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a_o false_a galloppe_n for_o which_o cause_n he_o put_v his_o horn_n to_o his_o mouth_n and_o blue_v so_o loud_o as_o he_o can_v but_o his_o man_n be_v so_o far_o off_o as_o they_o can_v not_o hear_v he_o the_o young_a gentleman_n be_v in_o this_o distress_n can_v not_o tell_v what_o to_o do_v but_o to_o return_v back_o wherein_o he_o be_v more_o deceive_v than_o before_o for_o think_v to_o take_v the_o way_n home_o to_o his_o castle_n wander_v still_o further_o off_o from_o the_o same_o and_o trot_v thus_o a_o long_a time_n he_o spy_v a_o castle_n situate_v upon_o a_o little_a hill_n whereby_o he_o know_v himself_o far_o from_o his_o own_o house_n nevertheless_o hear_v a_o certain_a noise_n of_o hunter_n think_v they_o have_v be_v his_o people_n resort_v
euphimia_n deliver_v the_o king_n promise_v his_o daughter_n and_o kingdom_n to_o he_o that_o present_v the_o head_n of_o acharisto_n euphimia_n so_o wrought_v as_o he_o be_v present_v to_o the_o king_n the_o king_n give_v he_o his_o daughter_n to_o wife_n and_o when_o he_o die_v make_v he_o his_o heir_n acharisto_n begin_v to_o hate_v his_o wife_n and_o condemn_v she_o to_o death_n as_o a_o adulteress_n philon_n deliver_v she_o and_o upon_o the_o suit_n of_o her_o subject_n she_o be_v content_v to_o marry_v he_o and_o thereby_o he_o be_v make_v king_n of_o corinth_n novel_a xv_o fol._n 101._o ¶_o the_o marchionesse_n of_o monferrato_n with_o a_o bankette_n of_o hen_n and_o certain_a pleasant_a word_n repress_v the_o fond_a love_n of_o philip_n the_o french_a king_n novel_a xuj_o fol._n 112._o ¶_o mistress_n dianora_n demand_v of_o master_n ansaldo_n a_o garden_n so_o fair_a in_o januarie_n as_o in_o the_o month_n of_o may._n master_n ansaldo_n by_o mean_n of_o a_o obligation_n which_o he_o make_v to_o a_o necromancer_n cause_v the_o same_o to_o be_v do_v the_o husband_n agree_v with_o the_o gentlewoman_n that_o she_o shall_v do_v the_o pleasure_n which_o master_n ansaldo_n require_v who_o hear_v the_o liberality_n of_o the_o husband_n acquit_v she_o of_o her_o promise_n &_o the_o necromancer_n likewise_o discharge_v master_n ansaldo_n novel_a xvij_o fol._n 114._o ¶_o mithridanes_n envious_a of_o the_o liberality_n of_o nathan_n and_o go_v about_o to_o kill_v he_o speak_v unto_o he_o unknown_a and_o be_v inform_v by_o himself_o by_o what_o mean_v he_o may_v do_v the_o same_o he_o find_v he_o in_o a_o little_a wood_n accordingly_z as_o he_o have_v tell_v he_o who_o know_v he_o be_v ashamed_a and_o become_v his_o friend_n novel_a xviij_o fol._n 118._o ¶_o master_n gentil_n of_o carisendi_n be_v come_v from_o modena_n take_v a_o woman_n out_o of_o her_o grave_n that_o be_v bury_v for_o dead_a who_o after_o she_o be_v come_v again_o bring_v forth_o a_o son_n which_o master_n gentil_n render_v afterward_o with_o the_o mother_n to_o master_n nicholas_n chasenemie_n her_o husband_n novel_a nineteeen_o fol._n 123._o ¶_o saladine_n in_o the_o habit_n of_o a_o merchant_n be_v honourable_o receive_v into_o the_o house_n of_o master_n thorello_n who_o go_v over_o the_o sea_n in_o company_n of_o the_o christian_n and_o assign_v a_o term_n to_o his_o