The Heptameron
Publisher: Moritz & Chambers
Published: 19xx?
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: Volume I; title: Preface
pagenum: 5; title: Dedications and Preface to the Original Editions of the Heptameron
pagenum: 15; title: The Prologue
pagenum: 19; title: First Day; label: Tale I
title: The Pitiful History of a Proctor of Alençon, Named St. Aignan, and of His Wife, Who Caused Her Husband to Assassinate Her Lover, the Son of the Lieutenant-General
pagenum: 28; label: Tale II
title: The Fate of the Wife of a Muleteer of Amboise, Who Suffered Herself to Be Killed by Her Servant Rather Than Sacrifice Her Chastity
pagenum: 34; label: Tale III
title: The Revenge Taken by the Queen of Naples, Wife to King Alfonso, for Her Husband's Infidelity with a Gentleman's Wife
pagenum: 38; label: Tale IV
title: The ill success of a Flemish genleman who was unable to obtain, either by persuasion or force, the love of a great Princess
pagenum: 44; label: Tale V
title: How a Boatwoman of Coulon, Near Nyort, Contrived to Escape from the Vicious Designs of Two Grey Friars
pagenum: 50; label: Tale VI
title: How the Wife of an Old Valet of the Duke of Alençon's Succeeded in Saving Her Lover from Her Husband, Who Was Blind of One Eye
pagenum: 53; label: Tale VII
title: The Craft of a Parisian Merchant, Who Saved the Reputation of the Daughter by Offering Violence to the Mother
pagenum: 55; title: Appendix to the First Day
pagenum: 57; title: Volume II; title: First Day-continued; label: Tale VIII
title: The misadventure of Bornet, who, planning with a friend of his that both should lie with a serving-woman, discovers too late that they have had to do with his own wife
pagenum: 63; label: Tale IX
title: The evil fortune of a gentleman of Dauphiné, who dies of despair because he cannot marry a damsel nobler and richer than  himself
pagenum: 68; label: Tale X
title: The Spanish Story of Florida, Who, After Withstanding the Love of a Gentleman Named Amadour for Many Years, Eventually Becomes a Nun
pagenum: 73; title: Second Day; title: Prologue
pagenum: 99; label: Tale XI (A)
title: Mishap of the Lady de Roncex in the Grey Friars' Convent at Thouars
pagenum: 99; label: Tale XI (B)
title: Facetious discourse of a Friar of Touraine
pagenum: 101; label: Tale XII
title: Story of Alexander de' Medici, Duke of Florence, Whom His Cousin, Lorenzino de' Medici, Slew in Order to Save His Sister's Honour
pagenum: 104; label: Tale XIII
title: Praiseworthy Artifice of a Lady to Whom a Sea Captain Sent a Letter and Diamond Ring, and Who, by Forwarding Them to the Captain's Wife as Though They Had Been Intended for Her, United Husband and Wife Once More in All Affection
pagenum: 110; label: Tale XIV
title: The Lord of Bonnivet, After Furthering the Love Entertained by an Italian Gentleman for a Lady of Milan, Finds Means to Take the Other's Place and So Supplant Him with the Lady Who Had Formerly Rejected Himself
pagenum: 121; label: Tale XV
title: The Troubles and Evil Fortune of a Virtuous Lady Who, After Being Long Neglected by Her Husband, Becomes the Object of His Jealousy
pagenum: 127; label: Tale XVI
title: Story of a Milanese Countess, Who, After Long Rejecting the Love of a French Gentleman, Rewards Him at Last for His Faithfulness, but Not Until She Has Put His Courage to the Proof
pagenum: 139; label: Tale XVII
title: The Noble Manner in Which King Francis the First Shows Count William of Furstenberg That He Knows of the Plans Laid by Him Against His Life, and So Compels Him to Do Justice Upon Himself and to Leave France
pagenum: 144; label: Tale XVIII
title: A Young Gentleman Scholar at Last Wins a Lady's Love, After Enduring Successfully Two Trials That She Had Made of Him
pagenum: 147; title: Appendix to Vol II
pagenum: 152; title: Volume III; title: Second Day-Continued; label: Tale XIX
