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Of hym that rode out of London, and had his seruaunt folowynge hym on foote. i.[15]
Of hym that preached on saynte Christofers day. ii.[16]
Of the frenche man that stroue with the Fanwaye for his armes. iii.[ib.]
Of the curate that sayde our lorde fedde fyue hundred persones. iiii.[17]
Of hym that profered his doughter to one in maryage. v.[18]
Of the men of the countrey, that came to London to bye a crucifixe of wodde. vi.[ib.]
Of hym that folowed his wyfe to buryeng. vii.[19]
Of hym that felle in to the fyre. viii.[ib.]
Of hym that used to calle his seruaunte the kynge of fooles. ix.[20]
Of the yonge woman, that sorowed so greatly the deathe of her husbande. x.[21]
Of hym that kyssed the fayre mayde with the longe nose. xi.[ib.]
Of the uplandysshe mans answere concernyng the steple and pulpytte. xii.[23]
Of the beggers aunswere to mayster Skelton the poete. xiii.[ib.]
Of the chaplen that sayde our ladye mattens lyenge in his bedde. xiiii.[24]
Of hym that loste his purse in London. xv.[25]
Of the marchaunt that loste his boudget betwene ware and London. xvi.[26]
Of him that was called kockold. xvii.[27]
Of the iolus man. xviii.[28]
Of the fat woman that sat and solde frute. xix.[ib.]
Of a poller that begyled a preste. xx.[29]
Of Papirius pretextatus. xxi.[31]
Of the corrupte man of lawe. xxii.[33]
Of kynge Lowes of Fraunce and the husbandman Conon. xxiii.[34]
Of a picke thanke, that thought to begyle the same moste prudent kynge. xxiiii.[37]
Of Thales the great astronomer, the whiche felle in to a ditche. xxv.[38]
Of the astronomer that theues robbed. xxvi.[39]
Of the plough man that wolde saye his paternoster with a stedfast mynde. xxvii.[ib.]
Of him that dreamed he founde golde. xxviii.[40]
Of the crakynge yonge gentyll man that wolde ouerthrowe his enemys a myle of. xxix.[42]
Of him that fell of a tre and brake a rybbe in his syde. xxx.[44]
Of the fryer that brayed in his sermon. xxxi.[45]
The oration of th ambassadour that was sent to Pope Urban. xxxii.[46]
Of the ambassadour that was sent to the prince Agis. xxxiii.[47]
The answere of Cleomenes to the Samiens ambassadour. xxxiiii.[ib.]
Of the wyse man Piso, and his seruant. xxxv.[48]
Of the marchant that made a wager with his lorde. xxxvi.[49]
Of the scrowes that the frier gaue out against the pestilence. xxxvii.[51]
Of the physition that used to wryte bylles ouer nyght called resceytes. xxxviii.[52]
Of him that wolde confesse him by a lybell in wrytynge. xxxix.[53]
Of the hermite of Padowe. xl.[54]
Of the uplandissh man that saw the kyng. xli.[56]
Of the courtier that bade the boye to holde his horse. xlii.[57]
Of the deceytfull scriuener. xliii.[ib.]
Of him that sayde he beleved his wyfe better than other, that she was chaste. xliiii.[59]
Of him that paid his det with cryeng bea. xlv.[60]
Of the woman that appeled from kynge Philip to kynge Philip. xlvi.[62]
Of the olde woman that prayd for the welfare of the tyran Denyse. xlvii.[63]
Of the phisitian Eumonus. xlviii.[64]
Of Socrates and his scoldynge wyfe. xlix.[65]
Of the phisitian that bare his pacient on hand he had eaten an asse. l.[ib.]
Of the inholders wyfe, and her ii louers. li.[67]
Of hym that healed franticke men. lii.[68]
Of hym that sayd he was nat worthy to open the gate to the kynge. liii.[70]
Of Mayster Uauasour and Turpyn his manne. liiii.[ib.]
Of hym that sought his wyfe, that was drowned, agaynst the streme. lv.[72]
Of hym that at a skyrmyssh defended hym valiauntly with his feete. lvi.[73]
Of hym that wolde gyue a songe to the tauerner for his dyner. lvii.[74]
Of the foole that thought him selfe deed, whan he was a lyue. lviii.[75]
Of the olde man and his sonne that brought his asse to the towne to sylle. lix.[78]
Of him that sought his asse, and rode upon his backe. lx.[80]
The answere of Fabius to Liuius. lxi.[81]
The answere of Poltis the kynge of Trace to the Troyan ambassadours. lxii.[82]
The wyse answere of Haniball to kynge Antiochus concerninge his ryche army. lxiii.[83]
The wordes of Popilius the Romayn ambassadour to Antiochus the kynge. lxiiii.[ib.]
Of hym that loued the marchantes wyfe. lxv.[84]
Of the woman that couered her heed, and shewed up her tayle. lxvi.[86]
How Alexander was monisshed to slee the firste that he mette. lxvii.[ib.]
How the aunciente cyte of Lamsac was saued from destruction. lxviii.[87]
Howe Demosthenes defended a mayde. lxix.[88]
Of him that desyred to be a gentylman. lxx.[89]
Of the gentyllman and his shrewd wife. lxxi.[90]
Of the two yonge men that rode to Walsyngham to gether. lxxii.[91]
Of the yong man of Brugis and his spouse. lxxiii.[92]
Of him that made as he hadde ben a chaste lyuer. lxxiiii.[93]
Of him that the olde roode fell on. lxxv.[94]
Of the wydowe that wolde not wedde for bodily pleasure. lxxvi.[95]
Of the couetous ambassadour, that wolde here no musike for sparinge of his purse. lxxvii.[ib.]