wife_n when_o she_o shall_v marry_v again_o he_o be_v take_v and_o carry_v to_o the_o sultan_n to_o be_v his_o falconer_n who_o know_v he_o and_o suffer_v himself_o to_o be_v know_v do_v he_o great_a honour_n master_n thorello_n fall_v sick_a and_o by_o magic_a art_n be_v carry_v in_o a_o night_n to_o pavia_n where_o he_o find_v his_o wife_n about_o to_o marry_v again_o who_o know_v he_o return_v home_o with_o he_o to_o his_o own_o house_n novel_a xx_o fol._n 128._o ¶_o a_o gentleman_n of_o mean_a calling_n and_o reputation_n both_o fall_n in_o love_n with_o anne_n the_o queen_n of_o hungary_n who_o 〈◊〉_d very_o royal_o and_o liberal_o requite_v novel_a xxj_o fol._n 140._o ¶_o the_o gentle_a and_o just_a act_n of_o alexander_n de_fw-fr medici_n the_o first_o duke_n of_o florence_n upon_o a_o gentleman_n who_o he_o favour_v who_o have_v ravish_v the_o daughter_n of_o a_o poor_a miller_n cause_v he_o to_o marry_v she_o for_o the_o great_a honour_n and_o celebration_n whereof_o he_o appoint_v she_o a_o rich_a and_o honourable_a dowry_n novel_a xxij_o fol._n 155._o ¶_o the_o infortunate_a marriage_n of_o a_o gentleman_n call_v antony_n bologna_n with_o the_o duchess_n of_o malfi_n and_o the_o pitiful_a death_n of_o they_o both_o novel_a twenty-three_o fol._n 169._o ¶_o the_o disorder_a life_n of_o the_o countess_n of_o celant_fw-la &_o how_o she_o cause_v the_o count_n of_o massino_n to_o be_v murder_v be_v behead_v at_o milan_n novel_a twenty-four_o fol._n 195._o ¶_o the_o goodly_a history_n of_o the_o true_a and_o constant_a love_n between_o rhomeo_n and_o julietta_n the_o one_o of_o who_o die_v of_o poison_n and_o the_o other_o of_o sorrow_n and_o heaviness_n wherein_o be_v comprise_v many_o adventure_n of_o love_n and_o other_o devise_n touch_v the_o same_o novel_a twenty-five_o fol._n 218._o ¶_o two_o gentleman_n of_o venice_n be_v honourable_o decetue_v of_o their_o wife_n who_o notable_a practice_n and_o secret_a conference_n for_o achieve_v their_o desire_n occasion_v diverse_a accident_n and_o engender_v double_a benefit_n wherein_o also_o be_v recite_v a_o eloquent_a oration_n make_v by_o one_o of_o they_o pronounce_v before_o the_o duke_n and_o state_n of_o that_o city_n with_o other_o chance_n and_o act_n concern_v the_o same_o novel_a xxuj_o fol._n 247._o ¶_o the_o lord_n of_o virle_n by_o the_o commandment_n of_o a_o fair_a young_a widow_n call_v zilia_n and_o for_o her_o promise_n make_v the_o better_a to_o attain_v her_o love_n be_v content_v to_o remain_v dumb_a the_o space_n of_o three_o year_n and_o by_o what_o mean_v he_o be_v revenge_v and_o obtain_v his_o suit_n novel_a xxvij_o fol._n 268._o ¶_o two_o baron_n of_o hungary_n assure_v themselves_o to_o obtain_v their_o suit_n make_v to_o a_o fair_a lady_n of_o boeme_n receive_v of_o her_o a_o strange_a and_o marvelous_a repulse_n to_o their_o shame_n and_o infamy_n curse_v the_o time_n that_o ever_o they_o adventure_v a_o enterprise_n so_o foolish_a novel_a xxviij_o fol._n 292._o ¶_o dom_n diego_n a_o gentleman_n of_o spain_n fall_v in_o love_n with_o fair_a gineura_n and_o she_o with_o 〈◊〉_d their_o love_n by_o mean_n of_o one_o that_o envy_v dom_n diego_n his_o happy_a