[Source.—Q. Margaret, Heptameron, nov. 32.
Origin.—? Bandello, Part ii., nov. 10.
Parallels.—Med.: Gesta, Gower; Conf. Amant. i. Mod.: Bandello, iii., nov. 15; Belleforest, i. 297; Whetstone, Heptameron, 3rd day; Stollberg, Ballad.
Painter.—I. i. 332; II. i. 252; III. i. 445; IV. ii. 97.
Derivates.—Greene’s Planetomachio and Davenant’s Alborine have similar incidents, but whether derived from Painter it is difficult to say.]
LVIII. President of Grenoble.
A President of Grenoble aduertised of the ill gouernement of his wife, took such order, that his honestie was not diminished, and yet reuenged the facte.
[Source and Origin.—Q. Margaret, Hept., nov. 36.
Parallels.—Bandello, Part i., nov. 35.
Painter.—I. i. 334; II. i. 254; III. i. 449; IV. ii. 101.