Gesta Romanorum: Entertaining Moral Stories ; Invented by the Monks as a Fireside Recreation, and Commonly Applied in Their Discourses from the Pulpit, Whence the Most Celebrated of Our Own Poets and Others, from the Earliest Times, Have Extracted Their PlotsWynnard Hooper G. Bell & sons, 1905 - 425 pages |
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Abibas answered Apollonius apologue APPLICATION arms beautiful beheld beloved bird black crows body brother called castle child Christ Christian command Confessio Amantis daughter death devil Dionysias Douce emperor empress entered exclaimed eyes fable father fell flesh Fulgentius gave Gervase of Tilbury Gesta Romanorum gold golden GOLDEN LEGENDE Guido hand happened hastened hath heard hearing heart heaven Holy Land honour horse husband Jovinian judge king kingdom knight lady leprosy lived lord married master mother never noble observed palace perceived Pericles pilgrim poor possessed pray prince prince of Tyre queen quoth received reign replied returned rich ring romance Rome sayd seneschal serpent servant shalt soldiers soul story TALE tears tell Tharsia thee things thou art thou hast took unto Vincent of Beauvais Vulgate Warton wherefore whosoever wife wise woman wound youth