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Outlines of the Tales.
Tale
Page
  1. XC.
    How a certain inheritance was divided between two brothers
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    163
  2. XCI.
    Story of the three slothful men
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    163
  3. XCII.
    How, of two serpents found near a king's castle, the male was killed and not the female
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    165
  4. XCIII.
    How the two sons of a certain lord went abroad to study, and what befel when they returned
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    165
  5. XCIV.
    How a king's daughter became a leper, but subsequently recovered
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    166
  6. XCV.
    How Constantine assisted the Romans
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    168
  7. XCVI.
    How King Alexander forgave all criminals who confessed their crime before a candle burnt out
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    168
  8. XCVII.
    How the Romans made a statue of Julius Cæsar
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    169
  9. XCVIII.
    A custom of the Romans when besieging a town
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    170
  10. XCIX.
    How a knight assisted a serpent against a toad, and was in turn assisted by it
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    170
  11. C.
    How a woman escaped the penalty of adultery
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    171
  12. CI.
    Story of Ganter, who sought a kingdom
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    172
  13. CII.
    How a necromancer would by magic have done to death a certain noble knight, but was himself slain through the skill of a learned man
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    174
  14. CIII.
    How the Emperor Domitian bought three wise maxims from a merchant, and found great profit therein
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    177
  15. CIV.
    How a knight rendered a service to a lion and was himself benefited in return
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    180
  16. CV.
    Story of the bell of Justice
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    182
  17. CVI.
    Story of three travellers who had one loaf between them
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    184
  18. CVII.
    How a certain subtle clerk of Rome discovered a subterranean palace, and through rashness perished therein
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    185
  19. CVIII.
    How two thieves made good their promises to one another
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    187
  20. CIX.
    How a certain avaricious carpenter lost his treasure
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    189