Seleucus king of Asia, gaue his wife to his owne sonne in mariage, being his mother in lawe; who so feruently did loue her, that he was like to die, whiche by a discrete and wyse inuention, was discouered to Seleucus by a Phisition. [_Source and Origin._--Plutarch, _Demetrius_ (probably in Amyot’s translation). _Parallels_.--Val. Max. v. 7; Wanley, _Wonders_, III. ix. 4. _Painter_, I. i. 51; II. i. 48; III. i. 88; IV. i. 102.] XXVIII. TIMON OF ATHENS. Of the straunge and beastlie nature of Timon of Athens, enemie to mankinde, with his death, buriall, and Epitaphe. [_Source and Origin._--Plutarch, _Marc Antonius_ (probably through Amyot’s translation). _Parallels_.--Erasmus, _Adagio_; _Sabell. Exemp._ ii. 2; Reynolds, _Treatise of Passions_, c. 13; Wanley, _Wonders_, II. ix. 8. _Painter_, I. i. 57; II. i. 54; III. i. 98; IV. i. 112. _Derivates._--Shakespeare’s _Timon of Athens_ (c. 1608) is founded on this, though much expanded. There is a play of _Timon_ anterior to Shakespeare’s, and printed by Mr. Hazlitt.] XXIX. MARRIAGE OF WIDOW AND WIDOWER. The mariage of a man and woman, hee being the husband of xx. wiues: and shee the wife of xxii. husbandes. [_Source._--Pedro di Messia, _Selva di varie Lezzioni_, i. 34. _Origin._--St. Jerome. _Painter_, I. i. 59; II. i. 55; III. i. 100; IV. i. 114.] XXX. THE THREE RINGS. How Melchisedech a iewe, by telling a pretie tale of three Ringes, saued his life. [_Source._--Boccaccio, _Decameron,_ giorn. i., nov. 3. _Origin._--_Cento novelle antichi_, 72 (through Busone), _L’avventuroso Ciciliano_; _cf._ Landau, _Die Quellen_{2} 183. Probably original source was Jewish. _Cf._ G. Paris in _Revue des études juives_, t. xvii., and A. Wünsche in _Lessing-Mendelssohn Gedenkbuch_. _Parallels._--_Med.: Shebet Jehuda_ (Heb.), _Gesta Rom._ 89. Lessing, _Nathan der Weise_. _Painter._--I. i. 60; II. i. 56; III. i. 102; IV. i. 116.] XXXI. BORSIERI AND GRIMALDI. One called Guglielmo Borsiere with certaine wordes well placed, taunted the couetous life of Ermino Grimaldi. [_Source._--Boccaccio, _Dec._, giorn. i., nov. 8. _Origin._--Benvenuto Rambaldi. Commentary on _Inferno_ xvi. _Painter._--I. i. 61; II. i. 57; III. i. 105; IV. i. 119.] XXXII. ALBERTO OF BOLOGNA. Maister Alberto of Bologna, by a pleasaunt aunsweare made a gentlewoman to blushe, which had thoughte to haue put him out of countenaunce, in telling him that he was in loue with her. [_Source and Origin._--Boccaccio, _Dec._ i. 10. _Painter._--I. i. 63; II. i. 58; III. i. 108; IV. i. 122.] XXXIII. RINALDO OF ESTE. Rinaldo of Esti being robbed, arrived at Castel Guglielmo, and was succoured of a wydowe: and restored to his losses, retourning saulfe and sounde home to his owne house. [_Source._--Boccaccio, _Dec._ ii. 2. _Origin._--_Pantschatantra_ (Fables of Bidpai), II. iv. tr. Benfey, 183.