title: The Honourable Love of a Gentleman, Who, When His Sweetheart's Heart Is Forbidden to Speak with Him, in Despair Becomes a Monk of the Observance, While the Lady, Following in His Footsteps, Becomes a Nun of St. Clara
pagenum: 157; label: Tale XX
title: How the Lord of Riant Is Cured of His Love for a Beautiful Widow Through Surprising Her in the Arms of a Groom
pagenum: 166; title: Third Day; title: Prologue
pagenum: 169; label: Tale XXI
title: The Affecting History of Rolandine, Who, Debarred from Marriage by Her Father's Greed, Betrothes Herself to a Gentleman to Whom, Despite His Faithlessness, She Keeps Her Plighted Word, and Does Not Marry Until After His Death
pagenum: 170; label: Tale XXII
title: How Sister Marie Heroet Virtuously Escapes the Attempts of the Prior of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
pagenum: 185; label: Tale XXIII
title: The Undeserved Confidence Which a Gentleman of Perigord Places in the Monks of the Order of St. Francis Causes the Death of Himself, His Wife and Their Little Child
pagenum: 196; label: Tale XXIV
title: Concerning the Unavailing Love Borne to the Queen of Castile by a Gentleman Named Elisor, Who in the End Becomes a Hermit
pagenum: 202; label: Tale XXV
title: How a Young Prince Found Means to Conceal His Intrigue with the Wife of a Lawyer of Paris
pagenum: 210; label: Tale XXVI
title: How the Counsels of a Discreet Lady Happily Withdrew the Young Lord of Avannes from the Perils of His Foolish Love for a Lady of Pampeluna
pagenum: 215; label: Tale XXVII
title: How the Wife of a Man Who Was Valet to a Princess Rid Herself of the Solicitations of One Who Was Among the Same Princess' Servants, and at the Same Time Her Husband's Guest
pagenum: 227; label: Tale XXVIII
title: How a Gascon Merchant, Named Bernard du Ha, While Sojourning at Paris, Deceived a Secretary to the Queen of Navarre Who Had Thought to Obtain a Pasty from Him
pagenum: 229; label: Tale XXIX
title: How the Priest of Carrelles, in Maine, When Surprised with the Wife of an Old Husbandman, Gets Out of the Difficulty by Pretending to Return Him a Winnowing Fan
pagenum: 232; label: Tale XXX
title: How a Gentleman Marries His Own Daughter and Sister Unawares
pagenum: 234; title: Appendix to Vol III
pagenum: 239; title: Volume IV; title: Fourth Day; title: Proluge
pagenum: 240; label: Tale XXXI
title: Punishment of the Wickedness of a Friar Who Sought to Lie with a Gentleman's Wife
pagenum: 247; label: Tale XXXII
title: How an Ambassador of Charles VIII, Moved by the Repentance of a German Lady, Whom Her Husband Compelled to Drink Out of Her Lover's Skull, Reconciled Husband and Wife Together
pagenum: 251; label: Tale XXXIII
title: The Hypocrisy of a Priest, Who Under the Cloak of Sanctity, Had Lain with His Own Sister, Is Discovered and Punished by the Wisdom of the Count of Angoulême
pagenum: 256; label: Tale XXXIV
title: The Terror of Two Friars Who Believed That a Butcher Intended to Murder Them, Whereas the Poor Man Was Only Speaking of His Pigs
pagenum: 259; label: Tale XXXV
title: How a Husband's Prudence Saves His Wife from the Risks She Incurred While Thinking to Yield to Merely a Spiritual Love
pagenum: 263; label: Tale XXXVI
title: The Story of the President of Grenoble, Who Saves the Honour of His House by Poisoning His Wife with a Salad
pagenum: 269; label: Tale XXXVII
title: How the Lady of Loué Regained Her Husband's Affection
pagenum: 273; label: Tale XXXVIII
title: The Kindness of a Townswoman of Tours to a Poor Farmwoman Who Is Mistress to Her Husband, Makes the Latter So Ashamed of His Faithlessness That He Returns to His Wife
pagenum: 276; label: Tale XXXIX
title: How the Lord of Grignaulx Rid One of His Houses of a Pretended Ghost
pagenum: 278; label: Tale XL
title: The Unhappy History of the Count de Jossebelin's Sister, Who Shut Herself Up in a Hermitage Because Her Brother Caused Her Husband to Be Slain
