VOLUME THE FIFTH

LONDON: PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY OF ENGLISH BIBLIOPHILISTS
MDCCCXCIV

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[Margaret, Queen of Navarre, from a crayon drawing by Clouet, preserved at the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris]

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Contents

[ SIXTH DAY. ]

[ PROLOGUE. ]

[ TALE LI. ]

[ TALE LII. ]

[ TALE LIII. ]

[ TALE LIV. ]

[ TALE LV. ]

[ TALE LVI. ]

[ TALE LVII. ]

[ TALE LVIII. ]

[ TALE LIX. ]

[ TALE LX. ]


[ SEVENTH DAY. ]

[ PROLOGUE. ]

[ TALE LXI. ]

[ TALE LXII. ]

[ TALE LXIII. ]

[ TALE LXIV. ]

[ TALE LXV. ]

[ TALE LXVI. ]

[ TALE LXVII. ]

[ TALE LXVIII. ]

[ TALE LXIX. ]

[ TALE LXX. ]


[ EIGHTH DAY. ]

[ PROLOGUE. ]

[ TALE LXXI. ]

[ TALE LXXII. ]

[ APPENDIX. ]

[ THE SUPPOSED NARRATORS OF THE HEPTAMERON TALES. ]

[ BIBLIOGRAPHY. ]




List of Illustrations

[ Frontispiece ]

[ Titlepage ]

[ 005a.jpg the Duke of Urbino Sending The Maiden to Prison for Carrying Messages ]

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[ 015a.jpg the Gentleman and his Friend Annoyed by The Smell of Sugar ]

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[ 023a.jpg the Lord Des Cheriots Flying from The Prince’s Servant ]

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[ 037a.jpg the Lady Watching The Shadow Faces Kissing ]

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[ 043a.jpg the Servant Selling The Horse With The Cat ]

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[ 051a.jpg the Grey Friar Introducing his Comrade to The Lady and Her Daughter ]

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[ 063a.jpg the English Lord Seizing The Lady’s Glove ]

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[ 071a. The Gentleman Mocked by The Ladies when Returning from The False Tryst ]

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[ 079a. The Lady Discovering Her Husband With The Waiting-woman ]

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[ 091a. The Chanter of Blois Delivering his Mistress from The Grave ]

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[ 105a. The Lady Returning to Her Lover, The Canon of Autun ]

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[ 119a. The Gentleman’s Spur Catching in The Sheet ]

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[ 125a. The King Asking The Young Lord to Join his Banquet ]

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[ 133a. The Lady Swooning in The Arms of The Gentleman Of Valencia Who Had Become a Monk ]

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[ 143a. The Old Woman Startled by The Waking of The Soldier ]

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[ 149a. The Old Serving-woman Explaining Her Mistake To The Duke and Duchess of Vendôme ]

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[ 155a. The Wife Reading to Her Husband on The Desert Island ]

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[ 163a. The Apothecary’s Wife Giving The Dose of Cantharides To Her Husband ]

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[ 169a. The Wife Discovering Her Husband in The Hood Of Their Serving-maid ]

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[ 175a. The Gentleman Killing Himself on The Death of his Mistress ]

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[ 219a. The Saddler’s Wife Cured by The Sight of Her Husband Caressing the Serving-maid ]

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[ 225a. The Monk Conversing With The Nun While Shrouding A Dead Body ]

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