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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Page lxvii
... hast thus vowed , I will not break thy vow , but when these seven years be expired , thou shalt have the king of Hungary to thy husband . Then the emperor sent forth his letters to the king of Hungary , praying him if it might please ...
... hast thus vowed , I will not break thy vow , but when these seven years be expired , thou shalt have the king of Hungary to thy husband . Then the emperor sent forth his letters to the king of Hungary , praying him if it might please ...
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... hast thus vowed , I will not break thy vow , but when these seven years be expired , thou shalt have the king of Hungary to thy husband . Then the emperor sent forth his letters to the king of Hungary , praying him if it might please ...
... hast thus vowed , I will not break thy vow , but when these seven years be expired , thou shalt have the king of Hungary to thy husband . Then the emperor sent forth his letters to the king of Hungary , praying him if it might please ...
Page xciv
... hast suffered much woe : nevertheless , if thou be worthy to be his wife , soon shall I prove . And when he had thus said , he caused three vessels to be brought forth the first was made of pure gold , well beset with precious stones ...
... hast suffered much woe : nevertheless , if thou be worthy to be his wife , soon shall I prove . And when he had thus said , he caused three vessels to be brought forth the first was made of pure gold , well beset with precious stones ...
Page xcvi
... hast well chosen or no . And when this young lady had opened it , she found it full of fine gold and precious stones , as the emperor had told her before . Then said the emperor , daughter , because thou hast well chosen , thou shalt ...
... hast well chosen or no . And when this young lady had opened it , she found it full of fine gold and precious stones , as the emperor had told her before . Then said the emperor , daughter , because thou hast well chosen , thou shalt ...
Page cvii
... hast provided thee of some remedy there- fore . " Then was Fulgentius right glad , and sware to him that he would do by his counsel . " Not long after it befell that this young man Ful- gentius served his lord as he was wont to do , and ...
... hast provided thee of some remedy there- fore . " Then was Fulgentius right glad , and sware to him that he would do by his counsel . " Not long after it befell that this young man Ful- gentius served his lord as he was wont to do , and ...
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Abibas Alexis anon answered APPLICATION beautiful beloved bird blood body book of Tobit brother Cæsar called Christ Christian church command daugh daughter dear death devil Douce emperor empire empress Eufemyen exclaimed eyes fable fair lady faith father fell flesh Fulgentius gave gentius GESTA ROMANORUM golden hand hath heard heart heaven Holy Land honour husband Jovinian king king of Hungary kingdom knight lady lord marry master mercy messengers noble original Gesta palace peace Pompey poor pray Prince quoth received reign replied returned rich ring rode Roman romantic fiction Rome SAINT sayd seneschal servant Seven Wise Masters shew soldier soul steward story TALE tell thee ther thing thou art thou hast thou shalt tion tree truth unto Valerius Maximus Vincent of Beauvais Virgin Warton whan wherefore wife wise woman wounded wyfe young