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The wonderful skill and friendship of the two physicians -- The fair and ugly daughters of a king -- The widow -- The little dogs and the ass -- The hermit and the angel -- The birth, life and death of Pope Gregory -- The adulterous bird -- The boar without a heart -- The lady, the knight, and the falcon -- The harper and the whistler -- Of the child born in darkness -- The emperor who forgot his debt -- Poison for the enemies -- The three rings -- How the inheritance was divided -- The three lazy sons -- Story fo the male and female serpents -- Two sons return home -- How a king's daughter became a leper -- How Constantine assisted the Romans -- Forgiveness while the candle burnt -- The warnings to Julius Caesar -- A custom of the Romans during siege -- The knight, the serpent and the toad -- The son saves his mother -- Plenty, joy and light -- The evil magician and the magic mirror -- The three maxims -- The grateful lion -- Story of the bell of justice -- Three travellers who had one loaf between them -- The underground palace -- The two faithful thieves -- How the wicked carpenter lost his gold -- The miraculous adventure of the knight Placidus -- The white cow and her golden horns -- The physician and his stepmother -- The tournament -- The woodcutter and the dragon -- The virgins and the elephant -- The queen obliged to love her stepson.;The fiction library of the Middle Ages, featuring stories known to history, such as the Gesta Romanorum. To get these stories in under the wire of ecclesiastical authority, the good monks invented a "moral" for each one. These morals have been omitted in this edition, which serves up in modern style, the richest fictional feast of Europe's most imaginative period.;Aristotle's advice to Alexander -- With the blood of a lamb -- What is man? -- The eagle and the serpent -- A dove warns the city -- From discord to peace -- How the knight tested his wife's affections -- Death of the Athenian king -- A prophecy concerning the fall of Rome -- A life for the abyss -- Story of the flexible glass -- The contest between the four brothers -- The man who gathered more than he could carry -- The Danish king and the three magi -- By his own devices -- The treachery of the duchess and its reward -- The emperor gives an eye for his son -- Why the corrupt governors were retained -- The promise kept -- Why the old woman prayed for the king -- The gate of Emperor Frederic -- The return of the banished wife -- The envying merchant and the prince -- The carpenter and the emperor -- Three truths -- How the proud emperor was humbled -- How the king's daughter lost the race -- The philosopher and his wife -- The portrait of the beautiful Florentina -- How the knight won the emperor's daughter -- The wise virgin -- The four directions -- The knight, the lady, and her kingdom -- The wise and foolish knights -- The three crowing cocks -- The magic shirt -- The three conditions -- A lame and a blind man -- Of the king who gave the crown to his son -- Made blind but with no gain -- The golden apple and the fool -- The three widows.;The daughter of a king -- The command of duty -- Not twice -- Between death and marriage -- The prisoner and the king's daughter -- The oath of self-destruction -- Two brothers -- The robber and the three statues -- The emperor and his son -- The rings of memory and oblivion -- Alexander and the girl of poison -- The unquenchable thirst -- Blood on the queen's hand -- Of the son who liberated his father -- The life of Saint Alexius -- Engraved upon an ancient tomb -- Story of the six kinds of service -- The prediction of the stag -- Of the quarrel between Pompey and Caesar -- The prophecy -- How the banished king warned his country -- How the Egyptians defied Isis and Serapis -- The poisoned heart -- The magician and the enchanted garden -- The staff and scrip of the pilgrim -- The garment of the illegitimate son -- The steward who disobeyed his king -- Little dog's tears -- Punishment for corruption -- The three honours -- The philosophy of death -- A note on poison -- A tree for wives to hang upon.;Noah the discoverer of wine -- The lady who flew away -- The golden drinking horn -- The devil's castle -- Verses from the devil -- How Saint Peter saw the five perverse men -- The sinners -- The game of chess -- The archer and the nightingale -- The black pit and a drop of honey -- The twelve laws -- Saint Bernard and the gambler -- The friendship of two knights -- The knight Guy of Warwick -- Allegory of the fair -- The king, the serpent, and the philosopher -- Of the wonders of the world -- The divided child and the poisoned tree -- Queen Hester -- The painter instructs his king -- Of the evils arising from gluttony and drunkenness -- How the knight saved his master -- The unfaithful lioness.;Ingratitude -- Ten chests filled with stones -- The ungrateful steward -- How the prince recovered his magic treasures -- The old and the young knight -- How the lady helps her lover escape -- Holding the sheet before the husband -- How the knight obtained his pardon -- The secret black crow -- The secret of the Roman senate -- The justice of providence -- How the judge discovered the truth -- The test of friendship -- Of bravery, wisdom and love -- Of a king who gave to all -- How three physicians got rid of their rival -- The two fighting greyhounds -- The hero rewarded by death -- Lucretia -- The foolish thief -- The banished emperor returns -- How peace came for father and son -- Of a reptile which slew by a look -- How Emperor Heraclius administered justice -- The subtle serpent -- The traitor's dog and nets in the king's forest -- Why the king is sad -- Four philosophers explain the world -- How Socrates discovered the dragons -- The pirate becomes a prince -- The poisoned fountain -- How Amon was saved by a dolphin -- A murderer's name -- How water is drawn with the aid of music -- Of the evils of leprosy -- Warning the enemy -- The adventures of Apollonius, prince of Tyre -- The holy city of Edessa -- The phantom knight of Wandlesbury -- How Ulysses discovered Achilles -- From one penny to five -- The tomb of an ancient giant.
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