# The Way of a Virgin

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The Way of a Virgin
Being Excerpts from Rare, Curious and Diverting Books, some now for the First Time done into English. To which are added Copious Explanatory Notes and Bibliographical References of Interest to Student, Collector and Psychologist: the Whole Introduced, Compiled and Edited by L. and C. BROVAN.
LONDON: MCMXXII. Printed for Members of the BROVAN SOCIETY by Private Subscription and for Private Circulation Only.
CONTENTS
| VIRGINITY AND ITS TRADITIONS. | 19 |
| THE ENCHANTED RING: |
| Of a Young Husband who Sought to Redeem his Yard from Pawn, and of the Divers Adventures that Befell him in his Quest | 43 |
| VARIANT: |
| Of a Tailor who Consented to Sin with a certain Woman who Admired his Proportions; and how they Fared | 52 |
| THE INSTRUMENT: |
| Of a Young Girl who Desired her Lover to Buy a Better Instrument, which she Enjoyed, Lost and Found again | 57 |
| EXCURSUS TO THE INSTRUMENT. | 58 |
| THE TIMOROUS FIANCEE: |
| Of a Maid who would Wed None save Ivan the No-Yard; and how they were Wed, after which she first Hired, then Bought, a Good Yard from Ivan's Uncle | 59 |
| EXCURSUS TO THE ENCHANTED RING, THE INSTRUMENT, and THE TIMOROUS FIANCEE | 64 |
| ADVENTURES WITH HEDVIGE and HELENE AT GENEVA: |
| ​Of an Adventure with two Charming Cousins, one of whom Desired to know why a Deity could not Impregnate a Woman; and how the Hero of our Story gave Demonstration of Theological and other Matters | 66 |
| EXCURSUS to ADVENTURES WITH HEDVIGE AND HELENE | 79 |
| THE DAMSEL AND THE PRINCE: |
| Of a Young Lady, who, being Enamoured of a Prince, Sendeth for one of his Chaplains, and with him Entereth into a Plot which Bringeth the Affair to the Desired Issue | 84 |
| EXCURSUS TO THE DAMSEL AND THE PRINCE | 91 |
| THE PENITENT NUN: |
| Of a Nun, who Strove to Flee the Shafts of Love; how she Succeeded; and how certain Young Nuns Received her Counsel | 94 |
| BEYOND THE MARK: |
| Of a Shepherd who Made an Agreement with a Shepherdess that he should Mount upon her; and how he Kept that Agreement | 95 |
| THE DEVIL IN HELL: |
| Of a Young Maid, who, Turning Hermit, was Taught by a Monk to Put the Devil in Hell; and how she found Much Pleasure therein | 98 ​ |
| EXCURSUS to THE DEVIL IN HELL. | 105 |
| THE WEDDING NIGHT OF JEAN THE FOOL: |
| Of a Young Husband who thought his Wife would Give him a Chicken on their Wedding Night; and how he Learned in what Fashion he must Comport himself to have that Chicken | 107 |
| THE MAIDEN WELL GUARDED: |
| Of a Maid who had been most Strictly Enjoined to Guard her Maidenhead; and how a Youth Restored it to her when she Lost it | 111 |
| VARIANT: |
| Of one Coypeau, who Securely Sewed up a Damsel's Maidenhead with his own Thread | 114 |
| TALE OF KAMAR AL-ZAMAN: |
| Of a Prince and a Princess who became Acquainted in Strange Circumstances; of their Loves, Separation, Re-union, and divers Remarkable Happenings | 116 |
| EXCURSUS to the TALE OF KAMAR AL-ZAMAN | 134 |
| THE FOOL: |
| Of a Young Man who would fain have Wed, yet Contrived to Satisfy his Wish without Marriage | 143 ​ |
| "OH MOTHER, ROGER WITH HIS KISSES": |
| Of the Emotions of an Innocent Virgin when Wooed Boisterously by her Swain | 145 |
| FOOLISH FEAR: |
| Of a Virgin Wife who did not Understand the Business of Marriage; and how the Parties went to Law, and what Ensued therefrom | 146 |
| THE PRINCESS WHO PISSETH OVER THE HAYCOCKS: |
| Of a King's Daughter, the Like of whom was not Seen Elsewhere on Earth; and how she was Cured of her Ways by a Young Peasant, divers Physicians and Charlatans having Failed in the Task. | 153 |
| THE COMB: |
| Of a Pope's Daughter who was "Combed" by a Peasant; and how the Comb was Lost and Found again, together with other Strange and Delightsome Happenings | 158 |
| EXCURSUS TO THE PRINCESS WHO PISSETH OVER THE HAYCOCKS AND THE COMB | 163 |
| THE SKIRMISH: |
| Of a Virgin who, on her Marriage Eve, told a Wedded Friend of the Recent and Disturbing Conduct of her Fiance. | 166 ​ |
| EXCURSUS TO THE SKIRMISH | 174 |
| THE NIGHTINGALE: |
| Of a Maid who would fain Hear the Nightingale Sing; and how she Made it Sing many Times and even Held it in her Hand | 176 |
| THE PIKE'S HEAD: |
| Of a Young Virgin who Played a Trick on a Youth; and how the Youth, from Fear of being "Bitten" was for some Time Ignorant of the Pleasure of Marriage | 184 |
| THE LOVELY NUN and HER YOUNG BOARDER: |
| Of a Lovely Young Virgin, who was of an Inquisitive Turn of Mind, and Proved herself an Apt Pupil in the School of Love. | 189 |
| JOHN ANND JOAN: |
| Of a Serving Wench who sent her Fellow Servant to Buy her a Steel; and how she Fared thereafter | 200 |
| THE HUSBAND AS DOCTOR: |
| Of a Young Squire who, when he Married, had never Mounted a Christian Creature; of the Means found to Instruct him; and how, on a Sudden, he Wept at a great Feast shortly after he had been Instructed | 204 |
| THE PRIEST AND THE LABOURER | 213 |
| EXCURSUS TO THE PRIEST AND THE LABOURER | 220 |
| THE TWO LOVERS AND THE TWO SISTERS | 221 |
| THE BURNED YARD | 230 |
| TAKE TIME BY THE FORELOCK |
| Of a Young Wife who was Made a Fool of by her Old Husband. | 232 |
| EXCURSUS TO TAKE TIME BY THE FORELOCK | 234 |
| FIRST MEETING BETWEEN A YOUTH AND HIS FIANCEE | 235 |
| THE BREAKER OF EGGS | 237 |
| EXCURSUS TO THE BREAKER OF EGGS | 240 |
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