Part 1

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INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG

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ANTOINE DE LA SALLE

Compiled by David Widger

ONE HUNDRED MERRIE AND DELIGHTSOME STORIES Right Pleasaunte To Relate In All Goodly Companie By Way Of Joyance And Jollity LES CENT NOUVELLES NOUVELLES Edited by Antoine de la Salle Illustrated by Léon Lebèque

Contents ONE HUNDRED MERRIE AND DELIGHTSOME STORIES DETAILED CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ## STORY THE FIRST THE REVERSE OF THE MEDAL. [1] ## STORY THE SECOND THE MONK-DOCTOR. ## STORY THE THIRD THE SEARCH FOR THE RING. [3] ## STORY THE FOURTH THE ARMED CUCKOLD. [4] ## STORY THE FIFTH THE DUEL WITH THE BUCKLE-STRAP. [5] ## STORY THE SIXTH THE DRUNKARD IN PARADISE. [6] ## STORY THE SEVENTH THE WAGGONER IN THE BEAR. ## STORY THE EIGHTH TIT FOR TAT. [8] ## STORY THE NINTH THE HUSBAND PANDAR TO HIS OWN WIFE. [9] ## STORY THE TENTH THE EEL PASTIES. [10] ## STORY THE ELEVENTH A SACRIFICE TO THE DEVIL. [11] ## STORY THE TWELFTH THE CALF. [12] ## STORY THE THIRTEENTH THE CASTRATED CLERK. [13] ## STORY THE FOURTEENTH THE POPE-MAKER, OR THE HOLY MAN. [14] ## STORY THE FIFTEENTH THE CLEVER NUN. ## STORY THE SIXTEENTH ON THE BLIND SIDE. [16] ## STORY THE SEVENTEENTH THE LAWYER AND THE BOLTING-MILL. ## STORY THE EIGHTEENTH FROM BELLY TO BACK. [18] ## STORY THE NINETEENTH THE CHILD OF THE SNOW ## STORY THE TWENTIETH THE HUSBAND AS DOCTOR. ## STORY THE TWENTY-FIRST THE ABBESS CURED [21] ## STORY THE TWENTY-SECOND THE CHILD WITH TWO FATHERS. [22] ## STORY THE TWENTY-THIRD THE LAWYER’S WIFE WHO PASSED THE LINE. [23] ## STORY THE TWENTY-FOURTH HALF-BOOTED. [24] ## STORY THE TWENTY-FIFTH FORCED WILLINGLY. [25] ## STORY THE TWENTY-SIXTH THE DAMSEL KNIGHT. [26] ## STORY THE TWENTY-SEVENTH THE HUSBAND IN THE CLOTHES-CHEST. [27] ## STORY THE TWENTY-EIGHTH THE INCAPABLE LOVER. [28] ## STORY THE TWENTY-NINTH THE COW AND THE CALF. ## STORY THE THIRTIETH THE THREE CORDELIERS ## STORY THE THIRTY-FIRST TWO LOVERS FOR ONE LADY. [31] ## STORY THE THIRTY-SECOND THE WOMEN WHO PAID TITHE. [32] ## STORY THE THIRTY-THIRD THE LADY WHO LOST HER HAIR. ## STORY THE THIRTY-FOURTH THE MAN ABOVE AND THE MAN BELOW. [34] ## STORY THE THIRTY-FIFTH THE EXCHANGE. ## STORY THE THIRTY-SIXTH AT WORK. ## STORY THE THIRTY-SEVENTH THE USE OF DIRTY WATER. ## STORY THE THIRTY-EIGHTH A ROD FOR ANOTHER’S BACK. [38] ## STORY THE THIRTY-NINTH BOTH WELL SERVED. [39] ## STORY THE FORTIETH THE BUTCHER’S WIFE WHO PLAYED THE GHOST IN THE ## STORY THE FORTY-FIRST LOVE IN ARMS. ## STORY THE FORTY-SECOND THE MARRIED PRIEST. [42] ## STORY THE FORTY-THIRD A BARGAIN IN HORNS. ## STORY THE FORTY-FOURTH THE MATCH-MAKING PRIEST. ## STORY THE FORTY-FIFTH THE SCOTSMAN TURNED WASHERWOMAN ## STORY THE FORTY-SIXTH HOW THE NUN PAID FOR THE PEARS. [46] ## STORY THE FORTY-SEVENTH TWO MULES DROWNED TOGETHER. [47] ## STORY THE FORTY-EIGHTH THE CHASTE MOUTH. ## STORY THE FORTY-NINTH THE SCARLET BACKSIDE. ## STORY THE FIFTIETH TIT FOR TAT. [50] ## STORY THE FIFTY-FIRST THE REAL FATHERS. ## STORY THE FIFTY-SECOND THE THREE REMINDERS. [52] ## STORY THE FIFTY-THIRD THE MUDDLED MARRIAGES. ## STORY THE FIFTY FOURTH THE RIGHT MOMENT. ## STORY THE FIFTY-FIFTH A CURE FOR THE PLAGUE. ## STORY THE FIFTY-SIXTH THE WOMAN, THE PRIEST, THE SERVANT, AND THE ## STORY THE FIFTY-SEVENTH THE OBLIGING BROTHER. ## STORY THE FIFTY-EIGHTH SCORN FOR SCORN. ## STORY THE FIFTY-NINTH THE SICK LOVER. [59] ## STORY THE SIXTIETH THREE VERY MINOR BROTHERS. [60] ## STORY THE SIXTY-FIRST CUCKOLDED, AND DUPED. [61] ## STORY THE SIXTY-SECOND THE LOST RING. ## STORY THE SIXTY-THIRD MONTBLERU; OR THE THIEF. [63] ## STORY