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# The Palace of Pleasure (1890)/Volume 1/Preface

PREFACE.
THE present edition of Painter's "Palace of Pleasure." the storehouse of Elizabethan plot, follows page for page and line for line the privately printed and very limited edition made by Joseph Haslewood in 1813. One of the 172 copies then printed by him has been used as "copy" for the printer, but this has been revised in proof from the British Museum examples of the second edition of 1575. The collation has for the most part only served to confirm Haslewood's reputation for careful editing. Though the present edition can claim to come nearer the original in many thousands of passages, it is chiefly in the mint and cummin of capitals and italics that we have been able to improve on Haslewood: in all the weightier matters of editing he shows only the minimum of fallibility. We have however divided his two tomes, for greater convenience, into three volumes of as nearly as possible equal size. This arrangement has enabled us to give the title pages of both editions of the two tomes, those of the first edition in facsimile, those of the second (at the beginning of vols. ii. and iii.) with as near an approach to the original as modern founts of type will permit.
I have also reprinted Haslewood's "Preliminary Matter," which give the Dryasdust details about the biography of Painter and the bibliography of his book in a manner not too Dryasdust. With regard to the literary apparatus of the book, I have ​perhaps been able to add something to Haslewood's work. From the Record Office and British Museum I have given a number of documents about Painter, and have recovered the only extant letter of our author. I have also gone more thoroughly into the literary history of each of the stories in the "Palace of Pleasure" than Haslewood thought it necessary to do. I have found Oesterley's edition of Kirchhof and Landau's Quellen des Dekameron useful for this purpose. I have to thank Dr. F. J. Furnivall for lending me his copies of Bandello and Belleforest.
I trust it will be found that the present issue is worthy of a work which, with North's "Plutarch" and Holinshed's "Chronicle," was the main source of Shakespeare's Plays. It had also, as early as 1580, been ransacked to furnish plots for the stage, and was used by almost all the great masters of the Elizabethan drama. Quite apart from this source of interest, the "Palace of Pleasure" contains the first English translations from the Decameron, the Heptameron, from Bandello, Cinthio and Straparola, and thus forms a link between Italy and England. Indeed as the Italian novelle form part of that continuous stream of literary tradition and influence which is common to all the great nations of Europe, Painter's book may be termed a link connecting England with European literature. Such a book as this is surely one of the landmarks of English literature.
# The Painter's Last Work

* The Painter's Last Work, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Volume 31, 1832.
* The Painter's Last Work, in Scenes and Hymns of Life, with Other Religious Poems (Scenes and Hymns of Life), 1834.
# The Palace of Pleasure

A work by William Painter, adapting Italian and French literature.
* The Palace of Pleasure, c.1566. 2 volumes
* The Palace of Pleasure, 1575, 2nd expanded ed.
* The Palace of Pleasure, 1813. 2 volume ed. Joseph Haslewood
* The Palace of Pleasure, 1890. 3 volume ed. Joseph Jacobs London: David Nut
# The Palace of Pleasure (1890)

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# The Palace of Humbug

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The Palace of Humbug
I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls, And each damp thing that creeps and crawls Went wobble-wobble on the walls.
Faint odours of departed cheese, Blown on the dank, unwholesome breeze, Awoke the never ending sneeze.
Strange pictures decked the arras drear, Strange characters of woe and fear, The humbugs of the social sphere.
One showed a vain and noisy prig, That shouted empty words and big At him that nodded in a wig.
And one, a dotard grim and gray, Who wasteth childhood's happy day In work more profitless than play.
Whose icy breast no pity warms, Whose little victims sit in swarms, And slowly sob on lower forms.
And one, a green thyme-honoured Bank, Where flowers are growing wild and rank, Like weeds that fringe a poisoned tank.
All birds of evil omen there Flood with rich Notes the tainted air, The witless wanderer to snare.
The fatal Notes neglected fall, No creature heeds the treacherous call, For all those goodly Strawn Baits Pall.
The wandering phantom broke and fled, Straightway I saw within my head A vision of a ghostly bed,
Where lay two worn decrepit men, The fictions of a lawyer's pen, Who never more might breathe again.
The serving-man of Richard Roe Wept, inarticulate with woe: She wept, that waiting on John Doe.
"Oh rouse", I urged, "the waning sense With tales of tangled evidence, Of suit, demurrer, and defence."
"Vain", she replied, "such mockeries: For morbid fancies, such as these, No suits can suit, no plea can please."
And bending o'er that man of straw, She cried in grief and sudden awe, Not inappropriately, "Law!"
The well-remembered voice he knew, He smiled, he faintly muttered "Sue!" (Her very name was legal too.)
The night was fled, the dawn was nigh: A hurricane went raving by, And swept the Vision from mine eye.
Vanished that dim and ghostly bed, (The hangings, tape; the tape was red:) 'Tis o'er, and Doe and Roe are dead!
Oh, yet my spirit inly crawls, What time it shudderingly recalls That horrid dream of marble halls!
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# The Palace of Pleasure (1890)/Volume 1

