Gesta Romanorum, Or, Entertaining Moral Stories: Invented by the Monks as a Fire-side Reacreation and Commonly Applied in Their Discourses from the Pulpit Whence the Most Celebrated of Our Own Poets and Others, from the Earliest Times, Have Extracted Their Plots, Volume 1Charles Swan C. and J. Rivington, 1824 - Latin prose literature, Medieval and modern |
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... emperor , named Anselm , who did bear in his arms a shield of silver with five red roses ; this emperor had three sons whom he loved much ; he had also continual war with the king of Egypt , in which war he lost all his temporal goods ...
... emperor , named Anselm , who did bear in his arms a shield of silver with five red roses ; this emperor had three sons whom he loved much ; he had also continual war with the king of Egypt , in which war he lost all his temporal goods ...
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... emperor , call to me my third son , and so it was done . And when he was come , the emperor said , My dear son , I must die of these wounds , and I have only a precious tree , of which I have given thy brethren their portion , and to ...
... emperor , call to me my third son , and so it was done . And when he was come , the emperor said , My dear son , I must die of these wounds , and I have only a precious tree , of which I have given thy brethren their portion , and to ...
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... emperor took with him , and closed her in a vessel of glass , the dam of this little bird followed unto the emperor's palace , and flew into the hall where her young one was . But when she saw her young one , and could not come to her ...
... emperor took with him , and closed her in a vessel of glass , the dam of this little bird followed unto the emperor's palace , and flew into the hall where her young one was . But when she saw her young one , and could not come to her ...
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... emperor , named Philominus , who had one only daughter , who was fair and gracious in the sight of every man , who had to name Aglaes . There was also in the emperor's palace a gentle knight that loved dearly this lady . It befel after ...
... emperor , named Philominus , who had one only daughter , who was fair and gracious in the sight of every man , who had to name Aglaes . There was also in the emperor's palace a gentle knight that loved dearly this lady . It befel after ...
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... emperor treated with the king of Hunga- ria for the marriage of his daughter . Then came the king of Hungary to the emperor's palace , to see his daughter , and when he had seen her , he liked marvellous well her beauty and her ...
... emperor treated with the king of Hunga- ria for the marriage of his daughter . Then came the king of Hungary to the emperor's palace , to see his daughter , and when he had seen her , he liked marvellous well her beauty and her ...
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