THE SIXTY-FOURTH THE OVER-CUNNING CURÉ. [64] ## STORY THE SIXTY-FIFTH INDISCRETION REPROVED, BUT NOT PUNISHED. ## STORY THE SIXTY-SIXTH THE WOMAN AT THE BATH. ## STORY THE SIXTY-SEVENTH THE WOMAN WITH THREE HUSBANDS. ## STORY THE SIXTY-EIGHTH THE JADE DESPOILED. ## STORY THE SIXTY-NINTH THE VIRTUOUS LADY WITH TWO HUSBANDS. [69] ## STORY THE SEVENTIETH THE DEVIL’S HORN. ## STORY THE SEVENTY-FIRST THE CONSIDERATE CUCKOLD ## STORY THE SEVENTY-SECOND NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION. ## STORY THE SEVENTY-THIRD THE BIRD IN THE CAGE. ## STORY THE SEVENTY-FOURTH THE OBSEQUIOUS PRIEST. ## STORY THE SEVENTY-FIFTH THE BAGPIPE. [75] ## STORY THE SEVENTY-SIXTH CAUGHT IN THE ACT. [76] ## STORY THE SEVENTY-SEVENTH THE SLEEVELESS ROBE. ## STORY THE SEVENTY-EIGHTH THE HUSBAND TURNED CONFESSOR. [78] ## STORY THE SEVENTY-NINTH THE LOST ASS FOUND. [79] ## STORY THE EIGHTIETH GOOD MEASURE! [80] ## STORY THE EIGHTY-FIRST BETWEEN TWO STOOLS. [81] ## STORY THE EIGHTY-SECOND BEYOND THE MARK. [82] ## STORY THE EIGHTY-THIRD THE GLUTTONOUS MONK. ## STORY THE EIGHTY-FOURTH THE DEVIL’S SHARE. [84] ## STORY THE EIGHTY-FIFTH NAILED! [85] ## STORY THE EIGHTY-SIXTH FOOLISH FEAR. ## STORY THE EIGHTY-SEVENTH WHAT THE EYE DOES NOT SEE. ## STORY THE EIGHTY-EIGHTH A HUSBAND IN HIDING. [88] ## STORY THE EIGHTY-NINTH THE FAULT OF THE ALMANAC. ## STORY THE NINETIETH A GOOD REMEDY. [90] ## STORY THE NINETY-FIRST THE OBEDIENT WIFE. [91] ## STORY THE NINETY-SECOND WOMEN’S QUARRELS. ## STORY THE NINETY-THIRD HOW A GOOD WIFE WENT ON A PILGRIMAGE. [93] ## STORY THE NINETY-FOURTH DIFFICULT TO PLEASE. ## STORY THE NINETY-FIFTH THE SORE FINGER CURED. [95] ## STORY THE NINETY-SIXTH A GOOD DOG. [96] ## STORY THE NINETY-SEVENTH BIDS AND BIDDINGS. ## STORY THE NINETY-EIGHTH THE UNFORTUNATE LOVERS. ## STORY THE NINETY-NINTH THE METAMORPHOSIS. [99] ## STORY THE HUNDREDTH AND LAST THE CHASTE LOVER. NOTES. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Cover.jpg Cover Spines.jpg Spines Titlepage.jpg Titlepage Contents.jpg Contents Intro.jpg Introduction 01.jpg Story the First — The Reverse of The Medal. 03.jpg Story the Third — The Search for The Ring. 04.jpg Story the Fourth — The Armed Cuckold. 07.jpg The Waggoner in The Bear. 09.jpg The Husband Pandar to his Own Wife 12.jpg Story The Twelfth — The Calf. 13.jpg the Castrated Clerk. 14.jpg The Pope-maker, Or The Holy Man. 16.jpg On the Blind Side. 17.jpg The Lawyer and The Bolting-mill. 18.jpg From Belly to Back. 20.jpg The Husband As Doctor. 23.jpg The Lawyer’s Wife Who Passed The Line. 24.jpg Half-booted 27.jpg The Husband in The Clothes-chest. 28.jpg The Incapable Lover. 32.jpg The Women Who Paid Tithe. 34.jpg The Man Above and The Man Below. 37.jpg The Use of Dirty Water. 38.jpg A Rod for Another’s Back. 39.jpg Both Well Served. 41.jpg Love in Arms. 43.jpg A Bargain in Horns. 44.jpg The Match-making Priest. 46.jpg How the Nun Paid for The Pears. 49.jpg The Scarlet Backside. 52.jpg The Three Reminders. 54.jpg The Right Moment. 55.jpg A Cure for The Plague. 57.jpg The Obliging BroTher. 60.jpg Three Very Minor BroThers. 61.jpg Cuckolded—and Duped. 62.jpg The Lost Ring. 65.jpg Indiscretion Reproved, But Not Punished. 68.jpg The Jade Despoiled. 71.jpg The Considerate Cuckold 72.jpg Necessity is The MoTher of Invention. 73.jpg The Bird in The Cage. 76.jpg Caught in The Act. 78.jpg The Husband Turned Confessor. 80.jpg Good Measure! 83.jpg The Gluttonous Monk. 84.jpg The Devil’s Share. 86.jpg Foolish Fear. 88.jpg A Husband in Hiding. 90.jpg A Good Remedy. 92.jpg Women’s Quarrels. 95.jpg The Sore Finger Cured. 97.jpg Bids and Biddings. 100.jpg The Chaste Lover. Footnotes.jpg Footnotes Endplate.jpg Endplate Gilded-top.jpg

