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Il Novellino: The hundred old tales

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INTRODUCTION IL NOVELLINO I Proem II Of the rich embassy which Prester John sent to the noble Emperor Frederick III Of a wise Greek whom a King kept in prison, and how he judged of a courser IV How a jongleur lamented before Alexander the conduct of a knight, to whom he had made a gift on condition that the knight should give him whatsoever Alexander might present him with1 V How a king committed a reply to a young son of his who had to bear it to the ambassadors of Greece VI How it came into the mind of King David to learn the number of his subjects VII Here it is told how the angel spoke to Solomon, and said that the Lord God would take away the kingdom from his son for his sins VIII Of the gift of a king’s son to a king of Syria who had been driven from his throne IX Here it is treated of an argument and a judgment that took place in Alexandria X Here it is told of a fine judgment given by the slave of Bari in a dispute between a townsman and a pilgrim XI Here it is told how Master Giordano was deceived by a false disciple of his XII Here it is told of the honour that Aminadab did to King David, his rightful lord XIII Here it is told how Antigonus reproved Alexander for having a cythera played for his delight XIV How a king had a son of his brought up in a dark place, and then showed him everything, and how women pleased him most XV How a land steward plucked out his own eye and that of his son to the end that justice might be observed XVI Here it is told of the great mercy wrought by Saint Paulinus the bishop XVII Of the great act of charity which a banker did for the love of God XVIII Of the judgment of God on a baron of Charlemagne XIX Of the great generosity and courtesy of the Young King XX Of the great liberality and courtesy of the King of England XXI How three necromancers came to the court of the Emperor Frederick XXII How the Emperor Frederick’s goshawk escaped to Milan XXIII How the Emperor Frederick found a countryman at a fountain and asked leave to drink, and how he took away his drinking-cup XXIV How the Emperor Frederick put a question to two wise men, and how he rewarded them XXV How the Sultan gave two hundred marks to a man and how his treasurer wrote down the entry in his presence XXVI Here it is told of a burgher of France XXVII Here it is told of a great Moaddo who was insulted XXVIII Here it is told of a custom that existed in the kingdom of France XXIX Here it is told how some learned astrologers disputed about the Empyrean XXX Here it is told how a Lombard knight squandered his substance XXXI Here it is told of a story-teller of Messer Azzolino XXXII Of the great deeds of prowess of Riccar Loghercio of the Isle XXXIII Here is told a tale of Messer Imberal del Balzo XXXIV How two noble knights loved each other with a great love XXXV Here it is told of Master Thaddeus of Bologna XXXVI Here it is told how a cruel king persecuted the Christians XXXVII Here it is told of a battle between two kings of Greece XXXVIII Of an astrologer called Melisus, who was reprimanded by a woman XXXIX Here it is told of Bishop Aldebrandino, and how he was mocked by a friar XL Of a minstrel whose name was Saladin1 XLI A tale of Messer Polo Traversaro XLII Here is told an excellent tale of William of Borganda of Provence XLIII Here it is told of Messer Giacopino Rangone and what he did to a court player XLIV Of a question that was put to a courtier XLV How Lancelot fought at a fountain XLVI Here it is told how Narcissus fell in love with his own image XLVII Here it is told how a knight asked a lady for her love XLVIII Here it is told of King Conrad, father of Conradin XLIX Here it is told of a physician of Toulouse and how he took to wife a niece of the Archbishop of Toulouse L Here it is told of Master Francis, son of Master Accorso of Bologna LI Here it is told of a Gascon woman, and how she had recourse to the King of Cyprus LII Of a bell that was ordered in King John’s days LIII Here it is told of a privilege granted by the Emperor to one of his barons LIV Here it is told how the parish priest Porcellino was accused LV Here is told a tale of a man of the court whose name was Marco LVI How a man of the Marches went to study in Bologna LVII The Woman and the Pear-tree LVIII The Wisest of the Beasts LIX Here it is told of a gentleman whom the Emperor had hanged LX Here it is told how Charles of Anjou loved a lady LXI Here it is told of the philosopher Socrates, and how he answered the Greeks LXII Here is told a tale of Messer Roberto LXIII Of good King Meladius and the Knight Without Fear LXIV A tale told of the Court of Puy in Provence LXV Here it is told of Queen Iseult and Messer Tristan of Lyonesse LXVI Here it is told of a philosopher who was called Diogenes LXVII Here it is told of Papirius and how his father brought him to the council LXVIII Of a question which a young man proposed to Aristotle LXIX Here it is told of the great justice of the Emperor Trajan LXX Here it is told how Hercules went into the forest LXXI Here it is told how Seneca consoled a woman whose son had died LXXII Here it is told how Cato lamented against fortune LXXIII How the Sultan being in need of money, sought to find occasion to proceed against a Jew LXXIV The story of a vassal and a lord LXXV How the Lord entered into partnership with a minstrel LXXVI Here it is told of the great killing done by King Richard LXXVII Here is told of Messer Rinieri, a knight of the Court LXXVIII Here is told of a philosopher much given to the vulgarisation of science LXXIX Here it is told of a Court player who adored a lord LXXX The Pilgrim and the Ugly Woman LXXXI Here below it is told of the council which was held by the sons of King Priam of Troy LXXXII Here it is told how the Lady of Shalott died for love of Lancelot of the Lake LXXXIII How Christ going one day with his disciples in a deserted place, they saw great treasure LXXXIV How Messer Azzolino Romano arranged a great charity LXXXV Of a great famine that was once in Genoa LXXXVI The Emperor and the Pilgrim LXXXVII How a man went to shrive himself LXXXVIII Here is told of Messer Castellano da Cafferi of Mantua LXXXIX Here it is told of a Court player who began a story that never ended XC Here it is told how the emperor Frederick killed a falcon of his XCI How a certain man confessed to a friar XCII Here it is told of a good woman who had made a fine pie XCIII Here it is told of a countryman who went to shrive himself XCIV Here it is told of the fox and the mule XCV Here it is told of a countryman who went to the town XCVI Here it is told of Bito and Messer Frulli of San Giorgio near Florence XCVII Here it is told how a merchant carried wine overseas in casks with two partitions and what happened XCVIII Here it is told of a merchant who bought caps XCIX Here is told a pretty tale of love C How the Emperor Frederick went to the Old Man of the Mountain THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE