The Tales of the Heptameron, Vol. III

The Tales of the Heptameron, Vol. III

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Title: The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. III. (of V.)
Author: Margaret, Queen Of Navarre
Illustrator: Freudenberg and Dunker
Translator: George Saintsbury: From The Authentic Text Of M. Le Roux De Lincy With An Essay Upon The Heptameron by the Translator
Release Date: February 7, 2006 [EBook #17703]
Language: English
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THE TALES OF
THE HEPTAMERON
OF
Margaret, Queen of Navarre
Newly Translated into English from the Authentic Text
OF M. LE ROUX DE LINCY WITH
AN ESSAY UPON THE HEPTAMERON
BY
GEORGE SAINTSBURY, M.A.
Also the Original Seventy-three Full Page Engravings

Designed by S. FREUDENBERG
And One Hundred and Fifty Head and Tail Pieces
By DUNKER
IN FIVE VOLUMES
VOLUME THE THIRD
LONDON: PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY OF ENGLISH BIBLIOPHILISTS
MDCCCXCIV
[Illustration: Frontispiece]
[Margaret, Queen of Navarre, from a crayon drawing by Clouet, preserved at the Biblioth��que Nationale, Paris]
[Illustration: Titlepage]

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

Appendix to Vol. III.

PAGE ENGRAVINGS CONTAINED IN VOLUME III.

Tale XIX. The Parting between Pauline and The Gentlemen.
Tale XX. The Lord de Riant finding the Widow with her Groom.
Tale XXI. Rolandine Conversing With Her Husband.
Tale XXII. Sister Marie and the Prior.
Tale XXIII. The Grey Friar deceiving the Gentleman Of P��rigord.
Tale XXIV. Elisor showing the Queen her own Image.
Tale XXV. The Advocate's Wife attending on the Prince.
Tale XXVI. The Lord of Avannes paying His Court in Disguise.
Tale XXVII. The Secretary imploring the Lady not To Tell Of His Wickedness.
Tale XXVIII. The Secretary Opening the Pasty.
Tale XXIX. The Husbandman surprised by the Fall of the Winnowing Fan.
Tale XXX. The Young Gentleman embracing his Mother.
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[The Parting between Pauline and The Gentlemen]
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TALE XIX.
_Pauline, being in love with a gentleman no less than he was with her, and finding that he, because forbidden ever again to speak with her, had entered the monastery of the Observance, gained admittance for her own part into the convent of St. Clara, where she took the veil; thus fulfilling the desire she had conceived to bring the gentleman's love and her own to a like ending in respect of raiment, condition and manner of life. (1)_
In the time of the Marquis of Mantua, (2) who had married the sister of the Duke of Ferrara, there lived in the household of the Duchess a damsel named Pauline, who was greatly loved by a gentleman in the Marquis's service, and this to the astonishment of every one; for being poor, albeit handsome and greatly beloved by his master, he ought, in their estimation, to have wooed some