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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 he caused, by his order, another knight, his neighbour to sleep with the said woman, believing that it was really the tirewoman—and afterwards he was not well pleased, albeit that the lady knew nothing, and was not aware, I believe, that she had had to do with aught other than her own husband.

STORY THE TENTH — THE EEL PASTIES. Of a knight of England, who, after he was married, wished his mignon to procuré him some pretty girls, as he did before; which the mignon would not do, saying that one wife sufficed; but the said knight brought him back to obedience by causing eel pasties to be always served to him, both at dinner and at supper.

STORY THE ELEVENTH — A SACRIFICE TO THE DEVIL. Of a jealous rogue, who after many offerings made to divers saints to curé him of his jealousy, offered a candle to the devil who is usually painted under the feet of St. Michael; and of the dream that he had and what happened to him when he awoke.

STORY THE TWELFTH — THE CALF. Of a Dutchman, who at all hours of the day and night ceased not to dally with his wife in love sports; and how it chanced that he laid her down, as they went through a wood, under a great tree in which was a labourer who had lost his calf. And as he was enumerating the charms of his wife, and naming all the pretty things he could see, the labourer asked him if he could not see the calf he sought, to which the Dutchman replied that he thought he could see a tail.

STORY THE THIRTEENTH — THE CASTRATED CLERK. How a lawyer’s clerk in England deceived his master making him believe that he had no testicles, by which reason he had charge over his mistress both in the country and in the town, and enjoyed his pleasure.

STORY THE FOURTEENTH — THE POPE-MAKER, OR THE HOLY MAN. Of a hermit who deceived the daughter of a poor woman, making her believe that her daughter should have a son by him who should become Pope; and how, when she brought forth it was a girl, and thus was the trickery of the hermit discovered, and for that cause he had to flee from that countery.

STORY THE FIFTEENTH — THE CLEVER NUN. Of a nun whom a monk wished to deceive, and how he offered to shoo her his weapon that she might feel it, but brought with him a companion whom he put forward in his place, and of the answer she gave him.

STORY THE SIXTEENTH — ON THE BLIND SIDE. Of a knight of Picardy who went to Prussia, and, meanwhile his lady took a lover, and was in bed with him when her husband returned; and how by a cunning trick she got her lover out of the room without the knight being aware of it.

STORY THE SEVENTEENTH — THE LAWYER AND THE BOLTING-MILL. Of a President of Parliament, who fell in love with his chamber-maid, and would have forced her whilst she was sifting flour, but by fair speaking she dissuaded him, and made him shake the sieve whilst she went unto her mistress, who came and found her husband thus, as you will afterwards hear.

STORY THE EIGHTEENTH — FROM BELLY TO BACK. Of a gentleman of Burgundy who paid a chambermaid ten crowns to sleep with her, but before he left her room, had his ten crowns back, and made her carry him on her shoulders through the host’s chamber. And in passing by the said chamber he let wind so loudly that all was known, as you will hear in the story which follows.

