen of Naples, wife to King Alfonso, for
her husband's infidelity with a gentleman's wife

Tale IV. The ill success of a Flemish gentleman who was unable to obtain,
either by persuasion or force, the love of a great Princess

Tale V. How a boatwoman of Coulon, near Nyort, contrived to escape from the
vicious designs of two Grey Friars

Tale VI. How the wife of an old valet of the Duke of Alençon's succeeded
in saving her lover from her husband, who was blind of one eye

Tale VII. The craft of a Parisian merchant, who saved the reputation of the
daughter by offering violence to the mother



THE QUEEN OF NAVARRE, Volume 2.

FIRST DAY, Continued.

TALE VIII.

TALE IX.

TALE X.

SECOND DAY.

PROLOGUE.

TALE XI. (A).

TALE XI. (B).

TALE XII.

TALE XIII.

TALE XIV.

TALE XV.

TALE XVI.

TALE XVII.

TALE XVIII.

APPENDIX.

A. (Tale VIII., Page i.)

B (Tale XL (B.), Page 95.)

C. (Tale XII., Page 101.)

D. (Tale XVI., Page 183.)

E. (Tale XVII., Page 195.)



List of Illustrations

Frontispiece

Titlepage

001a.jpg Bornet's Concern on Discovering That his Wife Is Without Her Ring

001.jpg Page Image

012.jpg Tailpiece

013a.jpg the Dying Gentleman Receiving The Embraces Of His Sweetheart

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024.jpg Tailpiece

025a.jpg the Countess Asking an Explanation from Amadour

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083.jpg Tailpiece

089.jpg Page Image

093.jpg Tailpiece

095a.jpg the Grey Friar Telling his Tales

095.jpg Page Image

100.jpg Tailpiece

101a.jpg the Gentleman Killing The Duke

101.jpg Page Image

117.jpg Tailpiece

119a.jpg the Sea-captain Talking to The Lady

119.jpg Page Image

140.jpg Tailpiece

141a.jpg Bonnivet and the Lady of Milan

141.jpg Page Image

155.jpg Tailpiece

157a.jpg the Lady Taking Oath As to Her Conduct

157.jpg Page Image

182.jpg Tailpiece

183a.jpg the Gentleman Discovering The Trick

183.jpg Page Image

193.jpg Tailpiece

195a.jpg the King Showing his Sword

195.jpg Page Image

203.jpg Tailpiece

205a.jpg the Student Escaping The Temptation

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216.jpg Tailpiece



DETAILED CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.

    FIRST DAY—Continued.
    Tale VIII. The misadventure of Bornet, who, planning with a friend of
    his that both should lie with a serving-woman, discovers too late that
    they have had to do with his own wife.

    Tale IX. The evil fortune of a gentleman of Dauphiné, who dies of
    despair because he cannot marry a damsel nobler and richer than himself.

    Tale X. The Spanish story of Florida, who, after withstanding the love
    of a gentleman named Amadour for many years, eventually becomes a nun.


    SECOND DAY.
    Prologue

    Tale XI. (A). Mishap of the Lady de Roncex in the Grey Friars' Convent
    at Thouars.

    Tale XI. (B). Facetious discourse of a Friar of Touraine.

    Tale XII. Story of Alexander de' Medici, Duke of Florence, whom his
    cousin, Lorenzino de' Medici, slew in order to save his sister's honour.

    Tale XIII. Praiseworthy artifice of a lady to whom a sea Captain sent
    a letter and diamond ring, and who, by forwarding them to the Captain's
    wife as though they had been intended for her, united husband and wife
    once more in all affection.

    Tale XIV. The Lord of Bonnivet, after furthering the love entertained
    by an Italian gentleman for a lady of Milan, finds means to take
    the other's place and so supplant him with the lady who had formerly
    rejected himself.

    Tale XV. The troubles and evil fortune of a virtuous lady who, after
    being long neglected by her husband, becomes the object of his jealousy.

    Tale XVI. Story of a Milanese Countess, who, after long rejecting the
    love of a French gentleman, rewards him at last for his faithfulness,
    but not until she has put his courage to the proof.

    Tale XVII. The noble manner in which King Francis the First shows Count
    William of Furstemberg that he knows of the plans laid by him against
    his life, and so compels him to do justice upon himself and to leave
    France.

    Tale XVIII. A young gentleman scholar at last wins a lady's love, after
    enduring successfully two trials that she had made of him.

    Appendix to Vol. II



THE QUEEN OF NAVARRE, Volume 3.

SECOND DAY.

TALE XIX.

TALE XX.

THIRD DAY.

PROLOGUE.

TALE XXI.

