Il novellino: The Hundred Old Tales

About this eBook

Translator

Storer, Edward, 1880-1944

Title

Il Novellino: The hundred old tales

Original Publication

United Kingdom: George Routledge & Sons Ltd.,1925.

Credits

Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese

Subject

Short stories, Italian -- Translations into English

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 68831

Release Date

August 24, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.INTRODUCTION
4. 4.IL NOVELLINO
5. 5.Proem
6. 6.Of the rich embassy which Prester John sent to the noble Emperor Frederick
7. 7.Of a wise Greek whom a King kept in prison, and how he judged of a courser
8. 8.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 1
9. 9.How a king committed a reply to a young son of his who had to bear it to the ambassadors of Greece
10. 10.How it came into the mind of King David to learn the number of his subjects
11. 11.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
12. 12.Of the gift of a king’s son to a king of Syria who had been driven from his throne
13. 13.Here it is treated of an argument and a judgment that took place in Alexandria
14. 14.Here it is told of a fine judgment given by the slave of Bari in a dispute between a townsman and a pilgrim
15. 15.Here it is told how Master Giordano was deceived by a false disciple of his
16. 16.Here it is told of the honour that Aminadab did to King David, his rightful lord
17. 17.Here it is told how Antigonus reproved Alexander for having a cythera played for his delight
18. 18.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
19. 19.How a land steward plucked out his own eye and that of his son to the end that justice might be observed
20. 20.Here it is told of the great mercy wrought by Saint Paulinus the bishop
21. 21.Of the great act of charity which a banker did for the love of God
22. 22.Of the judgment of God on a baron of Charlemagne
23. 23.Of the great generosity and courtesy of the Young King
24. 24.Of the great liberality and courtesy of the King of England
25. 25.How three necromancers came to the court of the Emperor Frederick
26. 26.How the Emperor Frederick’s goshawk escaped to Milan
27. 27.How the Emperor Frederick found a countryman at a fountain and asked leave to drink, and how he took away his drinking-cup
28. 28.How the Emperor Frederick put a question to two wise men, and how he rewarded them
29. 29.How the Sultan gave two hundred marks to a man and how his treasurer wrote down the entry in his presence
30. 30.Here it is told of a burgher of France
31. 31.Here it is told of a great Moaddo who was insulted
32. 32.Here it is told of a custom that existed in the kingdom of France
33. 33.Here it is told how some learned astrologers disputed about the Empyrean
34. 34.Here it is told how a Lombard knight squandered his substance
35. 35.Here it is told of a story-teller of Messer Azzolino
36. 36.Of the great deeds of prowess of Riccar Loghercio of the Isle
37. 37.Here is told a tale of Messer Imberal del Balzo
38. 38.How two noble knights loved each other with a great love
39. 39.Here it is told of Master Thaddeus of Bologna
40. 40.Here it is told how a cruel king persecuted the Christians
41. 41.Here it is told of a battle between two kings of Greece
42. 42.Of an astrologer called Melisus, who was reprimanded by a woman
43. 43.Here it is told of Bishop Aldebrandino, and how he was mocked by a friar
44. 44.Of a minstrel whose name was Saladin 1
45. 45.A tale of Messer Polo Traversaro
46. 46.Here is told an excellent tale of William of Borganda of Provence
47. 47.Here it is told of Messer Giacopino Rangone and what he did to a court player
48. 48.Of a question that was put to a courtier
49. 49.How Lancelot fought at a fountain
50. 50.Here it is told how Narcissus fell in love with his own image
51. 51.Here it is told how a knight asked a lady for her love
52. 52.Here it is told of King Conrad, father of Conradin
53. 53.Here it is told of a physician of Toulouse and how he took to wife a niece of the Archbishop of Toulouse
54. 54.Here it is told of Master Francis, son of Master Accorso of Bologna
55. 55.Here it is told of a Gascon woman, and how she had recourse to the King of Cyprus
56. 56.Of a bell that was ordered in King John’s days
57. 57.Here it is told of a privilege granted by the Emperor to one of his barons
58. 58.Here it is told how the parish priest Porcellino was accused
59. 59.Here is told a tale of a man of the court whose name was Marco
60. 60.How a man of the Marches went to study in Bologna
61. 61.The Woman and the Pear-tree
62. 62.The Wisest of the Beasts
63. 63.Here it is told of a gentleman whom the Emperor had hanged
64. 64.Here it is told how Charles of Anjou loved a lady
65. 65.Here it is told of the philosopher Socrates, and how he answered the Greeks
66. 66.Here is told a tale of Messer Roberto
67. 67.Of good King Meladius and the Knight Without Fear
68. 68.A tale told of the Court of Puy in Provence
69. 69.Here it is told of Queen Iseult and Messer Tristan of Lyonesse
70. 70.Here it is told of a philosopher who was called Diogenes
71. 71.Here it is told of Papirius and how his father brought him to the council
72. 72.Of a question which a young man proposed to Aristotle
73. 73.Here it is told of the great justice of the Emperor Trajan
74. 74.Here it is told how Hercules went into the forest
75. 75.Here it is told how Seneca consoled a woman whose son had died
76. 76.Here it is told how Cato lamented against fortune
77. 77.How the Sultan being in need of money, sought to find occasion to proceed against a Jew
78. 78.The story of a vassal and a lord
79. 79.How the Lord entered into partnership with a minstrel
80. 80.Here it is told of the great killing done by King Richard
81. 81.Here is told of Messer Rinieri, a knight of the Court
82. 82.Here is told of a philosopher much given to the vulgarisation of science
83. 83.Here it is told of a Court player who adored a lord
84. 84.The Pilgrim and the Ugly Woman
85. 85.Here below it is told of the council which was held by the sons of King Priam of Troy
86. 86.Here it is told how the Lady of Shalott died for love of Lancelot of the Lake
87. 87.How Christ going one day with his disciples in a deserted place, they saw great treasure
88. 88.How Messer Azzolino Romano arranged a great charity
89. 89.Of a great famine that was once in Genoa
90. 90.The Emperor and the Pilgrim
91. 91.How a man went to shrive himself
92. 92.Here is told of Messer Castellano da Cafferi of Mantua
93. 93.Here it is told of a Court player who began a story that never ended
94. 94.Here it is told how the emperor Frederick killed a falcon of his
95. 95.How a certain man confessed to a friar
96. 96.Here it is told of a good woman who had made a fine pie
97. 97.Here it is told of a countryman who went to shrive himself
98. 98.Here it is told of the fox and the mule
99. 99.Here it is told of a countryman who went to the town
100. 100.Here it is told of Bito and Messer Frulli of San Giorgio near Florence
101. 101.Here it is told how a merchant carried wine overseas in casks with two partitions and what happened
102. 102.Here it is told of a merchant who bought caps
103. 103.Here is told a pretty tale of love
104. 104.How the Emperor Frederick went to the Old Man of the Mountain
105. 105.THE BROADWAY TRANSLATIONS
106. 106.Colophon — Availability — Metadata — Revision History — Corrections

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