OF THE SOUL.
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the father entering, caught him by the hair of his head, and flayed him alive.
APPLICATION.
My beloved, the rich lord is God; and the two sons, are soul and body; the latter of which is unwilling to return to its native earth. The sister and brothers, are toads and serpents, who devour the nose, eyes, &c.
TALE XIV.
OF THE SOUL, WHICH BEING INFECTED WITH THE LEPROSY OF SIN, CANNOT RECOVER ITS ANCIENT BEAUTY, EXCEPT BY PENITENTIAL SIGHS AND TEARS.
A king being desirous of visiting foreign countries, and possessing an only daughter
