[Volume II.] [Volume III.] [Volume IV.] [Volume V.]

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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


[ PREFACE. ]

[ Explanation of the Initials appended to the Notes. ]


[ MARGARET OF ANGOULÊME, QUEEN OF NAVARRE. ]

[ I. ]

[ II. ]

[ III. ]

[ IV. ]

[ ON THE HEPTAMERON ]

[ DEDICATIONS AND PREFACE, ]

[ Peter Boaistuau, surnamed Launay, To the Reader ]


[ THE HEPTAMERON ]

[ PROLOGUE. ]

[ FIRST DAY. ]

[ TALE I. ]

[ TALE II. ]

[ TALE III. ]

[ TALE IV. ]

[ TALE V. ]

[ TALE VI. ]

[ TALE VII. ]


[ APPENDIX. ]

[ A. (Prologue, Page 31.) ]

[ B. (Tale I., Page 50.) ]

[ C. (Tale IV., Page 85.) ]



List of Illustrations

[ Frontispiece ]

[ Titlepage ]

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[ 039a.jpg Du Mesnil Learns his Mistress’s Infidelity from Her Maid ]

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[ 057a.jpg the Muleteer’s Servant Attacking his Mistress ]

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[ 065a.jpg the Stags Head ]

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[ 079a.jpg Hurrying to Her Mistress’s Assistance ]

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[ 095a.jpg the Boatwoman of Coulon Outwitting The Friars ]

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[ 103a.jpg the Wife’s Ruse to Secure The Escape of Her Lover ]

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[ 109.jpg the Merchant Transferring his Caresses from The Daughter to the Mother ]

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