One Hundred Merrie and Delightsome Stories

One Hundred Merrie and Delightsome Stories

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Title: One Hundred Merrie And Delightsome Stories Les Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles
Author: Various
Editor: Antoine de la Salle
Illustrator: L��on Leb��que
Translator: Robert B. Douglas
Release Date: June 13, 2006 [EBook #18575]
Language: English
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ONE HUNDRED MERRIE AND DELIGHTSOME STORIES
Right Pleasaunte To Relate In All Goodly Companie By Way Of Joyance And Jollity
LES CENT NOUVELLES NOUVELLES
Now First Done Into The English Tongue By Robert B. Douglas
Various Authors
Edited by Antoine de la Salle
Illustrated by L��on Leb��que
Paris
Charles Carrington
13 Faubourg Montmartre
1899

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
STORY THE FIRST -- THE REVERSE OF THE MEDAL.
The first story tells of how one found means to enjoy the wife of his neighbour, whose husband he had sent away in order that he might have her the more easily, and how the husband returning from his journey, found his friend bathing with his wife. And not knowing who she was, he wished to see her, but was permitted only to see her back--, and then thought that she resembled his wife, but dared not believe it. And thereupon left and found his wife at home, she having escaped by a postern door, and related to her his suspicions.
STORY THE SECOND -- THE MONK-DOCTOR.
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 lawsuit that followed thereon.
STORY THE THIRD -- THE SEARCH FOR THE RING.
Of the deceit practised by a knight on a miller's wife whom he made believe that her front was loose, and fastened it many times. And the miller informed of this, searched for a diamond that the knight's lady had lost, and found it in her body, as the knight knew afterwards: so he called the miller "fisherman", and the miller called him "fastener".
STORY THE FOURTH -- THE ARMED CUCKOLD.
The fourth tale is of a Scotch archer who was in love with a fair and gentle dame, the wife of a mercer, who, by her husband's orders appointed a day for the said Scot to visit her, who came and treated her as he wished, the said mercer being hid by the side of the bed, where he could see and hear all.
STORY THE FIFTH -- The Duel with the Buckle-Strap.
The fifth story relates two judgments of Lord Talbot. How a Frenchman was taken prisoner (though provided with a safe-conduct) by an Englishman, who said that buckle-straps were implements of war, and who was made to arm himself with buckle-straps and nothing else, and meet the Frenchman, who struck him with a sword in the presence of Talbot. The other, story is about a man who robbed a church, and who was made to swear that he would never enter a church again.
STORY THE SIXTH --THE DRUNKARD IN PARADISE.
The sixth story is of a drunkard, who would confess to the Prior of the Augustines at the Hague, and after his confession said that he was then in a holy state and would die; and believed that his head was cut off and that he was dead, and was carried away by his companions who said they were going to bury him.
STORY THE SEVENTH -- THE WAGGONER IN THE BEAR.
Of a goldsmith of Paris who made a waggoner sleep with him and his wife, and how the waggoner dallied with her from behind, which the goldsmith perceived and discovered, and of the words which he spake to the waggoner.
STORY THE EIGHTH -- TIT FOR TAT.
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. And soon after his departure the girl's mother perceived the condition of her daughter, and the girl confessed in what state she was; so her mother sent her to the Picardian to tell him that he must undo that which he had done. And how his new bride refused then to sleep with him, and of the story she told him, whereupon he immediately left her and returned to his first love, and married her.
STORY THE NINTH -- THE HUSBAND PANDAR TO HIS OWN WIFE.
Of a knight of Burgundy, who was marvellously amorous of one of his wife's waiting women, and thinking to sleep with her, slept with his wife who was in the bed of the said tire-woman. And how