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OF RICHES.
TALE LXXVII.
OF RICHES, WHICH ARE NOT TO BE COVETED.
A certain king had two daughters, one of whom was extremely beautiful, and very much beloved. The other, however, was of a dark unprepossessing complexion, and hated, as much as her sister was esteemed. This difference in their appearance caused the king to give them characteristic names. He called the first Rosamunda[1], that is, the fragrant rose; and the second, Gratiaplena, or the full of grace.
- ↑ Or Rosa mundi, rose of the world. There are two monkish Latin verses inscribed over the unfortunate paramour of Henry II. which may find a place here:—
"Hic jacet in tumba Rosa mundi, non Rosamunda;
"Non redolet, sed olet, quæ redolere solet."—Camden.