THE
PALACE OF PLEASURE
VOL. I.
Of this Edition five hundred and fifty copies have been printed, five hundred of which are for sale.
THE
Palace of Pleasure
ELIZABETHAN VERSIONS OF ITALIAN AND FRENCH NOVELS FROM BOCCACCIO, BANDELLO, CINTHIO, STRAPAROLA, QUEEN MARGARET OF NAVARRE, AND OTHERS
DONE INTO ENGLISH
BY WILLIAM PAINTER
NOW AGAIN EDITED FOR THE FOURTH TIME
BY JOSEPH JACOBS
VOL. I.
LONDON: PUBLISHED BY DAVID NUTT IN THE STRAND
MDCCCXC
Ballantyne Press
BALLANTYNE, HANSON AND CO.
EDINBURGH AND LONDON
TO
EDWARD BURNE-JONES
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# The Palace of Pleasure (1890)/Volume 1/Tome 1/Advertisement to Reader

AN ADUERTISEMENT
To the Reader.
After theſe tragicall Nouelles and dolorous Hiſtories of Bandello, I haue thoughte good for thy recreacion, to refreſh thy mind with ſome pleaſaunt deuiſes and diſportes: leaſt thy ſpirites, and ſences ſhould be apalled and aſtonned with the ſondrie kindes of cruelties remembred in the vij. of the former nouelles. Which be ſo ſtraunge and terrible as they be able to affright the ſtouteſt. And yet conſidering that they be very good leſſons for auoyding like inconueniences, and apt examples for continuacion of good and honeſt life, they are the better to be borne with, and may with leſſe aſtonniſhment be read and marked. They that follow, be mitigated and ſweetened with pleaſure, not altogether ſo ſower as the former be. Prayinge thee moſte hartely, paciently to beare with thoſe that ſhall occure, either in theſe that folow, or in the other that are paſt before.
END OF VOL I.
BALLANTYNE PRESS: EDINBURGH AND LONDON.
# The New Student's Reference Work/Zilleh

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Zil'leh, a town in Asiatic Turkey, about 30 miles from Tokat. This was the scene of Julius Caesar's battle with Pharnaces, concerning which he wrote the famous report: Veni, vidi, vici (I came, I saw, I conquered). Scarcely any remains of antiquity are to be found, a fortress of the middle ages having been constructed on the site of its beautiful temple. The town contains about 2,000 houses, the population being mostly Turkish.
# The New Student's Reference Work/Zeeman Effect

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Zee'man Effect, an important relation between light and magnetism, discovered by Zeeman of Holland in 1897. This relation is as follows: Zeeman found that if a flame colored with ordinary table-salt — the so-called sodium flame — is placed between the poles of a strong electromagnet and examined with a powerful spectroscope, the appearance of the sodium lines is very much changed. Later investigations show that spectral lines are tripled when the source of light is in a magnetic field and also that the components of the triplet are polarized. For details consult Michelson's article in The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. VII, pp. 131-8 (1898).
# The New Student's Reference Work/Zeno

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Ze'no, founder of the Stoic philosophy, was born at Citium in Cyprus, the dates of his birth and death being both uncertain. He flourished in the early part of the 3d century B. C., and was a contemporary of Epicurus. At 30 he was shipwrecked, and, having lost his property, adopted the doctrines of the Cynics, in which contempt for riches is conspicuously taught. Having made himself master of the various schools, he proceeded to open a school of his own, in which he might bring forth the results of his inquiries and develop his own peculiar system. He selected for his purpose the Painted Porch; and there until his death continued to teach those doctrines which, in spite of many objectionable features, inculcate the manly energy and simplicity, the patience and fortitude and the reverence for moral worth which made disciples of so many noble Roman characters. The Athenians honored Zeno's memory with a golden crown and a public burial, and his countrymen erected a monumental pillar in his honor. Scarcely any portion of his numerous writings have been preserved. He is supposed to have died about 264 B. C.
# The New Student's Reference Work/Zenobia

