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THE

PALACE OF PLEASURE

VOL. I.

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Of this Edition five hundred and fifty copies have been printed,
five hundred of which are for sale.

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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.


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LONDON: PUBLISHED BY DAVID NUTT IN THE STRAND

MDCCCXC

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Ballantyne Press

BALLANTYNE, HANSON AND CO.

EDINBURGH AND LONDON

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
VOLUME I.
PAGE
PREFACE ix
INTRODUCTION xi
PRELIMINARY MATTER (FROM HASLEWOOD) xxxvii
APPENDIX OF DOCUMENTS RELATING TO PAINTER liii
ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE WHOLE WORK lxiii
INDEX OF NOVELS xcii
TOME I.
TITLE (FACSIMILE OF FIRST EDITION) 1
DEDICATION TO EARL OF WARWICK 3
LIST OF AUTHORS 9
TO THE READER 10
NOVEL
I. HORATII AND CURIATII 15
II. RAPE OF LUCRECE 22
III. MUCIUS SCÆVOLA 26
IV. CORIOLANUS 29
V. APPIUS AND VIRGINIA 35
VI. CANDAULES AND GYGES 46
VII. CRŒSUS AND SOLON 49
VIII. RHACON AND CARTOMES 53
IX. ARTAXERXES AND SINETAS 54
X. CHARITON AND MENALIPPUS 56
XI. CYRUS AND PANTHEA 58
XII. ABDOLOMINUS KING OF SCYTHIA 69
XIII. ALEXANDER AND THE SCYTHIAN AMBASSADORS 71
XIV. METELLUS ON MARRIAGE 74
XV. LAIS AND DEMOSTHENES 77
XVI. FABRICIUS AND PYRRHUS 78 ​
XVII. CAMILLUS AND SCHOOLMASTER 80
XVIII. PAPYRIUS PRETEXTATUS 83
XIX. PLUTARCH'S ANGER 85
XX. ÆSOP'S FABLE OF THE LARK 86
XXI. HANNIBAL AND ANTIOCHUS 88
XXII. ANDRODUS (Androcles) 89
XXIII. FAVORINUS 91
XXIV. SERTORIUS 95
XXV. SIBYLLINE LEAVES 98
XXVI. MASTER AND SCHOLAR 99
XXVII. SELEUCUS AND ANTIOCHUS 102
XXVIII. TIMON OF ATHENS 112
XXIX. MARRIAGE OF WIDOW AND WIDOWER 114
XXX. THE THREE RINGS 116
XXXI. BORSIERI AND GRIMALDI 119
XXXII. ALBERTO OF BOLOGNA 122
XXXIII. RINALDO OF ESTE 125
XXXIV. KING OF ENGLAND'S DAUGHTER 130
XXXV. RANDOLPHO RUFFOLO 138
XXXVI. ANDRUCCIO 143
XXXVII. EARL OF ANGIERS 156
XXXVIII. GILETTA OF NARBONNE 171
XXXIX. TANCRED AND GISMONDA 180
XL. MAHOMET AND IRENE 190
XLI. LADY FALSELY ACCUSED 198
XLII. DIDACO AND VIOLENTA 218
XLIII. LADY OF TURIN 240
XLIV. ALERAN AND ADELASIA 249
XLV. DUCHESS OF SAVOY 285
XLVI. COUNTESS OF SALISBURY 334
ADVERTISEMENT TO READER 364


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