choice_n be_v by_o the_o default_n of_o light_a credit_n on_o her_o part_n interrupt_v he_z constant_a of_o mind_n fall_v into_o despair_n and_o abandon_v all_o his_o friend_n and_o lyve_a repair_v to_o the_o pyrene_n mountain_n where_o he_o lead_v a_o savage_a life_n for_o certain_a month_n 〈◊〉_d afterwards_o know_v by_o one_o of_o his_o friend_n be_v by_o marvelous_a circumstance_n reconcile_v to_o his_o froward_a mistress_n and_o marry_v novel_a thirty_o fol._n 309._o ¶_o a_o gentleman_n of_o sienna_n call_v anselmo_n salimbene_n courteous_o and_o gentle_o deliver_v his_o enemy_n from_o death_n the_o condemn_v party_n sing_v the_o kind_a part_n of_o salimbene_n render_v into_o his_o hand_n his_o sister_n angelica_n with_o who_o he_o be_v in_o love_n which_o gratitude_n and_o eurtesie_n salimbene_n well_o mark_n move_v in_o conscience_n will_v not_o abuse_v she_o but_o for_o recompense_n take_v she_o to_o wife_n novel_a thirty_o fol._n 350._o ¶_o a_o widow_n call_v mistress_n helena_n with_o who_o a_o scholar_n be_v in_o love_n she_o love_a a_o other_o make_v the_o same_o scholar_n to_o stand_v a_o whole_a winter_n night_n in_o the_o snow_n to_o wait_v for_o she_o who_o afterwards_o by_o a_o sleyghte_n and_o policy_n make_v she_o in_o july_n to_o stand_v upon_o a_o tower_n stark_o naked_a amongst_o fly_n and_o gnatte_n and_o in_o the_o sun_n novel_a xxxj_o fol._n 376._o ¶_o a_o gentlewoman_n and_o widow_n call_v camiola_n of_o her_o own_o mind_n ransome_v rolande_n the_o king_n son_n of_o sicilia_n of_o purpose_n to_o have_v he_o to_o her_o husband_n who_o when_o he_o be_v redeem_v unkynde_o deny_v she_o against_o who_o very_o eloquente_o she_o invey_v and_o although_o the_o law_n prove_v he_o to_o be_v her_o husband_n yet_o for_o his_o unkindness_n she_o utter_o refuse_v he_o novel_a xxxij_o fol._n 391._o ¶_o great_a cruelty_n chance_v to_o the_o lord_n of_o nocera_n for_o adultery_n by_o one_o of_o they_o commit_v with_o the_o captain_n wife_n of_o the_o fort_n of_o that_o city_n with_o a_o enterprise_n move_v by_o the_o captain_n to_o the_o citizen_n of_o the_o same_o for_o rebellion_n and_o the_o good_a and_z and_o duetiful_a answer_n of_o they_o with_o other_o pitiful_a event_n rise_v of_o that_o notable_a and_o outrageous_a vice_n of_o whoredom_n novel_a xxxiij_o fol._n 297._o ¶_o the_o great_a courtesy_n of_o the_o king_n of_o morocco_n a_o city_n in_o barbary_n toward_o a_o poor_a fisherman_n one_o of_o his_o subject_n that_o have_v lodge_v the_o king_n be_v steal_v from_o his_o company_n in_o hunt_v novel_a xxxiiij_o fol._n 410._o ¶_o to_o the_o reader_n as_o show_v courtesy_n deserve_v grateful_a acquittal_n &_o friendly_a favour_n force_v mutual_a merit_n so_o for_o gentle_a acceptation_n of_o my_o other_o book_n i_o render_v to_o thy_o delight_n and_o profit_v a_o second_o tome_n for_o which_o i_o crave_v but_o like_o report_n albeit_o neither_o worthy_a of_o any_o or_o other_o than_o the_o rude_a 〈◊〉_d gayn_v by_o trial_n of_o his_o art_n who_o have_v commit_v to_o his_o skill_n and_o workmanship_n some_o substance_n of_o gold_n or_o other_o precious_a matter_n fashion_v the_o same_o with_o such_o 〈◊〉_d shape_n and_o order_n as_o beside_o dispraise_n it_o carry_v the_o unablenesse_n of_o