TALE XXII.

TALE XXIII.

TALE XXIV.

TALE XXV.

TALE XXVI.

TALE XXVII.

TALE XXVIII.

TALE XXIX.

TALE XXX.

APPENDIX.

A. (Tale XX., Page 21.)

B. (Tale XXV., Page 131.)

C. (Tale XXVI., Page 143.)

D. (Tale XXX., Page 191).



List of Illustrations

Frontispiece

Titlepage

001a.jpg the Parting Between Pauline and The Gentlemen

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020.jpg Tailpiece

021a.jpg the Lord de Riant Finding The Widow With Her Groom

021.jpg Page Image

029.jpg Tailpiece

035a.jpg Rolandine Conversing With Her Husband

035.jpg Page Image

071.jpg Tailpiece

073a.jpg Sister Marie and the Prior

073.jpg Page Image

095.jpg Tailpiece

097a.jpg the Grey Friar Deceiving The Gentleman of Périgord

097.jpg Page Image

112.jpg Tailpiece

113a.jpg Elisor Showing the Queen Her Own Image

113.jpg Page Image

130.jpg Tailpiece

131a.jpg the Advocate's Wife Attending on The Prince

131.jpg Page Image

142.jpg Tailpiece

143a.jpg the Lord of Avannes Paying his Court in Disguise

143.jpg Page Image

170.jpg Tailpiece

171a.jpg the Secretary Imploring The Lady Not to Tell of his Wickedness

171.jpg Page Image

175.jpg Tailpiece

177a.jpg the Secretary Opening The Pasty

177.jpg Page Image

183.jpg Tailpiece

185a.jpg the Husbandman Surprised by The Fall of The Winnowing Fan

185.jpg Page Image

190.jpg Tailpiece

191a.jpg the Young Gentleman Embracing his Mother

191.jpg Page Image

204.jpg Tailpiece



DETAILED CONTENTS OF VOLUME III.

    SECOND DAY—Continued.
    Tale XIX. The honourable love of a gentleman, who, when his sweetheart
    is forbidden to speak with him, in despair becomes a monk of the
    Observance, while the lady, following in his footsteps, becomes a nun of
    St. Clara

    Tale XX. How the Lord of Riant is cured of his love fora beautiful widow
    through surprising her in the arms of a groom

    THIRD DAY.
    Prologue
    Tale XXI. The affecting history of Rolandine, who, debarred from
    marriage by her father's greed, betrothes herself to a gentleman to
    whom, despite his faithlessness, she keeps her plighted word, and does
    not marry until after his death

    Tale XXII. How Sister Marie Heroet virtuously escapes the attempts of
    the Prior of St. Martin in-the-Fields

    Tale XXIII. The undeserved confidence which a gentleman of Perigord
    places in the monks of the Order of St. Francis, causes the death of
    himself, his wife and their little child

    Tale XXIV. Concerning the unavailing love borne to the Queen of Castile
    by a gentleman named Elisor, who in the end becomes a hermit

    Tale XXV. How a young Prince found means to conceal his intrigue with
    the wife of a lawyer of Paris

    Tale XXVI. How the counsels of a discreet lady happily withdrew the
    young Lord of Avannes from the perils of his foolish love for a lady of
    Pampeluna

    Tale XXVII. How the wife of a man who was valet to a Princess rid
    herself of the solicitations of one who was among the same Princess's
    servants, and at the same time her husband's guest

    Tale XXVIII. How a Gascon merchant, named Bernard du Ha, while
    sojourning at Paris, deceived a Secretary to the Queen of Navarre who
    had thought to obtain a pasty from him

    Tale XXIX. How the Priest of Carrelles, in Maine, when surprised with
    the wife of an old husbandman, gets out of the difficulty by pretending
    to return him a winnowing fan
    Tale XXX. How a gentleman marries his own daughter and sister unawares



THE QUEEN OF NAVARRE, Volume 4.

FOURTH DAY.

PROLOGUE.

TALE XXXI.

TALE XXXII.

TALE XXXIII.

TALE XXXIV.

TALE XXXV.

TALE XXXVI.

TALE XXXVII.

TALE XXXVIII.

TALE XXXIX.

TALE XL.

FIFTH DAY.

PROLOGUE.

TALE XLI.

TALE XLII.

TALE XLIII.

TALE XLIV.(A).

TALE XLIV. (B).

TALE XLV.

TALE XLVI. (A).

TALE XLVI.(B).

TALE XLVII.

TALE XLVIII.

TALE XLIX.

TALE L.

APPENDIX.

