thinking to breakfast at his expense, find that they have stolen from
him something very different to a loaf of sugar.

Tale LIII. Story of the Lady of Neufchâtel, a widow at the Court of
Francis I., who, through not admitting that she has plighted her troth
to the Lord des Cheriots, plays him an evil trick through the means of
the Prince of Belhoste.

Tale LIV. Merry adventure of a serving-woman and a gentleman named
Thogas, whereof his wife has no suspicion.

Tale LV. The widow of a merchant of Saragossa, not wishing to lose the
value of a horse, the price of which her husband had ordered to be given
to the poor, devises the plan of selling the horse for one ducat only,
adding, however, to the bargain a cat at ninety-nine.

Tale LVI. Notable deception practised by an old Grey Friar of Padua,
who, being charged by a widow to find a husband for her daughter, did,
for the sake of getting the dowry, cause her to marry a young Grey
Friar, his comrade, whose condition, however, was before long discovered.

Tale LVII. Singular behaviour of an English lord, who is content merely
to keep and wear upon his doublet the glove of a lady whom he loves.

Tale LVIII. A lady at the Court of Francis I., wishing to prove that
she has no commerce with a certain gentleman who loves her, gives him a
pretended tryst and causes him to pass for a thief.

Tale LIX. Story of the same lady, who, learning that her husband is in
love with her waiting-woman, contrives to surprise him and impose her