curtius_n that_o notable_a historiographer_n remember_v the_o stout_a fact_n of_o this_o theban_a gentlewoman_n amongst_o other_o the_o gest_n and_o fact_n of_o alexander_n the_o great_a i_o have_v deem_v it_o not_o altogether_o unfit_a for_o this_o place_n to_o reveal_v the_o fine_a and_o notable_a policy_n devise_v by_o she_o to_o rid_v herself_o from_o a_o covetous_a 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o thracian_a kind_n who_o for_o lucre_n rather_o than_o love_v for_o gain_v than_o gratitude_n promise_v golden_a hill_n to_o this_o distress_a poor_a gentlewoman_n but_o she_o in_o the_o end_n pay_v he_o his_o well_o deserve_a hire_n be_v like_v and_o praise_v of_o alexander_n for_o her_o adventurous_a fact_n be_v not_o one_o of_o the_o least_o virtue_n that_o shine_v in_o he_o before_o he_o grow_v to_o excessive_a abuse_n but_o because_o plutarch_n in_o his_o treatise_n de_fw-fr claris_fw-la mulieribus_fw-la more_o at_o large_a recount_v this_o history_n i_o have_v think_v good_a almost_o verbatim_o to_o follow_v he_o theagenes_n a_o gentleman_n of_o thebes_n 〈◊〉_d himself_o with_o epaminondas_n and_o pelopidas_n and_o with_o other_o noble_a man_n for_o preservation_n of_o their_o common_a wealth_n in_o the_o battle_n seek_v at_o cheronaea_n for_o delivery_n of_o their_o 〈◊〉_d of_o greece_n be_v slay_v in_o the_o chase_n of_o his_o enemy_n as_o he_o pursue_v one_o of_o the_o chief_a of_o his_o adversary_n that_o same_o cry_v out_o unto_o he_o whether_o 〈◊〉_d thou_o pursue_v we_o theagenes_n even_o to_o macedonia_n answer_v he_o this_o gentleman_n thus_o slay_v have_v a_o sister_n who_o virtue_n &_o nearness_n of_o kin_n by_o noble_a deed_n she_o well_o witness_v although_o she_o be_v not_o well_o able_a to_o manifest_v her_o virtue_n for_o the_o adversity_n of_o the_o time_n but_o by_o patient_a sufferance_n of_o the_o common_a calamity_n for_o after_o alexander_n have_v win_v the_o city_n of_o thebes_n the_o soldier_n greedy_a of_o spoil_n run_v up_o and_o down_o the_o city_n 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wit_n take_v that_o offer_a occasion_n of_o her_o adversary_n i_o will_v to_o god_n say_v she_o that_o it_o have_v be_v my_o luck_n to_o have_v die_v before_o this_o night_n rather_o than_o to_o live_v for_o hitherto_o have_v i_o keep_v my_o 〈◊〉_d pure_a and_o untouched_a from_o all_o despite_n and_o villainy_n until_o unlucky_a fate_n force_v i_o to_o yield_v to_o thy_o disordinate_a lust_n but_o 〈◊〉_d my_o 〈◊〉_d be_v such_o why_o shall_v i_o conceal_v those_o thing_n that_o be_v 〈◊〉_d own_o thou_o be_v my_o only_a tutor_n lord_n and_o husband_n as_o thou_o say_v when_o the_o god_n shall_v please_v to_o bring_v the_o same_o to_o pass_v for_o by_o thy_o will_n and_o pleasure_n must_v i_o unhappy_a theban_a wench_n be_v rule_v and_o govern_v each_o vanquish_a wight_n must_v subdue_v their_o will_n and_o mind_n to_o their_o lord_n &_o 〈◊〉_d i_o be_v thy_o slave_n and_o prisoner_n must_v needs_o by_o humble_a mean_n yield_v up_o myself_o to_o the_o unsaciate_a hest_n of_o thy_o puissant_a 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