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From Il Novellino, The Hundred Old Tales, translated from the Italian by Edward Storer; George Routledge & Sons LTD; New York: E. P. Dutton & Co.; pp. v-xii.


v-xii

CONTENTS




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       I :   Proem 35
      II :   Of the rich embassy which Prester John sent to the noble Emperor Frederick 37
     III :   Of a wise Greek whom a King kept in prison, and how he judged of a courser 40
      IV :   How a jongleur lamented before Alexander the conduct of a knight, to whom he had made a gift on condition that the knight should give him whatsoever Alexander might present him with 44
       V :   How a king committed a reply to a young son of his who had to bear it to the ambassadors of Greece 48
      VI :   How it came into the mind of King David to learn the number of his subjects 50
     VII :   Here it is told how the angel spoke to Solomon, and said that the Lord God would take away the kingdom from his son for his sins 51
    VIII :   Of the gift of a king’s son to a king of Syria who had been driven from his throne 55
      IX :   Here it is treated of an argument and a judgment that took place in Alexandria 58
       X :   Here it is told of a fine judgment given by the slave of Bari in a dispute between a townsmen and a pilgrim 61
      XI :   Here it is told how Master Giordano was deceived by a false disciple of his 63
     XII :   Here it is told of the honour that Aminadab did to King David, his rightful lord 64
    XIII :   Here it is told how Antigonus reproved Alexander for having a cythera played for his delight 65
     XIV :   How a king had a son of his brought up in a dark place, and then showed him everything, and how women pleased him most 66
      XV :   How a land steward plucked out his own eye and that of his son to the end that justice might be observed 67
     XVI :   Here it is told of the great mercy wrought by Saint Paulinus the bishop 68
    XVII :   Of the great act of charity which a banker did for the love of God 69
   XVIII :   Of the judgment of God on a baron of Charlemagne 69
     XIX :   Of the great generosity and courtesy of the Young King 70
      XX :   Of the great liberality and courtesy of the King of England 72
     XXI :   How three necromancers came to the court of the Emperor Frederick 77
    XXII :   How the Emperor Frederick’s goshawk escaped to Milan 80
   XXIII :   How the Emperor Frederick found a countryman at a fountain and asked leave to drink, and how he took away his drinking-cup 82
    XXIV :   How the Emperor Frederick put a question to two wise men, and how he rewarded them 83
     XXV :   How the Sultan gave two hundred marks to a man and how his treasurer wrote down the entry in his presence 85
    XXVI :   Here it is told of a burgher of France 88
   XXVII :   Here it is told of a great Moaddo who was insulted 90
  XXVIII :   Here it is told of a custom that existed in the kingdom of France 91
    XXIX :   Here it is told how some learned astrologers disputed about the Empyrean 92
     XXX :   Here it is told how a Lombard knight squandered his substance 94
    XXXI :   Here it is told of a story-teller of Messer Azzolino 95
   XXXII :   Of the great deeds of prowess of Riccar Loghercio of the Isle 97
  XXXIII :   Here is told a tale of Messer Imberal del Balzo 98
   XXXIV :   How two noble knights loved each other with a great love 100
    XXXV :   Here it is told of Master Thaddeus of Bologna 101
   XXXVI :   Here it is told how a cruel king persecuted the Christians 102
  XXXVII :   Here it is told of a battle between two kings of Greece 105
 XXXVIII :   Of an astrologer called Melisus, who was reprimanded by a woman 106
   XXXIX :   Here it is told of Bishop Aldebrandino, and how he was mocked by a friar 108
      XL :   Of a minstrel whose name was Saladin 108
     XLI :   A tale of Messer Polo Traversaro 110
    XLII :   Here is told an excellent tale of William of Borganda of Provence 112
   XLIII :   Here it is told of Messer Giacopino Rangone and what he did to a court player 115
    XLIV :   Of a question that was put to a courtier 116