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Zeno'bia, queen of Palymra, in 267 A. D., succeeded Odenathus, her husband, who had been acknowledged by Gallienus in the sovereignty of the Palmyrene empire; but when Aurelian became emperor he marched against her with a large army, and after defeating her in several battles besieged her in Palmyra. She attempted to escape by flight, but was captured and brought to Rome to adorn the triumph of her conqueror. After this she was presented by Aurelian with large possessions near Tivoli. There the remainder of her life was passed. She was a woman of great courage, high spirit and remarkable beauty. With purity of morals in private life she combined prudence, justice and liberality in her administration of public affairs. Consult Gibbon's Decline of the Roman Empire and Ware's Zenobia.
# The New Student's Reference Work/Zeus

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Zeus (zūs) was the greatest of the Hellenic deities. According to the most generally received mythology, he was the son of Cronos and Rhea and the brother of Poseidon and Hera, the latter being his wife. He expelled his father and the older dynasties of the Titans, assumed the sovereignty of the world, and successfully resisted the attacks of the giants and the conspiracies of the gods. After the dethronement of the Titans, Zeus was allotted the empire of heaven and air, Hades of the infernal regions and Poseidon of the sea, while the earth was left under the power of the three. Crete, Dodona and Arcadia were the places where the worship of Zeus was most observed; and in process of time all the local gods worshiped under the name of Zeus were merged in one Hellenic divinity, who was afterward identified with the Jupiter of the Romans and the Ammon of Libya. Zeus was the father of gods and men, protector of kings and supporter of law and order, the avenger of broken oaths and other offenses; he watched over the state and the family and over strangers and suppliants; his hand wielded the lightnings and guided the stars; he ordained the changes of the seasons, and regulated the whole course of nature. He dispensed both weal and woe to mortals; but the ancients disagreed as to his power over the fates themselves, as has always been the case when men have "reasoned high on fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute."
# The New Student's Reference Work/Zinc

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Zinc or Spelter, as it is often called in commerce, is a hard, bluish-white metal, lustrous on its surface. When broken, it exhibits a crystalline fracture. At ordinary temperatures it is somewhat brittle, but when heated above 212° F. it becomes so ductile and malleable, that it may be drawn into wire or rolled into thin plates. Since the discovery of this quality the uses of this metal, which formerly was employed chiefly in connection with copper in the manufacture of brass, have greatly extended. It is used for roofing, spouting, baths, water-tanks and for covering ships' bottoms instead of copper. As a material for casting artistic works zinc has the desirable properties of a low melting-point and of taking a sharp impression from the mold, so that it requires little labor from the chaser. It also possesses considerable hardness. It has, therefore, become a favorite material for making casts of statues and different kinds of ornaments. Another important use of metallic zinc is in the cells of electric batteries, in many of which the dissolving of the zinc is the source of energy. Zinc-oxide, a white powder, is extensively used as a pigment. Other compounds of zinc, as the chloride and the sulphate, are used in medicine.
# The New Student's Reference Work/Zend-Avesta

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Zend-Aves'ta. See Literature, Persian.
# The New Student's Reference Work/Zemstvos

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Zem'stvos, district and provincial assemblies in European Russia, established by Emperor Alexander on Jan. 1, 1864. Under certain restrictions they administer the economic affairs of districts and provinces, under Upranas. They are composed of representatives elected by the peasantry, the householders of the towns and the landed proprietors. By the law of June 12, 1890, important modifications were introduced, increasing the powers of noble landowners in the affairs of the zemstvos and suppressing the right of peasants to elect deputies to the zemstvos (they present candidates out of whom the governor of the province names a deputy), thus reducing the number of representatives and limiting their powers. The institutions of the zemstvos are in force in 34 provinces (361 districts) of European Russia. The towns and cities have municipal organizations of their own, organized on nearly the same principles as the zemstvos by the law of June 16, 1870. Consult The Statesman's Year-Book: Russia. See Duma.
# The New Student's Reference Work/Zenith

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Zen'ith. See Nadir.
# The New Student's Reference Work/Zeisberger, David

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Zeis'berger, David, a Moravian missionary, born in Moravia, April 11, 1721, who, after emigrating to America and living in Georgia a number of years, became one of the founders of the Moravian colony at Bethlehem, Pa., in 1740. Soon after this he became a missionary to the Indians, laboring zealously at various places in the colony. In 1772 he explored the Tuscarawas valley in Ohio and laid out a town, about ten miles from the present town of Canal Dover, being joined soon after by a number of Moravian Indians from Pennsylvania. In 1781 this settlement was broken up, and Zeisberger and his Indians were compelled to move to Sandusky, but in 1798, when Congress granted to the Moravian Indians the tract on which they had formerly lived on the Tuscarawas, a portion of them returned and formed a new settlement, which they named Goshen. Here Zeisberger died on Nov. 17, 1808.
# The Pool of the Black One

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First published in Weird Tales, October 1933
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# The Paradise/Volume 1/Book 2/Chapter 35

