OF CONSTANCY.
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horse which he rides is the body, composed of the four elements. The cross is conscience, which points out the way, and explains the consequences attending it.
TALE LXVI.
OF CONSTANCY.
There once lived a king who had a beautiful and beloved daughter. After his death, she succeeded to the throne, but being young and unprotected, a certain tyrannical duke came to her, and, by means of large promises, won her to dishonor. When his iniquitous purpose was accomplished, the girl wept bitterly; and soon after the tyrant expelled her from the inheritance. Thus reduced from the splendours of royalty, to the lowest state