STORY THE NINETEENTH — THE CHILD OF THE SNOW. Of an English merchant whose wife had a child in his absence, and told him that it was his; and how he cleverly got rid of the child—for his wife having asserted that it was born of the snow, he declared it had been melted by the sun.

STORY THE TWENTIETH — THE HUSBAND AS DOCTOR. Of a young squire of Champagne who, when he married, had never mounted a Christian creature,—much to his wife’s regret. And of the method her mother found to instruct him, and how the said squire suddenly wept at a great feast that was made shortly after he had learned how to perform the carnal act—as you will hear more plainly hereafter.

STORY THE 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.

STORY THE THIRTY-FIFTH — THE EXCHANGE. Of a knight whose mistress married whilst he was on his travels, and on his return, by chance he came to her house, and she, in order that she might sleep with him, caused a young damsel, her chamber-maid, to go to bed with her husband; and of the words that passed between the husband and the knight his guest, as are more fully recorded hereafter.

STORY THE THIRTY-SIXTH — AT WORK. Of a squire who saw his mistress, whom he greatly loved, between two other gentlemern, and did not notice that she had hold of both of them till another knight informed him of the matter as you will hear.

STORY THE THIRTY-SEVENTH — THE USE OF DIRTY WATER. Of a jealous man who recorded all the tricks which he could hear or learn by which wives had deceived their husbands in old times; but at last he was deceived by means of dirty water which the lover of the said lady threw out of window upon her as she was going to Mass, as you shall hear hereafter.

STORY THE THIRTY-EIGHTH — A ROD FOR ANOTHER’S BACK. Of a citizen of Tours who bought a lamprey which he sent to his wife to cook in order that he might give a feast to the priest, and the said wife sent it to a Cordelier, who was her lover, and how she made a woman who was her neighbour sleep with her husband, and how the woman was beaten, and what the wife made her husband believe, as you will hear hereafter.

STORY THE THIRTY-NINTH — BOTH WELL SERVED. Of a knight who, whilst he was waiting for his mistress amused himself three times with her maid, who had been sent to keep him company that he might not be dull; and afterwards amused himself three times with the lady, and how the husband learned it all from the maid, as you will hear.

STORY THE FORTIETH — THE BUTCHER’S WIFE THE GHOST IN THE CHIMNEY. Of a Jacobin who left his mistress, a butcher’s wife, for another woman who was younger and prettier, and how the said butcher’s wife tried to enter his house by the chimney.

STORY THE FORTY-FIRST — LOVE IN ARMS. Of a knight who made his wife wear a hauberk whenever he would do you know what; and of a clerk who taught her another method which she almost told her husband, but turned it off suddenly.

STORY THE FORTY-SECOND — THE MARRIED PRIEST. Of a village clerk who being at Rome and believing that his wife was dead became a priest, and was appointed curé of his own town, and when he returned, the first person he met was his wife.

STORY THE FORTY-THIRD — A BARGAIN IN HORNS. Of a labourer who found a man with his wife, and forwent his revenge for a certain quantity of wheat, but his wife insisted that he should complete the work he had begun.

STORY THE FORTY-FOURTH —THE MATCH-MAKING PRIEST. Of a village priest who found a husband for a girl with whom he was in love, and who had promised him that when she was married she would do whatever he wished, of which he reminded her on the wedding-day, and the husband heard it, and took steps accordingly, as you will hear.

STORY THE FORTY-FIFTH — THE SCOTSMAN TURNED WASHERWOMAN Of a young Scotsman who was disguised as a woman for the space of fourteen years, and by that means slept with many girls and married women, but was punished in the end, as you will hear.

STORY THE FORTY-SIXTH — HOW THE NUN PAID FOR THE PEARS. Of a Jacobin and a nun, who went secretly to an orchard to enjoy pleasant pastime under a pear-tree; in which tree was hidden one who knew of the assignation, and who spoiled their sport for that time, as you will hear.

STORY THE FORTY-SEVENTH —TWO MULES DROWNED TOGETHER. Of a President who knowing of the immoral conduct of his wife, caused her to be drowned by her mule, which had been kept without drink for a week, and given salt to eat—as is more clearly related hereafter.

STORY THE FORTY-EIGHTH — THE CHASTE MOUTH. Of a woman who would not suffer herself to be kissed, though she willingly gave up all the rest of her body except the mouth, to her lover—and the reason that she gave for this.

STORY THE FORTY-NINTH —THE SCARLET BACKSIDE. Of one who saw his wife with a man to whom she gave the whole of her body, except her backside, which she left for her husband and he made her dress one day when his friends were present in a woollen gown on the backside of which was a piece of fine scarlet, and so left her before all their friends.

STORY THE FIFTIETH — TIT FOR TAT. Of a father who tried to kill his son because the young man wanted to lie with his grandmother, and the reply made by the said son.