The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. IV. (of V.) by Queen of Navarre Margaret
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Tale XXXIII. The hypocrisy of a priest who, under the cloak of sanctity,
had lain with his own sister, is discovered and punished by the wisdom of the Count of Angoulême. Tale XXXIV. The terror of two Friars who believed that a butcher intended to murder them, whereas the poor man was only speaking of his Pigs. Tale XXXV. How a husband's prudence saves his wife from the risks she incurred while thinking to yield to merely a spiritual love. Tale XXXVI. The story of the President of Grenoble, who saves the honour of his house by poisoning his wife with a salad. Tale XXXVII. How the Lady of Loué regained her husband's affection. Tale XXXVIII. The kindness of a townswoman of Tours to a poor farm-woman who is mistress to her husband, makes the latter so ashamed of his faithlessness that he returns to his wife. Tale XXXIX. How the Lord of Grignaulx rid one of his houses of a pretended ghost. Tale XL. The unhappy history of the Count de Jossebelin's sister, who shut herself up in a hermitage because her brother caused her husband to be slain. FIFTH DAY. |
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