​Chapter XXXV: Of A Certain Old Man In Scete
THERE was a certain old man in Scete who, having become very sick indeed, was ministered to by the brethren, and he thought in his mind that they were tired of him, and he said, “I will go to Egypt, so that the brethren may not have to labour on my account.” And Abbâ Moses said unto him, “Thou shalt not go, for if thou goest, thou wilt fall into fornication”; and the old man was grieved and said, “My body hath long been dead, and sayest thou these things unto me?” So he went up to Egypt, and men heard about him, and they brought many offerings unto him, and a certain believing virgin came in faith to minister unto him. And after a time, when the old man had been healed, the ​young woman lay with him, and she conceived, and folk asked her, saying, “Whence hadst thou that which thou hast conceived?” And she said unto them, “From the old man,” and they believed her not. Now when the old man heard that they would not believe her, he said, “Yea, I have done this thing; but protect ye for me the child which shall be born.” And when the child had been born and was weaned, there was a congregation in Scete, and the old man went down carrying the child on his shoulder, and he went into the church before all the people; and when they saw him they all wept. Then the old man said unto the brethren, “Observe ye, O my brethren, this is the child of disobedience; take heed, then, unto yourselves, for I have committed this act in my old age, and pray ye for me”; and the old man went to his cell, and dismissed the things wherewith he hath lived, and returned to his former deeds, and after a time he arrived [once more] at his old measure of ascetic excellence.
# The Paradise/Volume 1/Book 2/Chapter 32

​Chapter XXXII: Of A Certain Excellent Bishop Who Fell Into Fornication, And The People Having Walked Upon Him He Was Forgiven
THERE was a certain bishop in one of the cities, who through the working of the Calumniator fell into fornication; and one day when the congregation was in the church, although no one knew of the Bishop’s sin, he voluntarily confessed it before all the assembly, and said, “I have fallen into fornication.” Then he took off the vestments which were on him, and laid them upon the altar, and said, “I cannot, henceforward, be your Bishop.” And all the people cried out with tears, saying, “Let this sin be upon us; only remain thou in thine episcopate.” And he answered and said unto them, “If ye wish me to remain in my episcopate, do ye that which I shall say unto you”; and he commanded, and all the doors of the church were shut with the exception of one, and he threw himself down upon his face, and said, “The man who goeth out from the church without walking upon me shall have no portion with God”; and they did according to his word, and when the last man had gone out, a voice was heard which said, “Because of his great humility I have forgiven him his sin.”
# The Paradise/Volume 1/Book 2/Chapter 36

​Chapter XXXVI: Of The Harlot Whom Serapion Converted
ABBÂ SERAPION once came and passed through a certain village in Egypt, and he saw a harlot standing in his cell, and the old man said unto her, “Remain here until the evening, for I wish to come with thee, and to pass this night with thee”; and the harlot said, “It is well, O father.” Then she made ready, and prepared her bed, and she awaited the old man with that which he required. Now when it was evening, Abbâ Serapion came, but he brought nothing with him, and he went into her cell, and said unto her, “Is thy bed ready?” And she said unto him, “Yea, father”; and they shut themselves in. Then the old man answered and said unto her, “Wait a little, because I must perform a certain thing which is a law unto us.” And he began to recite the Book of the Psalms of David from the beginning, and with every Psalm he offered up a prayer on her behalf, and he made supplication before God that she might repent and live, and God hearkened unto him. And the harlot stood up in fear by the side of the old man and prayed also, and when Abbâ Serapion had finished all the Psalms she fell down upon the ground, and he began to repeat many verses from the [books of the] Apostles. When he had finished his service, God having opened the heart of that woman, she knew that Abbâ Serapion had not come unto her for the purposes of sin, but that he might redeem her, and she fell on her face before him, and said unto him, “Perform an act of grace for me, O father, and take me to any place whatsoever wherein ​I can please God.” And he took her to an abode of nuns and placed her therein and he said to the mistress of the convent, “Take this sister, O mother, and lay not upon her the rules and the yoke like the [other] sisters, but whatsoever she requireth that give her; and in proportion as she findeth rest let her submit to be led.” And when the woman had dwelt in the nunnery for a few days, she said, “I am a sinful woman, and I wish to eat only in the evening”; and after a few days more she said, “Many sins lie to my charge, and I therefore beg that I may eat once every four days,” and she did so; and after a few days more she besought the mistress of the nunnery, saying, “Do an act of grace for me. Since I have made God exceedingly angry, take me into a cell and wall it up, and through a small opening therein give me a little bread and work for my hands [to do].” And the abbess of the nunnery hearkened unto her, and did thus, and in this wise that woman pleased God all the days of her life.