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II: How a Friar's Breeches became Sacred Relics 33
V: The Worst Men in the World 37
VII: The Old Woman's Prayer 38
VIII: The Peace of the Monastery 39
IX: An Excommunicated Peasant eaten by the Priests 40
X: Of a Curate who buried a Little Dog 41
XI: Of a Countryman who wished to marry a young Girl 43
XII: Of a Doctor who betrayed the wife of a Tailor who was ill 43
XIII: Of a hermit who had many Women 44
XVII: The Unrepentant Smith 48
XVIII: Of Lorenzo de' Medici 48
XXII: Of Lorenzo de' Medici 50
XXIII: Of a Priest who did not know when Palm Sunday fell 51
XXIV: Of Some Peasants who bought a Crucifix 53
XXV: Of Messer Paolo Marchese 54
XXVII: Pirrinicilo the Gascon 55
XXVIII: Of Roderigo Carrasio 56
XXIX: Big Fish and Little Fish 57
XXXIV: Of a Man who made his Wife believe him to be Dead 61
XXXV: Saying of a Cook to the Illustrious Duke of Milan 63
XXXVI: A Request of the same Cook to the same Prince 64
XXXVII: Of Giovanni Visconti 65
XXXVIII: Of King Ludovic of France 66
XL: Of Messer Marco of Lodi 68
XLI: Two Knights of Castille 69
XLII: Of a Man who asked Pardon of his Sick Wife 70
XLVI: Story of a man who sent Letters to his Wife and his Creditor 74
XLVII: A Priest's Awkward Question 75
XLVIII: Of some Ambassadors sent from Perugia to Pope Urban 76
XLIX: Foolish Saying of some Florentine Ambassadors 78
LI: Of a woman who in order to cover her head Exposed Herself 79
LII: Bernabò, Duke of Milan 80
LIII: Of One who wanted to spend 1000 Florins to be Famous 80
LIV: Facetia of the Celebrated Dante 81
LV: Answer given by a Woman to a Man who asked if his Wife could have a Twelve-months' Child 82
LVI: Dispute between a Florentine and a Venetian 83
LVII: Antonio Lusco's Story 84
LVIII: Of a Young Woman Separated from her Husband 2
LIX: Contest between Two Men about their Crest 85
LXI: Of a Woman who insisted on calling her Husband Lousy 87
LXII: Of a Man who sought for his Wife Drowned in a Stream 88
LXIII: Elegant Reply of Dante, Florentine Poet 89
LXIV: Pleasant Answer of the same Poet 90
LXV: The Story of Francesco Filelfo 91
LXVI: The Story of a Mountebank told by the Cardinal of Bordeaux 92
LXVII: The Husband's Revenge 94
LXVIII: Messer Franco's Cat 95
LXIX: Of a Doctor who Cured the Mad 95
LXXI: Of A Woman who stood on the Banks of the Po 100
LXXII: The Abbot of Settimo 100
LXXIII: Saying of Lorenzo, Roman Priest 101
LXXV: The Exhortation of a Cardinal 102
LXXVI: Of a Preacher who preferred Virgins to Married Women 103
LXXVIII: Witty Answer on the Few Friends of God 104
LXXIX: Of a Friar of St Anthony, a Peasant, and a Wolf 105
LXXX: Marvellous Compensation between Penitent and Confessor 106
LXXXI: Of one who Spoke Ill of the Life of Cardinal Angelotto 107
LXXXII: How a daughter Excused her Sterility to her Father 108
LXXXIII: Of a Friar who had a Child by an Abbess 109
LXXXIV: Of a Man who declared that the Archbishop of Cologne was a Quadruped 110
LXXXV: Of a Man who Vowed a Candle 111
LXXXVI: Another Jest of a Man who made a Vow to St Ciriac 112
