[1] crostate also means tart. [↑]

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XCIII

Here it is told of a countryman who went to shrive himself

A countryman went one day to shrive himself. And he took holy water, and saw the priest working in the fields. He called him and said: Sir, I should like to be shriven.

The priest replied: did you confess last year? and he rejoined: Yes. Then put a penny in the alms-box, and for the same fine, I absolve you this year as I did last year.

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XCIV

Here it is told of the fox and the mule

The fox going through a wood, happened upon a mule, and it had never seen a mule before. [[200]]