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