A. (Tale XXXVI., Page 63.)



List of Illustrations

Frontispiece

Titlepage

007a.jpg the Wicked Friar Captured

007.jpg Page Image

0016.jpg Tailpiece

017a.jpg Bernage Observing the German Lady's Strange Penance

017.jpg Page Image

028.jpg Tailpiece

029a.jpg the Execution of The Wicked Priest and his Sister

029.jpg Page Image

037.jpg Tailpiece

039a.jpg the Grey Friar Imploring The Butcher to Spare his Life

039.jpg Page Image

047.jpg Tailpiece

049a.jpg the Lady Embracing The Supposed Friar

049.jpg Page Image

062.jpg Tailpiece

063a.jpg the Clerk Entreating Forgiveness of The President

063.jpg Page Image

072.jpg Tailpiece

073a.jpg the Lady of Loué Bringing Her Husband The Basin Of Water

073.jpg Page Image

081.jpg Tailpiece

083a.jpg the Lady of Tours Questioning Her Husband's Mistress

083.jpg Page Image

088.jpg Tailpiece

089a.jpg the Lord of Grignaulx Catching The Pretended Ghost

089.jpg Page Image

094.jpg Tailpiece

095a.jpg the Count of Jossebelin Murdering his Sister's Husband

095.jpg Page Image

109.jpg Tailpiece

115a.jpg the Beating of The Wicked Grey Friar

115.jpg Page Image

122.jpg Tailpiece

123a.jpg the Girl Refusing The Gift of The Young Prince

123.jpg Page Image

142.jpg Tailpiece

143a.jpg Jambicque Repudiating Her Lover

143.jpg Page Image

155.jpg Tailpiece

157.jpg Page Image

162.jpg Tailpiece

163a.jpg the Lovers Returning from Their Meeting in The Garden

163.jpg Page Image

176.jpg Tailpiece

177a.jpg the Man of Tours and his Serving-maid in The Snow

177.jpg Page Image

186.jpg Tailpiece

187.jpg Page Image

193.jpg Tailpiece

195a.jpg the Young Man Beating his Wife

195.jpg Page Image

201.jpg Tailpiece

203a.jpg the Gentleman Reproaching his Friend for His Jealousy

203.jpg Page Image

211.jpg Tailpiece

213a.jpg the Grey Friars Caught and Punished

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218.jpg Tailpiece

219a.jpg the Countess Facing Her Lovers

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232.jpg Tailpiece

233a.jpg the Lady Killing Herself on The Death of Her Lover

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240.jpg Tailpiece



DETAILED CONTENTS OF VOLUME IV.

    FOURTH DAY.
    Prologue

    Tale XXXI. Punishment of the wickedness of a Friar who sought to lie
    with a gentleman's wife.

    Tale XXXII. How an ambassador of Charles VIII., moved by the repentance
    of a German lady, whom her husband compelled to drink out of her lover's
    skull, reconciled husband and wife together.

    Tale XXXIII. The hypocrisy of a priest who, under the cloak of sanctity,
    had lain with his own sister, is discovered and punished by the wisdom
    of the Count of Angoulême.

    Tale XXXIV. The terror of two Friars who believed that a butcher
    intended to murder them, whereas the poor man was only speaking of his
    Pigs.

    Tale XXXV. How a husband's prudence saves his wife from the risks she
    incurred while thinking to yield to merely a spiritual love.

    Tale XXXVI. The story of the President of Grenoble, who saves the honour
    of his house by poisoning his wife with a salad.

    Tale XXXVII. How the Lady of Loué regained her husband's affection.

    Tale XXXVIII. The kindness of a townswoman of Tours to a poor
    farm-woman who is mistress to her husband, makes the latter so ashamed
    of his faithlessness that he returns to his wife.

    Tale XXXIX. How the Lord of Grignaulx rid one of his houses of a
    pretended ghost.

    Tale XL. The unhappy history of the Count de Jossebelin's sister, who
    shut herself up in a hermitage because her brother caused her husband to
    be slain.

    FIFTH DAY.

    Prologue

    Tale XLI. Just punishment of a Grey Friar for the unwonted penance that
    he would have laid upon a maiden.

    Tale XLII. The virtuous resistance made by a young woman of Touraine
    causes a young Prince that is in love with her, to change his desire to
    respect, and to bestow her honourably in marriage.

    Tale XLIII. How a little chalk-mark revealed the hypocrisy of a lady
    called Jambicque, who was wont to hide the pleasures she indulged in,
    beneath the semblance of austerity.

    Tale XLIV. (A). Through telling the truth, a Grey Friar receives as alms
    from the Lord of Sedan two pigs instead of one.

