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Introduction |
1 |
| Il Novellino |
| I: |
Proem |
35 |
| II: |
Of the rich embassy which Prester John sent to the noble Emperor Frederick |
37 |
| III: |
Of a wise Greek whom a King left in prison, and how he judged of a courser |
40 |
| IV: |
How a jongleur lamented before Alexander the conduct of a knight, to whom he had made a gift on condition that the knight should give him whatsoever Alexander might present him with |
44 |
| V: |
How a king committed a reply to a young son of his who had to bear it to the ambassadors of Greece |
48 |
| VI: |
How it came into the mind of King David to learn the number of his subjects |
50 |
| VII: |
Here it is told how the angel spoke to Solomon, and said that the Lord God would take away the kingdom from his son for his sins |
51 |
| VIII: |
Of the gift of a king's son to a king of Syria who had been driven from his throne |
55 |
| IX: |
Here it is treated of an argument and a judgment that took place in Alexandria |
58 |
| X: |
Here it is told of a fine judgment given by the slave of Bari in a dispute between a townsman and a pilgrim |
61 |
| XI: |
Here it is told how Master Giordano was deceived by a false disciple of his |
63 |
| XII: |
Here it is told of the honour that Aminadab did to King David, his rightful lord |
64 |
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| XIII: |
Here it is told how Antigonus reproved Alexander for having a cythera played for his delight |
65 |
| XIV: |
How a king had a son of his brought up in a dark place, and then showed him everything, and how women pleased him most |
66 |
| XV: |
How a land steward plucked out his own eye and that of his son to the end that justice might be observed |
67 |
| XVI: |
Here it is told of the great mercy wrought by Saint Paulinus the bishop |
68 |
| XVII: |
Of the great act of charity which a banker did for the love of God |
69 |
| XVIII |
Of the judgment of God on a baron of Charlemagne |
69 |
| XIX |
Of the great generosity and courtesy of the Young King |
70 |
| XX |
Of the great liberality and courtesy of the King of England |
72 |
| XXI |
How three necromancers came to the court of the Emperor Frederick |
77 |
| XXII |
How the Emperor Frederick's goshawk escaped to Milan |
80 |
| XXIII |
How the Emperor Frederick found a countryman at a fountain and asked leave to drink, and how ke took away his drinking-cup |
82 |
| XXIV |
How the Emperor Frederick put a question to two wise men, and how he rewarded them |
83 |
| XXV |
How the Sultan gave two hundred marks to a man and how his treasurer wrote down the entry in his presence |
85 |
| XXVI |
Here it is told of a burgher of France |
88 |
| XXVII |
Here it is told of a great Moaddo who was insulted |
90 |
| XXVIII |
Here it is told of a custom that existed in the kingdom of France |
91 |
| XXIX |
Here it is told how some learned astrologers disputed about the Empyrean |
92 |
| XXX |
Here it is told how a Lombard knight squandered his substance |
94 |
| XXXI |
Here it is told of a story-teller of Messer Azzolino |
95 |
| XXXII |
Of the great deeds of prowess of Riccar Loghercio of the Isle |
97 |
| XXXIII |
Here is told a tale of Messer Imberal del Balzo |
98 |
| XXXIV |
How two noble knights loved each other with a great love |
100 |
| XXXV |
Here itis told of Master Thaddeus of Bologna |
101 |
| XXXVI |
Here it is told how a cruel king persecuted the Christians |
102 |
| XXXVII |
Here it is told of a battle between two kings of Greece |
105 |
| XXXVIII |
Of an astrologer called Melisus, who was reprimanded by a woman |
106 |
| XXXIX |
Here it is told of Bishop Aldebrandino, and how he was mocked by a friar |
108 |
| XL |
Of a minstrel whose name was Saladin |
108 |
| XLI |
A tale of Messer Polo Traversaro |
110 |
| XLII |
Here is told an excellent tale of William of Borganda of Provence |
112 |
| XLIII |
Here it is told of Messer Giacopino Rangone and what he did to a court player |
115 |
| XLIV |
Of a question that was put to a courtier |
116 |
| XLV |
How Lancelot fought at a fountain |
116 |
| XLVI |
