One Hundred Merrie And Delightsome Stories - Les Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles by Various
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_Of a young German girl, aged fifteen or sixteen or thereabouts who was
married to a gentle gallant, and who complained that her husband had too small an organ for her liking, because she had seen a young ass of only six months old which had a bigger instrument than her husband, who was 24 or 26 years old._ STORY THE EIGHTY-FIRST -- BETWEEN TWO STOOLS. _Of a noble knight who was in love with a beautiful young married lady, and thought himself in her good graces, and also in those of another lady, her neighbour; but lost both as is afterwards recorded._ STORY THE EIGHTY-SECOND -- BEYOND THE MARK. _Of a shepherd who made an agreement with a shepherdess that he should mount upon her "in order that he might see farther," but was not to penetrate beyond a mark which she herself made with her hand upon the instrument of the said shepherd--as will more plainly appear hereafter._ STORY THE EIGHTY-THIRD -- THE GLUTTONOUS MONK. _Of a Carmelite monk who came to preach at a village and after his sermon, he went to dine with a lady, and how he stuffed out his gown, as you will hear._ STORY THE EIGHTY-FOURTH -- THE DEVIL'S SHARE. |
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