    Tale XLIV. (B). Honourable conduct of a young citizen of Paris, who,
    after suddenly enjoying his sweetheart, at last happily marries.

    Tale XLV. Cleverness of an upholsterer of Touraine, who, to hide that
    he has given the Innocents to his serving-maid, contrives to give them
    afterwards to his wife.

    Tale XLVI. (A). Wicked acts of a Grey Friar of Angoulême called De Vale,
    who fails in his purpose with the wife of the Judge of the Exempts, but
    to whom a mother in blind confidence foolishly abandons her daughter.

    Tale XLVI. (B). Sermons of the Grey Friar De Vallès, at first against
    and afterwards on behalf of husbands that beat their wives.

    Tale XLVII. The undeserved jealousy of a gentleman of Le Perche towards
    another gentleman, his friend, leads the latter to deceive him.

    Tale XLVIII. Wicked act of a Grey Friar of Perigord, who, while a
    husband was dancing at his wedding, went and took his place with the
    bride.

    Tale XLIX. Story of a foreign Countess, who, not content with having
    King Charles as her lover, added to him three lords, to wit, Astillon,
    Durassier and Valnebon.

    Tale L. Melancholy fortune of Messire John Peter, a gentleman of
    Cremona, who dies just when he is winning the affection of the lady he
    loves.

    Appendix to Vol. IV.



THE QUEEN OF NAVARRE, Volume 5.

SIXTH DAY.

PROLOGUE.

TALE LI.

TALE LII.

TALE LIII.

TALE LIV.

TALE LV.

TALE LVI.

TALE LVII.

TALE LVIII.

TALE LIX.

TALE LX.

SEVENTH DAY.

PROLOGUE.

TALE LXI.

TALE LXII.

TALE LXIII.

TALE LXIV.

TALE LXV.

TALE LXVI.

TALE LXVII.

TALE LXVIII.

TALE LXIX.

TALE LXX.

EIGHTH DAY.

PROLOGUE.

TALE LXXI.

TALE LXXII.

APPENDIX.

THE SUPPOSED NARRATORS OF THE HEPTAMERON TALES.

BIBLIOGRAPHY.



List of Illustrations

Frontispiece

Titlepage

005a.jpg the Duke of Urbino Sending The Maiden to Prison for Carrying Messages

005.jpg Page Image

014.jpg Tailpiece

015a.jpg the Gentleman and his Friend Annoyed by The Smell of Sugar

015.jpg Page Image

022.jpg Tailpiece

023a.jpg the Lord Des Cheriots Flying from The Prince's Servant

023.jpg Page Image

036.jpg Tailpiece

037a.jpg the Lady Watching The Shadow Faces Kissing

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042.jpg Tailpiece

043a.jpg the Servant Selling The Horse With The Cat

043.jpg Page Image

049.jpg Tailpiece

051a.jpg the Grey Friar Introducing his Comrade to The Lady and Her Daughter

051.jpg Page Image

061.jpg Tailpiece

063a.jpg the English Lord Seizing The Lady's Glove

063.jpg Page Image

070.jpg Tailpiece

071a. The Gentleman Mocked by The Ladies when Returning from The False Tryst

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078.jpg Tailpiece

079a. The Lady Discovering Her Husband With The Waiting-woman

079.jpg Page Image

090.jpg Tailpiece

091a. The Chanter of Blois Delivering his Mistress from The Grave

091.jpg Page Image

099.jpg Tailpiece

105a. The Lady Returning to Her Lover, The Canon of Autun

105.jpg Page Image

117.jpg Tailpiece

119a. The Gentleman's Spur Catching in The Sheet

119.jpg Page Image

124.jpg Tailpiece

125a. The King Asking The Young Lord to Join his Banquet

125.jpg Page Image

132.jpg Tailpiece

133a. The Lady Swooning in The Arms of The Gentleman Of Valencia Who Had Become a Monk

133.jpg Page Image

141.jpg Tailpiece

143a. The Old Woman Startled by The Waking of The Soldier

143.jpg Page Image

147.jpg Tailpiece

149a. The Old Serving-woman Explaining Her Mistake To The Duke and Duchess of Vendôme

149.jpg Page Image

154.jpg Tailpiece

155a. The Wife Reading to Her Husband on The Desert Island

155.jpg Page Image

161.jpg Tailpiece

163a. The Apothecary's Wife Giving The Dose of Cantharides To Her Husband

163.jpg Page Image

168.jpg Tailpiece

169a. The Wife Discovering Her Husband in The Hood Of Their Serving-maid

169.jpg Page Image

174.jpg Tailpiece

175a. The Gentleman Killing Himself on The Death of his Mistress

175.jpg Page Image

213.jpg Tailpiece

219a. The Saddler's Wife Cured by The Sight of Her Husband Caressing the Serving-maid

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224.jpg Tailpiece

225a. The Monk Conversing With The Nun While Shrouding A Dead Body

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232.jpg Tailpiece



DETAILED CONTENTS OF VOLUME V.