     XLV :   How Lancelot fought at a fountain 116
    XLVI :   Here it is told how Narcissus fell in love with his own image 117
    XLVII :   Here it is told how a knight asked a lady for her love 119
   XLVII :   Here it is told of King Conrad, father of Conradin 119
    XLIX :   Here it is told of a physician of Toulouse and how he took to wife a niece of the Archbishop of Toulouse 120
       L :   Here it is told of Master Francis, son of Master Accorso of Bologna 122
      LI :   Here it is told of a Gascon woman, and how she had recourse to the King of Cyprus 123
     LII :   Of a bell that was ordered in King John’s days 124
    LIII :   Here it is told of a privilege granted by the Emperor to one of his barons 125
     LIV :   Here it is told how the parish priest Porcellino was accused 126
      LV :   Here is told a tale of a man of the court whose name was Marco 128
     LVI :   How a man of the Marches went to study in Bologna 129
    LVII :   The Woman and the Pear-tree 130
   LVIII :   The Wisest of the Beasts 134
     LIX :   Here it is told of a gentleman whom the Emperor had hanged 134
      LX :   Here it is told how Charles of Anjou loved a lady 137
     LXI :   Here it is told of the philosopher Socrates, and how he answered the Greeks 141
    LXII :   Here is told a tale of Messer Roberto 144
   LXIII :   Of good King Meladius and the Knight Without Fear 146
     LXIV :   A tale told of the Court of Puy in Provence 146
     LXV :   Here it is told of Queen Iseult and Messer Tristan of Lyonesse 154
    LXVI :   Here it is told of a philosopher who was called Diogenes 158
   LXVII :   Here it is told of Papirius and how his father brought him to the council 159
  LXVIII :   Of a question which a young man proposed to Aristotle 160
   LXVIX :   Here it is told of the great justice of the Emperor Trajan 161
     LXX :   Here it is told how Hercules went into the forest 163
    LXXI :   Here it is told how Seneca consoled a woman whose son had died 164
   LXXII :   Here is told how Cato lamented against fortune 167
  LXXIII :   How the Sultan being in need of money, sought to find occasion to proceed against a Jew 168
   LXXIV :   The story of a vassal and a lord 169
    LXXV :   How the Lord entered into partnership with a minstrel 171
   LXXVI :   Here it is told of the great killing done by King Richard 174
  LXXVII :   Here it is told of Messer Rinieri, a knight of the Court 175
 LXXVIII :   Here it is told of a philosopher much given to the vulgarisation of science 177
   LXXIX :   Here it is told of a Court player who adored a lord 178
    LXXX :   The Pilgrim and the Ugly Woman 181
   LXXXI :   Here below it is told of the council which was held by the sons of King Priam of Troy 182
  LXXXII :   Here it is told how the Lady of Shalott died for love of Lancelot of the Lake 184
 LXXXIII :   How Christ going one day with his disciples in a deserted place, they saw great treasure 186
  LXXXIV :   How Messer Azzolino Romano arranged a great charity 188
   LXXXV :   Of a great famine that was once in Genoa 192
  LXXXVI :   The Emperor and the Pilgrim 193
LXXXVII :   How a man went to shrive himself 194
LXXXVIII :   Here is told of Messer Castellano da Cafferi of Mantua 194
  LXXXIX :   Here is told of a Court player who began a story that never ended 195
      XC :   Here is told how the emperor Frederick killed a falcon of his 196
     XCI :   How a certain man confessed to a friar 197
    XCII :   Here it is told of a good woman who had made a fine pie 198
   XCIII :   Here it is told of a countryman who went to shrive himself 199
    XCIV :   Here it is told of the fox and the mule 199
     XCV :   Here it is told of a countryman who went to the town 201
    XCVI :   Here it is told of Bito and Messer Frulli of San Giorgio near Florence 201
   XCVII :   Here it is told how a merchant carried wine overseas in casks with two partitions and what happened 205
  XCVIII :   Here it is told of a merchant who bought caps 206
    XCIX :   Here it is told a pretty tale of love 207
       C :   How the Emperor Frederick went to the Old Man of the Mountain 211





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