One Hundred Merrie And Delightsome Stories - Les Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles by Various
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STORY THE SEVENTY-THIRD -- THE BIRD IN THE CAGE. _Of a curé who was in love with the wife of one of his parishioners, with whom the said curé was found by the husband of the woman, the neighbours having given him warning--and how the curé escaped, as you will hear._ STORY THE SEVENTY-FOURTH -- THE OBSEQUIOUS PRIEST. _Of a priest of Boulogne who twice raised the body of Our Lord whilst chanting a Mass, because he believed that the Seneschal of Boulogne had come late to the Mass, and how he refused to take the Pax until the Seneschal had done so, as you will hear hereafter._ STORY THE SEVENTY-FIFTH -- THE BAGPIPE. _Of a hare-brained half-mad fellow who ran a great risk of being put to death by being hanged on a gibbet in order to injure and annoy the Bailly, justices, and other notables of the city of Troyes in Champagne by whom he was mortally hated, as will appear more plainly hereafter._ STORY THE SEVENTY-SIXTH -- CAUGHT IN THE ACT. _Of the chaplain to a knight of Burgundy who was enamoured of the wench |
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