Here it is told how Narcissus fell in love with his own image |
117 |
| XLVII |
Here it is told how a knight asked a lady for her love |
119 |
| XLVIII |
Here it is told of King Conrad, father of Conradin |
119 |
| XLIX |
Here it is told of a physician of Toulouse and how he took to wife a niece of the Archbishop of Toulouse |
120 |
| L |
Here it is told of Master Francis, son of Master Accorso of Bologna |
122 |
| LI |
Here it is told of a Gascon woman, and how she had recourse to the King of Cyprus |
123 |
| LII |
Of a bell that was ordered in King John's days |
124 |
| LIII |
Herer it is told of a privilege granted by the Emperor to one of his barons |
125 |
| LIV |
Here it is told how the parish priest Porcellino was accused |
126 |
| LV |
Here is told a tale of a man of the court whose name was Marco |
128 |
| LVI |
How a man of the Marches went to study in Bologna |
129 |
| LVII |
The Woman and the Pear-tree |
130 |
| LVIII |
The Wisest of the Beasts |
134 |
| LIX |
Here it is told of a gentleman whom the Emperor had hanged |
134 |
| LX |
Here it is told how Charles of Anjou loved a lady |
137 |
| LXI |
Here it is told of the philosopher Socrates, and how he answered the Greeks |
141 |
| LXII |
Here is told a tale of Messer Roberto |
144 |
| LXIII |
Of good King Meladius and the Knight Without Fear |
146 |
| LXIV |
A Tale told of the Court of Puy in Provence |
146 |
| LXV |
Here it is told of Queen Iseult and Messer Tristan of Lyonese |
154 |
| LXVI |
Here it is told of a philosopher who was called Diogenes |
158 |
| LXVII |
Here it is told of Papirius and how his father brought him to the council |
159 |
| LXVIII |
Of a question which a young man proposed to Aristotle |
160 |
| LXIX |
Here it is told of the great justice of the Emperor Trajan |
161 |
| LXX |
Here it is told how Hercules went into the forest |
163 |
| LXXI |
Here it is told how Seneca consoled a woman whose son had died |
164 |
| LXXII |
Here it is told how Cato lamented against fortune |
167 |
| LXXIII |
How the Sultan being in need of money, sought to find occasion to proceed against a Jew |
168 |
| LXXIV |
The story of a vassal and a lord |
169 |
| LXXV |
How the Lord entered into partnership with a minstrel |
171 |
| LXXVI |
Here it is told of the great killing done by King Richard |
174 |
| LXXVII |
Here is told of Messer Rinieri, a knight of the Court |
175 |
| LXXVIII |
Here is told of a philosopher much given to the vulgarisation of science |
177 |
| LXXIX |
Here it is told of a Court player who adored a lord |
178 |
| LXXX |
The Pilgrim and the Ugly Woman. |
181 |
| LXXXI |
Here below it is told of the council which was held by the sons of King Priam of Troy |
182 |
| LXXXII |
Here it is told how the Lady of Shalott died for love of Lancelot of the Lake |
184 |
| LXXXIII |
How Christ going one day with his disciples in a deserted place, they saw great treasure |
186 |
| LXXXIV |
How Messer Azzolino Romano arranged a great charity |
188 |
| LXXXV |
Of a great famine that was once in Genoa |
192 |
| LXXXVI |
The Emperor and the Pilgrim |
193 |
| LXXXVII |
How a man went to shrive himself |
194 |
| LXXXVIII |
Here is told of Messer Castellano da Caferi of Mantua |
194 |
| LXXXIX |
Here it is told of a Court player who began a story that never ended |
195 |
| XC |
Here it is told how the emperor Frederick killed a falcon of his |
196 |
| XCI |
How a certain man confessed to a friar |
197 |
| XCII |
Here it is told of a good woman who had made a fine pie |
198 |
| XCIII |
Here it is told of a countryman who went to shrive himself |
199 |
| XCIV |
Here it is told of the fox and the mule |
199 |
| XCV |
Here it is told of a countryman who went: to the town |
201 |
| XCVI |
Here it is told of Bito and Messer Frulli of San Giorgio near Florence |
201 |
| XCVII |
Here it is told how a merchant carried wine overseas in casks with two partitions and what happened |
205 |
| XCVIII |
Here it is told of a merchant who bought caps |
206 |
| XCIX |
Here is told a pretty tale of love |
207 |
| C |
How the Emperor Frederick went to the Old Man of the Mountain |
211 |