pagenum: 281; title: Fifth Day; title: Prologue
pagenum: 287; label: Tale XLI
title: Just Punishment of a Grey Friar for the Unwonted Penance That He Would Have Laid Upon a Maiden
pagenum: 288; label: Tale XLII
title: The Virtuous Resistance Made by a Young Woman of Touraine Causes a Young Prince That Is in Love with Her to Change His Desire to Respect, and to Bestow Her Honourably in Marriage
pagenum: 291; label: Tale XLIII
title: How a Little Chalk-mark Revealed the Hypocrisy of a Lady Called Jambicque, Who Was Wont to Hide the Pleasures She Indulged In, Beneath the semblance of austerity
pagenum: 300; label: Tale XLIV (A)
title: Through Telling the Truth, a Grey Friar Receives as Alms from the Lord of Sedan Two Pigs Instead of One
pagenum: 305; label: Tale XLIV (B)
title: Honourable conduct of a young citizen of Paris, who, after suddenly enjoying his sweetheart, at last happily marries her
pagenum: 307; label: Tale XLV
title: Cleverness of an Upholsterer of Touraine, Who, to Hide That He Has Given the Innocents to His Serving-maid, Contrives to Give Them Afterwards to His Wife
pagenum: 313; label: Tale XLVI (A)
title: Wicked Acts of a Grey Friar of Angoulême Called De Vale, Who Fails in His Purpose with the Wife of the Judge of the Exempts, but to Whom a Mother in Blind Confidence foolishly abandons her daughter
pagenum: 317; label: Tale XLVI (B)
title: Sermons of the Grey Friar De Valles, at First Against and Afterwards on Behalf of Husbands That Beat Their Wives
pagenum: 320; label: Tale XLVII
title: The Undeserved Jealousy of a Gentleman of Le Perche Towards Another Gentleman, His Friend, Leads the Latter to Deceive Him
pagenum: 323; label: Tale XLVIII
title: Wicked Act of a Grey Friar of Perigord, Who, While a Husband Was Dancing at His Wedding, Went and Took His Place with the Bride
pagenum: 326; label: Tale XLIX
title: Story of a Foreign Countess, Who, Not Content with Having King Charles as Her Lover, Added to Him Three Lords, to Wit, Astillon, Durassier and Valnebon
pagenum: 328; label: Tale L
title: Melancholy Fortune of Messire John Peter, a Gentleman of Cremona, Who Dies Just When He Is Winning the Affection of the Lady He Loves
pagenum: 333; title: Appendix to Vol. IV
pagenum: 337; title: Volume V; title: Sixth Day; title: Prologue
pagenum: 339; label: Tale LI
title: Cruelty of the Duke of Urbino, Who, Contrary to the Promise He Had Given to the Duchess, Hanged a Poor Lady That Had Consent to Convey Letters to His Son's Sweetheart, the Sister of the Abbot of Farse
pagenum: 340; label: Tale LII
title: Merry Trick Played by the Varlet of an Apothecary at Alençon on the Lord de la Tirelière and the Lawyer Anthony Bacheré, Who, Thinking to Breakfast at His Expense, Find That They Have Stolen from Him Something Very Different to a Loaf of Sugar
pagenum: 343; label: Tale LIII
title: Story of the Lady of Neufchâtel, a Widow at the Court of Francis I, Who, Through Not Admitting That She Has Plighted Her Troth to the Lord des Cheriots, Plays Him an Evil Trick Through the Means of the Prince of Belhoste
pagenum: 346; label: Tale LIV
title: Merry Adventure of a Serving-woman and a Gentleman Named Thogas, Whereof His Wife Has No Suspicion
pagenum: 351; label: Tale LV
title: The Widow of a Merchant of Saragossa, Not Wishing to Lose the Value of a Horse, the Price of Which Her Husband Had Ordered to Be Given to the Poor, Devises the Plan of Selling the Horse for One Ducat Only, Adding, However, to the Bargain a Cat at Ninety-nine
pagenum: 355; label: Tale LVI
title: Notable Deception Practised by an Old Grey Friar of Padua, Who, Being Charged by a Widow to Find a Husband for Her Daughter, Did, for the Sake of Getting the Dowry, Cause Her to Marry a Young Grey Friar, His Comrade, Whose Condition, However, Was Before Long Discovered
pagenum: 357; label: Tale LVII
