ned that he
must not cross the line; or said he, "the clerk will serve you as he did
mother."_

STORY THE TWENTY-FOURTH -- HALF-BOOTED.

_Of a Count who would ravish by force a fair, young girl who was one of
his subjects, and how she escaped from him by means of his leggings,
and how he overlooked her conduct and helped her to a husband, as is
hereafter related._

STORY THE TWENTY-FIFTH -- FORCED WILLINGLY.

_Of a girl who complained of being forced by a young man, whereas
she herself had helped him to find that which he sought;--and of the
judgment which was given thereon._

STORY THE TWENTY-SIXTH --THE DAMSEL KNIGHT.

_Of the loves of a young gentleman and a damsel, who tested the loyalty
of the gentleman in a marvellous and courteous manner, and slept three
nights with him without his knowing that it was not a man,--as you will
more fully hear hereafter._

STORY THE TWENTY-SEVENTH -- THE HUSBAND IN THE CLOTHES-CHEST.

_Of a great lord of this kingdom and a married lady, who in order
that she might be with her lover caused her husband to be shut in a
clothes-chest by her waiting women, and kept him there all the night,
whilst she passed the time with her lover; and of the wagers made
between her and the said husband, as you will find afterwards recorded._

STORY THE TWENTY-EIGHTH --THE INCAPABLE LOVER.

_Of the meeting assigned to a great Prince of this kingdom by a damsel
who was chamber-woman to the Queen; of the little feats of arms of the
said Prince and of the neat replies made by the said damsel to the Queen
concerning her greyhound which had been purposely shut out of the room
of the said Queen, as you shall shortly hear._

STORY THE TWENTY-NINTH -- THE COW AND THE CALF.

_Of a gentleman to whom--the first night that he was married, and after
he had but tried one stroke--his wife brought forth a child, and of
the manner in which he took it,--and of the speech that he made to his
companions when they brought him the caudle, as you shall shortly hear._

STORY THE THIRTIETH -- THE THREE CORDELIERS.

_Of three merchants of Savoy who went on a pilgrimage to St. Anthony
in Vienne, and who were deceived and cuckolded by three Cordeliers who
slept with their wives. And how the women thought they had been with
their husbands, and how their husbands came to know of it, and of the
steps they took, as you shall shortly hear._

STORY THE THIRTY-FIRST -- TWO LOVERS FOR ONE LADY.

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