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[ Can be traced back to Josephus (History of the Jews lib XVIII. chap XIII.) Also found in Boccaccio, La Fontaine, and Marmontel (La Mari sylphe).
Jean de Crequy was a knight of the Golden Fleece, and one of the twelve nobles who carried the Duke’s body at the funeral of Philippe le Bel. This is the only story he contributed.]
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[ A very old story, probably of Eastern origin. It has been used by many story-tellers and is found in Boccaccio (Dec. day VII, story VI) the Gesta Romanorum, and in several of the collections of fabliaux. As for the versions of later date than the Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles, they are still more numerous. At least four of the followers of Boccaccio, also Marguerite of Navarre (Heptameron), Estienne (Apologie pour Hérodote) and several others have used it, to my knowledge.]
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[ Found in Boccaccio, Poggio, and several of the fabliaux. Copied several times during the 17th and 18th centuries, French writers apparently thinking that “the gentleman of Burgundy” acted up to his title, and was not a mean and contemptible scoundrel as most Englishmen would deem him.]
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[ An amusing story, borrowed from the troubadours, and since copied by Sansovino, Chapuys, Grécourt, and the author of Joueuses Adventures.
Philippe Vignier was valet de chambre to the Duke of Burgundy in 1451. No. 86 is also ascribed to him in Mr. Wright’s edition.]