title: Singular Behaviour of an English Lord, Who Is Content Merely to Keep and Wear Upon His Doublet the Glove of a Lady Whom He Loves
pagenum: 362; label: Tale LVIII
title: A Lady at the Court of Francis I, Wishing to Prove That She Has No Commerce with a Certain Gentleman Who Loves Her, Gives Him a Pretended Tryst and Causes Him to Pass for a Thief
pagenum: 346; label: Tale LIX
title: Story of the Same Lady, Who, Learning That Her Husband Is in Love with Her Waiting-woman, Contrives to Surprise Him and Impose Her Own Terms Upon Him
pagenum: 368; label: Tale LX
title: A Man of Paris, Thinking His Wife to Be Well and Duly Deceased, Marries Again, but at the End of Fifteen Years Is Forced to Take His First Wife Back, Although She Has Been Living in the Meantime with One of the Chanters of Louis XII
pagenum: 373; title: Seventh Day; title: Prologue
pagenum: 377; label: Tale LXI
title: Great Kindness of a Husband, Who Consents to Take Back His Wife Twice Over, Spite of Her Wanton Love for a Canon of Autun
pagenum: 378; label: Tale LXII
title: How a Lady, While Telling a Story as of Another, Let Her Tongue Trip in Such a Way as to Show That What She Related Had Happened to Herself
pagenum: 383; label: Tale LXIII
title: How the Honourable Behaviour of a Young Lord, Who Feigns Sickness in Order to Be Faithful to His Wife, Spoils a Party in Which He Was to Have Made One with the King, and in This Way Saves the Honour of Three Maidens of Paris
pagenum: 386; label: Tale LXIV
title: Story of a Gentleman of Valencia in Spain, Whom a Lady Drove to Such Despair That He Became a Monk, and Whom Afterwards She Strove in Vain to Win Back to Herself
pagenum: 389; label: Tale LXV
title: Merry Mistake of a Worthy Woman, Who in the Church of St. John of Lyons Mistakes a Sleeping Soldier for One of the Statues on a Tomb, and Sets a Lighted Candle on His Forehead
pagenum: 393; label: Tale LXVI
title: How an Old Serving-woman, Thinking to Surprise a Prothonotary with a Lady, Finds Herself Insulting Anthony de Bourbon and His Wife Jane d'Albret
pagenum: 394; label: Tale LXVII
title: How the Sire de Robertval, Granting a Traitor His Life at the Prayers of the Man's Wife, Set Them Both Down on a Desert Island, and How, After the Husband's Death, the Wife Was Rescued and Brought Back to La Rochelle
pagenum: 396; label: Tale LXVIII
title: The Wife of an Apothecary at Pau, Hearing Her Husband Give Some Powder of Cantharides to a Woman Who Was Godmother with Himself, Secretly Administered to Him Such a Dose of the Same Drug That He Nearly Died
pagenum: 399; label: Tale LXIX
title: How the Wife of One of the King's Equerries Surprised Her Husband Muffled in the Hood of Their Servant-maid, and Bolting Meal in Her Stead
pagenum: 401; label: Tale LXX
title: Of the Love of a Duchess of Burgundy for a Gentleman Who Rejects Her Advances, for Which Reason She Accuses Him to the Duke Her Husband, and the Latter Does Not Believe His Oaths Till Assured by Him That He Loves the Lady du Vergier. Then the Duchess, Having Drawn Knowledge of This Amour from Her Husband, Addresses to the Lady du Vergier in Public, an Allusion That Causes the Death of Both Lovers; and the Duke, in Despair at His Own Lack of Discretion, Stabs the Duchess Himself
pagenum: 404; title: Eighth Day; title: Prologue
pagenum: 422; label: Tale LXXI
title: The wife of a saddle of Ambroise is saved on her deathbed through a fit of anger at seeing her husband fondle a servant-maid
pagenum: 423; label: Tale LXXII
title: Kindness of the Duchess of Alençon to a Poor Nun Whom She Meets at Lyons, on Her Way to Rome, There to Confess to the Pope How a Monk Had Wronged Her, and to Obtain His Holiness' Pardon
pagenum: 425; title: Appendix (The Narrators of the Heptameron)
pagenum: 429; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 430; title: Prologue
pagenum: 422; title: Index
pagenum: 436