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Outlines of the Tales.
Tale
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LII. Noble conduct of Quintus Fabius Maximus88 LIII. Of an old woman who prayed for the long life of Dionysius of Syracuse88 LIV. How the Emperor Frederic the Second constructed a gate in Capua90 LV. Allegory concerning Justice, Truth, Mercy, and Peace90 LVI. How a prince caused a certain merchant to cease from envying him93 LVII. Of the speaking statue in Rome, and of the wisdom of Focus the carpenter96 LVIII. How a malefactor, who stated three indisputable truths, was dismissed unpunished99 LIX. The story of the Emperor Jovinian100 LX. Of a king's daughter who was wonderfully swift of foot106 LXI. How the Emperor Claudius gave his daughter in marriage to a philosopher108 LXII. Of the portrait of the beautiful Florentina110 LXIII. How a certain valiant knight won the daughter of an emperor112 LXIV. How a certain king took a wise and beautiful virgin to wife114 LXV. Of a king who, on a certain occasion, was obliged to let his horse go without food115 LXVI. How a knight recovered her dominions for a certain lady, and was slain before he could be married to her116 LXVII. Of two knights, one wise and one foolish, and of their miserable end118 LXVIII. How the wife of a knight was rebuked by the crowing of two cocks, but not of the third121 LXIX. Of the wonderful whiteness of the shirt of a certain carpenter122 LXX. Of a king's daughter who would be married only on the fulfilment of three conditions124