Howe Denyse the tyran of Syracuse serued a couetouse man. lxxix.[97]
Of the old man that quyngered the boy oute of the aple tre with stones. lxxx.[98]
Of the ryche man that was sycke and wolde not receyue a glyster. lxxxi.[99]
Of him that feyned him selfe deed, to proue what his wyfe wolde do. lxxxii.[ib.]
Of the poure man, in to whose house theues brake by nyght. lxxxiii.[101]
Of him that shulde haue ben hanged for his scoffinge and his iestynge. lxxxiiii.[ib.]
Of him that had his goose stole. lxxxv.[102]
Of the begger that sayde he was of kynne to kynge Phylip of Macedone. lxxxvi.[103]
Of Dantes answere to the iester. lxxxvii.[ib.]
Of hym that had sore eies. lxxxviii.[104]
Of the olde woman that had sore eies. lxxxix.[105]
Of hym that had the custody of a warde. xc.[106]
Of the excellente peynter, that hadde foule chyldren. xci.[ib.]
Of the scoffer that made one a southsayer. xcii.[107]
Of the marchant of Florence, Charles. xciii.[ib.]
Of the chesshire man called Eulyn. xciiii.[108]
Of hym that desyred to be sette vpon the pyllorye. xcv.[109]
Of the wydowes daughter, that was sente to the abbot with a couple of capons. xcvi.[111]
Of the two men that dranke a pynte of whyte wyne to gether. xcvii.[112]
Of the doctour that desyred to go with a fouler to catche byrdes. xcviii.[114]
Of hym that undertoke to teache an asse to spelle and rede. xcix.[115]
Of the fryer that confessed the fayre woman. c.[116]
Of the chapplen of Louen called syr Antonye that deceyued an vserer. ci.[118]
Of the same chaplen and his spiter. cii.[119]
Of the olde manne that putte hym selfe in his sonnes handes. ciii.[121]
Of hym that had a flye peynted in his shilde. ciiii.[122]
Of the emperour Augustus and the olde men. cv.[123]
Of Phocions oration to the Atheniens. cvi.[ib.]
Of Demosthenes and Phocion. cvii.[124]
Of the aunswere of Phocion to them that brought hym a great gyfte from Alexander. cviii.[ib.]
Of Denyse the tyran and his sonne. cix.[125]
Of Pomponius the Romayne that was taken and brought before Mithridates. cx.[ib.]
Of Titus and the scoffer. cxi.[126]
Of Scipio Nasica, and Ennius the poete. cxii.[ib.]
Of Fabius Minutius and his sonne. cxiii.[127]
Of Aurelian the emperour, that was displeased, bycause the citie Tyana was closed agaynste him. cxiiii.[128]
Of the Nunne forced that durst not crie. cxv.[129]
Of him that sayde he was the Diuelles man. cxvi.[ib.]
Of the vplandishe priest, that preached of Charitie. cxvii.[130]
An other sayinge of the same preest. cxviii.[131]
Of the fryer that praysed sainct Frauncis. cxix.[133]
Of hym that warned his wife of wasshynge her face in foule puddell water. cxx.[ib.]
Of the husband man that caused his iudge to geue sentence agaynst him selfe. cxxi.[134]
Of the Italian frier that shoulde preach before the B. of Rome and his cardinals. cxxii.[ib.]
Of the doctour that sayd, in Erasmus workes were heresies. cxxiii.[136]
Of the frier that preached at Paules crosse agaynst Erasmus. cxxiiii.[137]
Of an other frier that taxed Erasmus for writyng Germana theologia. cxxv.[138]
Of an other that inueighed agaynst the same Erasmus. cxxvi.[ib.]
Of kyng Richarde the iii. and the Northern man. cxxvii.[139]
Of the Canon and his man. cxxviii.[140]
Of the same Canon and his sayd man. cxxix.[ib.]
Of the gentilman that checked hys seruant for talke of ryngyng. cxxx.[141]
Of the blynde man and his boye. cxxxi.[142]
Of him that sold two lodes of hey. cxxxii.[ib.]
How a mery man deuised to cal people to a playe. cxxxiii.[145]
How the image of the dyuell was lost and sought. cxxxiiii.[148]
Of Tachas, kyng of Aegypt, and Agesilaus. cxxxv.[149]
Of Corar the Rhetorician, and Tisias hys scoler. cxxxvi.[150]
Of Augustus and Athenodorus the Phylosopher. cxxxvii.[151]
Of the frenche kyng and the brome seller. cxxxviii.[152]
An other tale of the same frenche kyng. cxxxix.[153]
What an Italyan fryer dyd in his preaching. cxl.[155]

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Of hym that rode out of London and had his seruaunt folowynge on foote. i.

¶ There was a manne on a tyme that rode v myle out of London, and had his seruaunt folowyng after hym on fote, the whiche came so nere, that the horse strake hym a great stroke vpon the thye. The seruaunte, thynkynge to be reuenged, toke and threwe a great stone at the horse, and hytte his mayster on the raynes of the backe, who thought it had bene his horse. He within a whyle loked backe and chydde his seruaunte, bycause he came haltynge so farre behynde. The seruaunt aunswered: Sir, your horse hath gyuen me suche a stroke vpon my thygh, that I can go no faster. Trewely, sayde his mayster, the horse is a great kyckar, for lyke-wyse with his hele right nowe[146] he gaue me a great stroke vpon the raynes of my backe.