[The Second Story.] Abraham the Jew, at the instigation of Jehannot de Chevigné, goeth to the Court of Rome and seeing the depravity of the clergy, returneth to Paris and there becometh a Christian [25]
[The Third Story.] Melchizedek the Jew, with a story of three rings, escapeth a parlous snare set for him by Saladin [28]
[The Fourth Story.] A monk, having fallen into a sin deserving of very grievous punishment, adroitly reproaching the same fault to his abbot, quitteth himself of the penalty [30]
[The Fifth Story.] The Marchioness of Monferrato, with a dinner of hens and certain sprightly words, curbeth the extravagant passion of the King of France [33]
[The Sixth Story.] An honest man, with a chance pleasantry, putteth to shame the perverse hypocrisy of the religious orders [35]
[The Seventh Story.] Bergamino, with a story of Primasso and the Abbot of Cluny, courteously rebuketh a fit of parsimony newly come to Messer Cane della Scala [37]
[The Eighth Story.] Guglielmo Borsiere with some quaint words rebuketh the niggardliness of Messer Ermino de' Grimaldi [40]
[The Ninth Story.] The King of Cyprus, touched to the quick by a Gascon lady, from a mean-spirited prince becometh a man of worth and valiance [42]
[The Tenth Story.] Master Alberto of Bologna civilly putteth a lady to the blush who thought to have shamed him of being enamoured of her [43]