One Hundred Merrie and Delightsome Stories | Page 3

TWENTY-FIRST -- THE ABBESS CURED
Of an abbess who was ill for want of--you know what--but would not
have it done, fearing to be reproached by her nuns, but they all agreed
to do the same and most willingly did so.
STORY THE TWENTY-SECOND -- THE CHILD WITH TWO
FATHERS.
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 him. When the gentleman
returned from the war he claimed the child, but she begged him to
leave it with her second lover, promising that the next she had she
would give to him, as is hereafter recorded.
STORY THE TWENTY-THIRD -- THE LAWYER'S WIFE WHO
PASSED THE LINE.
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 which, her little son told his father when he returned that he
must not cross the line; or said he, "the clerk will serve you as he did
mother."

STORY THE TWENTY-FOURTH -- HALF-BOOTED.
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 overlooked her conduct and helped her to a husband, as is
hereafter related.
STORY THE TWENTY-FIFTH -- FORCED WILLINGLY.
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 given thereon.
STORY THE TWENTY-SIXTH --THE DAMSEL KNIGHT.
Of the loves of a young gentleman and a damsel, who tested the loyalty
of the gentleman in a marvellous and courteous manner, and slept
three nights with him without his knowing that it was not a man,--as
you will more fully hear hereafter.
STORY THE TWENTY-SEVENTH -- THE HUSBAND IN THE
CLOTHES-CHEST.
Of a great lord of this kingdom and a married lady, who in order that
she might be with her lover caused her husband to be shut in a
clothes-chest by her waiting women, and kept him there all the night,
whilst she passed the time with her lover; and of the wagers made
between her and the said husband, as you will find afterwards
recorded.
STORY THE TWENTY-EIGHTH --THE INCAPABLE LOVER.
Of the meeting assigned to a great Prince of this kingdom by a damsel
who was chamber-woman to the Queen; of the little feats of arms of the
said Prince and of the neat replies made by the said damsel to the
Queen concerning her greyhound which had been purposely shut out of
the room of the said Queen, as you shall shortly hear.

STORY THE TWENTY-NINTH -- THE COW AND THE CALF.
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 took it,--and of the speech that he made to his
companions when they brought him the caudle, as you shall shortly
hear.
STORY THE THIRTIETH -- THE THREE CORDELIERS.
Of three merchants of Savoy who went on a pilgrimage to St. Anthony
in Vienne, and who were deceived and cuckolded by three Cordeliers
who slept with their wives. And how the women thought they had been
with their husbands, and how their husbands came to know of it, and of
the steps they took, as you shall shortly hear.
STORY THE THIRTY-FIRST -- TWO LOVERS FOR ONE LADY.
Of a squire who found the mule of his companion, and mounted thereon
and it took him to the house of his master's mistress; and the squire
slept there, where his friend found him; also of the words which passed
between them--as is more clearly set out below.
STORY THE THIRTY-SECOND -- THE WOMEN WHO PAID
TITHE.
Of the Cordeliers of Ostelleria in Catalonia, who took tithe from the
women of the town, and how it was known, and the punishment the lord
of that place and his subjects inflicted on the monks, as you shall learn
hereafter.
STORY THE THIRTY-THIRD -- THE LADY WHO LOST HER
HAIR.
Of a noble lord who was in love with a damsel who cared for another
great lord, but tried to keep it secret; and of the agreement made
between the two lovers concerning her, as you shall hereafter hear.

STORY THE THIRTY-FOURTH -- THE MAN ABOVE AND THE
MAN BELOW.
Of a married woman who gave rendezvous to two lovers, who came
and visited her, and her husband came soon after, and of the words
which passed between them, as you shall presently hear.