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Mediaeval Tales

by Henry Morley

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Editor
Morley, Henry, 1822-1894
Credits
Produced by Delphine Lettau and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections
Subject
Tales
Category
Text
eBook-No.
28094
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28094
Release Date
February 16, 2009
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.MEDIÆVAL TALES — CONTENTS
  2. 2.INTRODUCTION. — Turpin's History of Charles the Great and Orlando. — THE HISTORY
  3. 3.Charles the Great and Orlando. — CHAPTER I. — CHAPTER II. — CHAPTER III. — CHAPTER IV. — CHAPTER V. — CHAPTER VI. — CHAPTER VII. — CHAPTER VIII. — CHAPTER IX. — CHAPTER X. — CHAPTER XI. — CHAPTER XII. — CHAPTER XIII. — CHAPTER XIV. — CHAPTER XV. — CHAPTER XVI. — CHAPTER XVII. — CHAPTER XVIII. — CHAPTER XIX. — CHAPTER XX. — CHAPTER XXI. — CHAPTER XXII. — CHAPTER XXIII. — CHAPTER XXIV. — CHAPTER XXV. — CHAPTER XXVI. — CHAPTER XXVII. — CHAPTER XXVIII. — CHAPTER XXIX. — CHAPTER XXX. — CHAPTER XXXI. — CHAPTER XXXII.
  4. 4.BALLAD ROMANCE — THE DAYS OF CHARLEMAGNE
  5. 5.THE CID CAMPEADOR — CONTENTS.
  6. 6.PART I. — THE MOOR CALAYNOS. — THE ESCAPE OF GAYFEROS. — MELISENDRA. — THE MARCH OF BERNARDO DEL CARPIO. — LADY ALDA'S DREAM. — THE ADMIRAL GUARINOS. — THE COMPLAINT OF THE COUNT OF SALDENHA. — THE FUNERAL OF THE COUNT OF SALDENHA. — BERNARDO AND ALPHONSO.
  7. 7.PART II. — THE YOUNG CID. — XIMENA DEMANDS VENGEANCE. — THE CID AND THE FIVE MOORISH KINGS. — THE CID'S COURTSHIP. — THE CID'S WEDDING. — THE CID AND THE LEPER. — BAVIECA. — THE EXCOMMUNICATION OF THE CID.
  8. 8.PART III. — COUNT ALARCOS AND THE INFANTA SOLISA.
  9. 9.TALES FROM THE GESTA ROMANORUM. — CONTENTS. — I.— THE EIGHT PENNIES. — II.— THE THREE TRUTHS. — III.— THE HUSBAND OF AGLAES. — IV.— THE THREE CASKETS. — V.— THE THREE CAKES. — VI.— THE HERMIT. — THE EXPLANATION. — VII.— THE LOST FOOT. — VIII.— PLACIDUS. — IX.— DEAD ALEXANDER. — X.— THE TREE OF PALETINUS. — XI.— HUNGRY FLIES. — XII.— THE HUMBLING OF JOVINIAN. — XIII.— THE TWO PHYSICIANS. — XIV.— THE FALCON. — APPLICATION. — XV.— LET THE LAZIEST BE KING. — XVI.— THE THREE MAXIMS. — XVII.— A LOAF FOR A DREAM. — XVIII.— LOWER THAN THE BEASTS. — XIX.— OF REAL FRIENDSHIP. — XX.— ROYAL BOUNTY. — XXI.— WILY BEGUILED. — XXII.— THE BASILISK. — APPLICATION. — XXIII.— THE TRUMP OF DEATH. — XXIV.— ALEXANDER AND THE PIRATE. — XXV.— A TALE OF A PENNY. — XXVI.— OF AVOIDING IMPRECATIONS. — XXVII.— A VERSE EXERCISE. — XXVIII.— BRED IN THE BONE. — XXIX.— FULGENTIUS. — XXX.— VENGEANCE DEFERRED. — A DISCOURSE OF THE
  10. 10.Most Famous Dr. John Faustus , — OF WITTENBURG, IN GERMANY. CONJURER AND NECROMANCER; — WHEREIN IS DECLARED MANY STRANGE THINGS THAT HIMSELF HAD SEEN AND DONE IN THE EARTH AND AIR, WITH HIS BRINGING UP, HIS TRAVELS, STUDIES, AND LAST END. — THE FAMOUS HISTORY
  11. 11.Doctor Faustus. — CHAPTER I. — CHAPTER II. — CHAPTER III. — CHAPTER IV. — CHAPTER V. — CHAPTER VI. — CHAPTER VII. — CHAPTER VIII. — CHAPTER IX. — CHAPTER X. — CHAPTER XI. — CHAPTER XII. — CHAPTER XIII. — CHAPTER XIV. — CHAPTER XV. — CHAPTER XVI. — CHAPTER XVII. — CHAPTER XVIII. — CHAPTER XIX. — CHAPTER XX. — CHAPTER XXI. — CHAPTER XXII. — CHAPTER XXIII. — CHAPTER XXIV. — CHAPTER XXV. — CHAPTER XXVI. — CHAPTER XXVII. — CHAPTER XXVIII. — THE THIRD AND LAST OF DR. FAUSTUS HIS MERRY CONCEITS, SHOWING AFTER WHAT SORT HE PRACTISED NECROMANCY IN THE COURTS OF GREAT PRINCES: AND, LASTLY, OF HIS FEARFUL AND PITIFUL END. — CHAPTER XXIX. — CHAPTER XXX. — CHAPTER XXXI. — CHAPTER XXXII. — CHAPTER XXXIII. — CHAPTER XXXIV. — CHAPTER XXXV. — CHAPTER XXXVI. — CHAPTER XXXVII. — CHAPTER XXXVIII. — CHAPTER XXXIX. — CHAPTER XL. — CHAPTER XLI. — CHAPTER XLII. — CHAPTER XLIII. — CHAPTER XLIV. — CHAPTER XLV. — CHAPTER XLVI. — CHAPTER XLVII. — CHAPTER XLVIII. — CHAPTER XLIX. — CHAPTER L. — CHAPTER LI. — CHAPTER LII. — CHAPTER LIII. — CHAPTER LIV. — CHAPTER LV. — CHAPTER LVI. — CHAPTER LVII. — CHAPTER LVIII. — CHAPTER LIX. — CHAPTER LX. — CHAPTER LXI. — CHAPTER LXII. — FOOTNOTES

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