MDCCCLXIV.

¶ A C. mery
Talys.

The Table.

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Of him that said there were but two commandementes. i.[11]
Of the wyfe who lay with her prentys and caused him to beate her husbande disguised in her rayment. ii[12]
Of John Adroyns in the dyuyls apparell. iii.[14]
Of the Ryche man and his two sonnes. iv.[18]
Of the Cockolde who gained a Ring by his iudgment. v.[19]
Of the scoler that gave his shoes to cloute. vi.[20]
Of him that said that a womans tongue was lightest of digestion. vii.[ib.]
Of the Woman that followed her fourth husbands bere and wept. viii.[21]
Of the Woman that sayd her woer came to late. ix.[22]
Of the Mylner with the golden thombe. x.[23]
Of the horseman of Irelande that prayde Oconer for to hange up the frere. xi.[ib.]
Of the preest that sayd nother Corpus meus nor Corpum meum. xii.[26]
Of the two freres whereof the one loued nat the ele heed nor the other the tayle. xiii.[27]
Of the welche man that shroue hym for brekynge of hys faste on the fryday. xiv.[28]
Of the merchaunte of London that dyd put nobles in his mouthe in hys dethe bedde. xv.[30]
Of the mylner that stale the nuttes of the tayler that stale a shepe. xvi.[31]
Of the foure elementes where they should sone be founde. xvii.[36]
Of the woman that poured the potage in the iudges male. xviii.[37]
Of the wedded men that came to heuen to clayme theyr herytage. xix.[39]
Of the merchaunte that charged his sonne to fynde one to synge for hys soule. xx.[40]
Of the mayde wasshynge clothes that answered the frere. xxi.[42]
Of the thre wyse men of Gotam. xxii.[ib.]
Of the graye frere that answered his penytente. xxiii.[43]
Of the gentylman that bare the sege borde on hys necke. xxiv.[44]
Of the merchantes wyfe that sayd she wolde take a nap at a sermon. xxv.[47]
Of the woman that said and she lyued another yere she wolde haue a cockoldes hatte of her owne. xxvi.[48]
Of the gentylman that wysshed his tothe in the gentylwomans tayle. xxvii.[ib.]
Of the Welcheman that confessyd hym howe he had slayne a frere. xxviii.[49]
Of the Welcheman that coude nat gette but a lytell male. xxix.[50]
Of the gentyll woman that sayde to a gentyll man ye haue a berde aboue and none benethe. xxx.[51]
Of the frere that sayde our Lorde fed fyue M. people with iii fysshys. xxxi.[52]
Of the frankelyn that wold haue had the frere gone. xxxii.[53]
Of the prest that sayd Our Lady was not so curyous a woman. xxxiii.[54]
Of the good man that sayde to his wyfe he had euyll fare. xxxiv.[55]
Of the frere that bad his childe make a laten. xxxv.[ib.]
Of the gentylman that asked the frere for his beuer. xxxvi.[56]
Of the thre men that chose the woman. xxxvii.[ib.]
Of the gentylman that taught his cooke the medycyne for the tothake. xxxviii.[58]
Of the gentylman that promysed the scoler of Oxford a sarcenet typet. xxxix.[60]
Of mayster Skelton that broughte the bysshop of Norwiche ii fesauntys. xl.[62]
Of the yeman of garde that sayd he wolde bete the carter. xli.[65]
Of the fole that saide he had leuer go to hell than to heuen. xlii.[66]
Of the plowmannys sonne that sayde he sawe one to make a gose to creke swetely. xliii.[67]
Of the maydes answere that was wyth chylde. xliv.[ib.]
Of the seruaunt that rymyd with hys mayster. xlv.[68]
Of the Welcheman that delyuered the letter to the ape. xlvi.[69]
Of hym that solde ryght nought. xlvii.[71]
Of the frere that tolde the thre chyldres fortunes. xlviii.[72]
Of the boy that bare the frere his masters money. xlix.[74]
Of Phylyp Spencer the bochers man. l.[75]
Of the courtear and the carter. li.[76]
Of the yong man that prayd his felow to teche hym hys paternoster. lii.[77]
Of the frere that prechyd in ryme expownynge the ave maria. liii.[78]
Of the curat that prechyd the Artycles of the Crede. liv.[80]
Of the frere that prechyd the x commaundementis. lv.[82]
Of the wyfe that bad her husbande ete the candell fyrste. lvi.[84]
Of the man of lawes sonnes answer. lvii.[ib.]
Of the frere in the pulpet that bad the woman leve her babelynge. lviii.[85]
Of the Welcheman that cast the Scotte into the see. lix.[86]
Of the man that had the dome wyfe. lx.[87]
Of the Proctour of Arches that had the lytel wyfe. lxi.[89]
Of ii nonnes that were shryuen of one preste. lxii.[ib.]
Of the esquyer that sholde haue ben made knight. lxiii.[91]
Of hym that wolde gette the maystrye of his wyfe. lxiv. .[92]
Of the penytent that sayd the shepe of God haue mercy vpon me. lxv.[93]
Of the husbande that sayd he was John daw. lxvi.[94]
Of the scoler of Oxforde that proued by souestry ii chykens iii. lxvii.[95]
Of the frere that stale the podynge. lxviii.[97]
Of the frankelyns sonne that cam to take orders. lxix.[98]
Of the husbandman that lodgyd the frere in his own bede. lxx.[99]
Of the preste that wolde say two gospels for a grote. lxxi.[100]
Of the coutear that dyd cast the frere ouer the bote. lxxii.[101]
Of the frere that prechyd what mennys sowles were. lxxiii.[ib.]
Of the husbande that cryed ble vnder the bed.lxxiv.[102]
Of the shomaker that asked the colyer what tydynges in hell. lxxv.[103]
Of Seynt Peter that cryed cause bobe. lxxvi.[104]
Of hym that aduenturyd body and soule for hys prynce. lxxvii.[105]
Of the parson that stale the mylners elys. lxxviii.[106]
Of the Welchman that saw one xl's better than God. lxxix.[ib.]
Of the frere that said dyryge for the hoggys soule. lxxx.[ib.]
Of the parson that sayde masse of requiem for Crystes soule. lxxxi.[108]
Of the herdeman that sayde: ryde apace, ye shall haue rayn. lxxxii.[109]
Of hym that sayde: I shall haue neuer a peny. lxxxiii.[110]
Of the husbande that sayde his wyfe and he agreed well. lxxxiv.[111]
Of the prest that sayde Comede episcope. lxxxv.[ib.]
Of the woman that stale the pot. lxxxvi.[112]
Of mayster Whyttyntons dreme. lxxxvii.[113]
Of the prest that killed his horse called modicus. lxxxviii.[114]
Of the Welcheman that stale the Englysshmans cocke. lxxxix.[115]
Of hym that brought a botell to a preste. xc.[ib.]
Of the endytement of Jesu of Nazareth. xci.[116]
Of the frere that preched agaynst them that rode on the Sonday. xcii.[117]
Of the one broder that founde a purs. xciii.[118]
Of the answere of the mastres to the mayde. xciv.[119]
Of the northern man that was all harte. xcv.[ib.]
Of the burnynge of olde John. xcvi.[ib.]
Of the courtear that ete the hot custarde. xcvii.[121]
Of the thre pointes belonging to a shrewd wyfe. xcix.[122]
Of the man that paynted the lamb upon his wyfes bely. c.[123]