put an ass there which caused her husband to be covered with confusion._


STORY THE SIXTY-SECOND -- THE LOST RING.

_Of two friends, one of whom left a diamond in the bed of his hostess,
where the other found it, from which there arose a great discussion
between them, which the husband of the said hostess settled in an
effectual manner._


STORY THE SIXTY-THIRD -- MONTBLERU; OR THE THIEF.

_Of one named Montbleru, who at a fair at Antwerp stole from his
companions their shirts and handkerchiefs, which they had given to the
servant-maid of their hostess to be washed; and how afterwards they
pardoned the thief, and then the said Montbleru told them the whole of
the story._


STORY THE SIXTY-FOURTH -- THE OVER-CUNNING CURÉ.

_Of a priest who would have played a joke upon a gelder named
Trenche-couille, but, by the connivance of his host, was himself
castrated._


STORY THE SIXTY-FIFTH -- INDISCRETION REPROVED, BUT NOT PUNISHED.

_Of a woman who heard her husband say that an innkeeper at Mont St.