OR,

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ENTERTAINING
MORAL STORIES;

INVENTED BY THE MONKS AS A FIRE-SIDE RECREATION; 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,

TRANSLATED FROM THE LATIN,

WITH

PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS AND COPIOUS NOTES,

BY THE REV. CHARLES SWAN,

LATE OF CATHARINE HALL, CAMBRIDGE.

“ They” [the Monks] “ might be disposed occasionally to recreate their
minds with subjects of a light and amusing nature; and what could be
more innocent or delightful than the stories of the GESTA ROMANORUM ?”

Douce's Illustrations of Shakspeare.

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M.DCCC.XXIV,

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SECRETARY AT WAR,

AND

MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT

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&c. &c. &c.

MY LORD,

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