[NOTE: There is a short list of bookmarks, or pointers, at the end of the
file for those who may wish to sample the author's ideas before making an
entire meal of them. D.W.]





THE TALES AND NOVELS
OF
J. DE LA FONTAINE



Volume 2.

Contents:
The Cudgelled and Contented Cuckold
The Husband Confessor
The Cobbler
The Peasant and His Angry Lord



THE CUDGELLED AND
CONTENTED CUCKOLD


SOME time ago from Rome, in smart array,
A younger brother homeward bent his way,