LXXXVII: Of a widow who desired a Husband of advanced Age 113
LXXXVIII: The Jealous Husband 114
XC: Facetious Answer applicable to Bishops 115
XCI: How a Hospital was Cleared of its Inmates 115
XCII: The Priest’s Mistake 116
XCIII: Of a Young Woman made Fun of by her Old Husband 117
XCIV: The Beautiful Scholar 118
XCVI: The Cabbage and the Cauldron 119
XCVII: The Blind Man and the Virgin 119
XCIX: Of the Numerous Doctors in Ferrara 121
CI: A complaint to Facino Cane 124
CII: The Jest told by a Friar on Easter Day 125
CIII: Of Ottaviano Dagnano 126
CV: Of a woman who Deceived her Husband 127
CVI: Of a Gambler who was sent to Prison 129
CVII: Of a father who was Reproved by his Drunken Son 129
CVIII: Happy Answer of a Woman to a Young Man in Love 130
CIX: Dante and King Robert of Naples 131
CXI: The Timorous Duellists 135
CXIII: The King of the Canaries 136
CXIV: Facetia of an Ignoramus 140
CXVI: Of an English Dyer who had an Adventure with his Wife 142
CXVII: The Merchant of Ascoli 143
CXVIII: The Ass and the Noble’s Servant 147
CXXI: Of Alessandro Mola, Courteous Gentleman 150
CXXII: Remark of Lattanzio Benucci 150
CXXIV: The Principle of Tragedy 151
CXXV: The Meaning of Venice 152
CXXVI: Of Alfonso de' Pazzi 153
CXXVII: Of Messer Paolo dell' Ottonaio 154
CXXVIII: The Senate and the Roman People 156
CXXX: Good Answer to Messer N——— 157
CXXXI: Under the Protection of St Margeret 158
CXXXII: San Marino and Venice 159
CXXXIII: Of Raphael of Urbino 159
CXXXIV: A Madman in Church 160
CXXXV: Of a Florentine who bought a Horse 161
CXXXVI: Of a Venetian who went to Treviso and had a Stone thrown at his Back by his Servants 161
CXXXVII: Facetia of Ridolfo, Signor di Camerino 162
CXXXVII: The Gentleman and his Miller 163
CXL: Merchant's Good Faith 164
CXLIII: Facetia of Some Thieves 167
CXLVI: A Good Master for Thieves 169
CXLVIII: The Doctor of Law 172
The following facetiæ are from the collections of —
LODOVICO DOMENICHI: Nos. I, III, IV, V, VI, VI, VIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XIX, XX, XXI, XXII, XXV, XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII, XXIX, XXX, XXXI, XXXII, XXXVIII, XXXIX, XL, XLI, XLIV, XLV, LXVII, LXVIII, LXXVII, XCIV, XCV, XCVI, XCVII, XCVIII, XCIX, C, CII, CIII, CIV, CX, CXI, CXII, CXVIII, CXIX, CXX, CXXI, CXXII, CXXIII, CXXIV, CXXV, CXXVI, CXXVII, CXXVIII, CXIX, CXXX, CXXXI, CXXXII, CXXXIII, CXXXIV, CXXXVIII, CXXXIX, CXL, CXLI, CXLII, CXLIII, CXLIV, CXLVI, CXLVII, CXLVIII.
From POGGIO: Nos. II, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XXIII, XXIV, XXXIII, XXXIV, XXXV, XXXVI, XXXVII, XLII, XLIII, XLVI, XLVII, XLVIII, XLIX, L, LI, LII, LIII, LIV, LV, LVI, LVII, LVIII, LIX, LX, LXI, LXII, LXIII, LXIV, LXV, LXVI, LXIX, LXX, LXXI, LXXII, LXXIII, LXXIV, LXXV, LXXVI, LXXVIII, LXXIX, LXXX, LXXXI, LXXXII, LXXXIII, LXXXIV, LXXXV, LXXXVI, LXXXVII, LXXXVIII, LXXXIX, XC, XC1, XCII, XCIII, CI, CV, CVI, CVII, CVIII, CXIV, CXV, CXVI, CXXXV, CXXXVI, CXXXVII, CXLV.
No. CIX is from GIOVANNI SERCAMBI; CXVII from an anonymous author of XVth century; CXIII from LORENZO MAGALOTTI.