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Outlines of the Tales.
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XIV. Story of a son who left his mother and rescued his father29 XV. The life of St. Alexius32 XVI. An emperor discovers a sarcophagus with certain words engraved on it39 XVII. Story of Guido, who rendered six kinds of service to a certain emperor41 XVIII. How a certain Julian unwittingly killed his parents46 XIX. Of the quarrel between Pompey and Cæsar, and of the passage of the Rubicon48 XX. How the Emperor Conrad unconsciously caused the fulfilment of a prophecy which had filled him with anger50 XXI. How a king of Lacedæmon sent secret intelligence to his countrymen53 XXII. How the Egyptians honoured Isis and Serapis54 XXIII. Of the burning on the funeral pile of an emperor's body55 XXIV. Of a magician who enticed his enemies into an enchanted garden and destroyed them55 XXV. A lady, whose dominions have been laid waste by a certain king, is defended by a pilgrim, who is slain during the battle57 XXVI. Of a queen's illegitimate son, who was clothed in garments half poor, half costly58 XXVII. How an emperor left his daughter in charge of a seneschal, who disobeyed the orders given him, and was put to a miserable death58 XXVIII. How, through the cunning of an old woman, a youth obtained the love of a noble married lady60 XXIX. How the skin of a certain unjust judge was nailed on the judgment seat62 XXX. How a certain king treated his generals when victorious63 XXXI. The remarks of certain philosophers on the death of Alexander the Great64
