STRAPAROLA. VOLUME I. _Two hundred and ten copies printed on Japanese Vellum._ _No._ 95 [Illustration: The Siren] THE NIGHTS OF STRAPAROLA NOW FIRST TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH BY W. G. WATERS ILLUSTRATED BY E. R. HUGHES, A.R.W.S. VOLUME I [Illustration: [Fleuron]] LONDON: LAWRENCE AND BULLEN 16, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN MDCCCXCIV [Illustration: [Fleuron]] Contents. PAGE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix INTRODUCTION xi PROEM 1 NIGHT THE FIRST 9 THE FIRST FABLE. Salardo, son of Rainaldo Scaglia, quits Genoa and goes to Montferrat, where he disobeys certain injunctions laid upon him by his father’s testament, and is condemned to death therefor; but, being delivered, he returns to his own country 11 THE SECOND FABLE. Cassandrino, a noted robber, and a friend of the prætor of Perugia, steals the prætor’s bed and his horse Liardo, but afterwards becomes a man of probity and good repute 20 THE THIRD FABLE. Pre Scarpafico, having been once duped by three robbers, dupes them thrice in return, and lives happily the rest of his days 28 THE FOURTH FABLE. Tebaldo, Prince of Salerno, wishes to have his only daughter Doralice to wife, but she, through her father’s persecution, flees to England, where she marries Genese the king, and has by him two children. These, having been slain by Tebaldo, are avenged by their father King Genese 35 THE FIFTH FABLE. Dimitrio the chapman, having disguised himself as a certain Gramottiveggio, surprises his wife Polissena with a priest, and sends her back to her brothers, who put her to death, and Dimitrio afterwards marries his serving-woman 44 NIGHT THE SECOND 55