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Page xxxvii
... husband , if thou list consent , therefore tell me what answer thou wilt give to this . Then said she to her father , It pleaseth me well : but one thing , dear father , I intreat of you , if it might please you to grant me : I have ...
... husband , if thou list consent , therefore tell me what answer thou wilt give to this . Then said she to her father , It pleaseth me well : but one thing , dear father , I intreat of you , if it might please you to grant me : I have ...
Page xxxix
... husband . Then , quoth the king , it is good that we succour him in this need . I shall , quoth he , gatheren an host and help him in all that I can or may , and that will not be done without great costage . Yea , quoth she , it were ...
... husband . Then , quoth the king , it is good that we succour him in this need . I shall , quoth he , gatheren an host and help him in all that I can or may , and that will not be done without great costage . Yea , quoth she , it were ...
Page xl
... husband in this form : My worship- ful lord , do succour me now in this great need , my father is put out of his empire and his heritage . Then spake he , What were thy will I do thereto ? That ye gather a great host , quoth she , and ...
... husband in this form : My worship- ful lord , do succour me now in this great need , my father is put out of his empire and his heritage . Then spake he , What were thy will I do thereto ? That ye gather a great host , quoth she , and ...
Page xli
... husband , but not choosing to give up the money , prevails on him to consent to the murder of the gallants , and the robbing of their persons . This is accomplished , and the bodies deposited in a cellar . The woman , mindful of the new ...
... husband , but not choosing to give up the money , prevails on him to consent to the murder of the gallants , and the robbing of their persons . This is accomplished , and the bodies deposited in a cellar . The woman , mindful of the new ...
Page xlii
... husband and wife engage in a quarrel , and the murder is of course discovered . " This story has been immediately taken from The Seven Wise Masters , where it forms the example of the sixth master . The groundwork is , no doubt ...
... husband and wife engage in a quarrel , and the murder is of course discovered . " This story has been immediately taken from The Seven Wise Masters , where it forms the example of the sixth master . The groundwork is , no doubt ...
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