SIXTH DAY.

Prologue

Tale LI. Cruelty of the Duke of Urbino, who, contrary to the promise he had given to the Duchess, hanged a poor lady that had consented to convey letters to his son's sweetheart, the sister of the Abbot of Farse.

Tale LII. Merry trick played by the varlet of an apothecary at Alençon on the Lord de la Tirelière and the lawyer Anthony Bacheré, who, thinking to breakfast at his expense, find that they have stolen from him something very different to a loaf of sugar.

Tale LIII. Story of the Lady of Neufchâtel, a widow at the Court of Francis I., who, through not admitting that she has plighted her troth to the Lord des Cheriots, plays him an evil trick through the means of the Prince of Belhoste.

Tale LIV. Merry adventure of a serving-woman and a gentleman named Thogas, whereof his wife has no suspicion.

Tale LV. The widow of a merchant of Saragossa, not wishing to lose the value of a horse, the price of which her husband had ordered to be given to the poor, devises the plan of selling the horse for one ducat only, adding, however, to the bargain a cat at ninety-nine.

Tale LVI. Notable deception practised by an old Grey Friar of Padua, who, being charged by a widow to find a husband for her daughter, did, for the sake of getting the dowry, cause her to marry a young Grey Friar, his comrade, whose condition, however, was before long discovered.

Tale LVII. Singular behaviour of an English lord, who is content merely to keep and wear upon his doublet the glove of a lady whom he loves.

Tale LVIII. A lady at the Court of Francis I., wishing to prove that she has no commerce with a certain gentleman who loves her, gives him a pretended tryst and causes him to pass for a thief.

Tale LIX. Story of the same lady, who, learning that her husband is in love with her waiting-woman, contrives to surprise him and impose her own terms upon him.

Tale LX. A man of Paris, thinking his wife to be well and duly deceased, marries again, but at the end of fifteen years is forced to take his first wife back, although she has been living meantime with one of the chanters of Louis XII.

SEVENTH DAY.

Prologue

Tale LXI. Great kindness of a husband, who consents to take back his wife twice over, spite of her wanton love for a Canon of Autun.

Tale LXII. How a lady, while telling a story as of another, let her tongue trip in such a way as to show that what she related had happened to herself.

Tale LXIII. How the honourable behaviour of a young lord, who feigns sickness in order to be faithful to his wife, spoils a party in which he was to have made one with the King, and in this way saves the honour of three maidens of Paris.

Tale LXIV. Story of a gentleman of Valencia in Spain, whom a lady drove to such despair that he became a monk, and whom afterwards she strove in vain to win back to herself.

Tale LXV. Merry mistake of a worthy woman, who in the church of St. John of Lyons mistakes a sleeping soldier for one of the statues on a tomb, and sets a lighted candle on his forehead.

Tale LXVI. How an old serving-woman, thinking to surprise a Prothonotary with a lady, finds herself insulting Anthony de Bourbon and his wife Jane d'Albret.

Tale LXVII. How the Sire de Robertval, granting a traitor his life at the prayers of the man's wife, set them both down on a desert island, and how, after the husband's death, the wife was rescued and brought back to La Rochelle.

Tale LXVIII. The wife of an apothecary at Pau, hearing her husband give some powder of cantharides to a woman who was godmother with himself, secretly administered to him such a dose of the same drug that he nearly died.

Tale LXIX. How the wife of one of the King's Equerries surprised her husband muffled in the hood of their servant-maid, and bolting meal in her stead.

Tale LXX. Of the love of a Duchess of Burgundy for a gentleman who rejects her advances, for which reason she accuses him to the Duke her husband, and the latter does not believe his oaths till assured by him that he loves the Lady du Vergier. Then the Duchess, having drawn knowledge of this amour from her husband, addresses to the Lady du Vergier in public, an allusion that causes the death of both lovers; and the Duke, in despair at his own lack of discretion, stabs the Duchess himself.

EIGHTH DAY.

Prologue

Tale LXXI. The wife of a saddler of Amboise is saved on her deathbed through a fit of anger at seeing her husband fondle a servant-maid.

Tale LXXII. Kindness of the Duchess of Alençon to a poor nun whom she meets at Lyons, on her way to Rome, there to confess to the Pope how a monk had wronged her, and to obtain his Holiness's pardon.





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