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 lxvi
... wife . Then said she , this covenant pleaseth me well . When this was said , each of them was be- trothed to other , and then this knight took his leave of the lady , and went to the Holy Land . Shortly after the emperor treated with ...
... wife . Then said she , this covenant pleaseth me well . When this was said , each of them was be- trothed to other , and then this knight took his leave of the lady , and went to the Holy Land . Shortly after the emperor treated with ...
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... wife . Then said she , this covenant pleaseth me well . When this was said , each of them was be- trothed to other , and then this knight took his leave of the lady , and went to the Holy Land . Shortly after the emperor treated with ...
... wife . Then said she , this covenant pleaseth me well . When this was said , each of them was be- trothed to other , and then this knight took his leave of the lady , and went to the Holy Land . Shortly after the emperor treated with ...
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... wife and domestics went also , leaving the child in the cradle , the greyhound lying by him , and the falcon on his perch . A serpent that inhabited a hole near the castle , taking advantage of the profound silence that reigned , crept ...
... wife and domestics went also , leaving the child in the cradle , the greyhound lying by him , and the falcon on his perch . A serpent that inhabited a hole near the castle , taking advantage of the profound silence that reigned , crept ...
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... wife . Abandoning the profes- sion of arms , he broke his lance in three pieces , and vowed a pilgrimage to the Holy Land , where he spent the rest of his days in peace . " This tale is likewise borrowed by the compiler of the Gesta ...
... wife . Abandoning the profes- sion of arms , he broke his lance in three pieces , and vowed a pilgrimage to the Holy Land , where he spent the rest of his days in peace . " This tale is likewise borrowed by the compiler of the Gesta ...
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... 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 without , and within full of dead men's bones , and thereupon was ...
... 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 without , and within full of dead men's bones , and thereupon was ...
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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