French fiction -- Translations into English; Italian fiction -- Translations into English
LX. GENTLEMAN THAT DIED OF LOVE.
The piteous death of an Amorous Gentleman, for the slacke comfort geuen
him to late, by his beloued.
[_Source and Origin._--Q. Margaret, _Hept._, nov. 9.
_Painter._--Not in I.; II. i. 258; III. i. 455; IV. ii. 107.]
LXI. LADY OF THE FRENCH COURT.
A Gentlewoman of the Courte, very pleasauntly recompenced the seruice of
a kinde seruaunte of her’s, that pursued her with service of loue.
[_Source and Origin._--Q. Margaret, _Hept._, nov. 58.
_Painter._--Not in I.; II. i. 26; III. i. 461; IV. ii. 113.]
LXII. ROLANDINE THE CHASTE.
The honest and maruellous loue of a mayden of noble house, and of a
gentleman that was base borne, and howe a Queene did impeche and let
their mariage, with the wise aunswere of the mayde to the Queene.
[_Source and Origin._--Q. Margaret, _Hept._, nov. 21.
_Painter._--Not in I.; II. i. 263; III. i. 464; IV. ii. 116.]
LXIII. THE PRUDENT LADY.
The Wisedome of a woman to withdrawe the foolishe loue of her husband,
wherewith he was tormented.
[_Source and Origin._--Q. Margaret, _Hept._, nov. 37.
_Painter._--Not in I.; II. i. 263; III. i. 483; IV. ii. 135.]
LXIV. THE LADY OF TOURS.
The notable charitie of a woman of Tours towards her husbande.
[_Source and Origin._--Q. Margaret, _Hept._, nov. 38.
_Painter._--Not in I.; II. i. 276; III. i. 487; IV. ii. 139.]
LXV. MIRACLE AT LYONS.[67]
The simplicitie of an old woman, that offered a burning candle to
S. Iohn of Lions.
[_Source and Origin._--_Hept._, nov. 65.
_Painter._--I. i. 338; II. i. 277; III. i. 489; IV. ii. 141.]
[Footnote 67: By error omitted in Table of Contents to Vol. II.]
LXVI. DOCTOR OF LAWS.
A Doctor of the Lawes boughte a cup, who by the subtiltie of two false
varlets, lost both his money and the cuppe.
[_Source._--“Out of a little Frenche booke called ‘Comptes du Monde
Avantureux.’”
_Origin._--Massanio, _Novellino_, Part II. nov. 17.
_Parallels._--_Mensa Philosophica_.
_Painter._--I. i. 339; II. i. 278; III. i. 490; IV. ii. 142.
_Derivates._--Marston’s _Dutch Courtesan_, 1605; and Anon.: _The
Cuckqueanes and Cuckolds Errant, a Comedye_, 1601, formerly in
Haslewood’s possession.]
THE SECOND TOME.
I. THE AMAZONS.
The hardinesse and conquests of diuers stout, and aduenturous women,
called Amazones, the beginninge, and continuance of their Reigne, and of
the great iourney of one of their Queenes called Thalestris to visit
Alexander the great: with the cause of her trauaile.
[_Source and Origin._--Herod, iv. 110.
_Parallels._--Acerra, ii. 58; Albertinus, 55; Kirchhof, _Wendenmuth_,
iv. 182.
_Painter._--I. ii. 1; II. ii. 1; III. ii. 1; IV. ii. 159.]
_Derivates._--A Masque of the Amazons was played March 3, 1592
(Henslowe).]
II. ALEXANDER AND SISIGAMBIS.
The great pitie and continencie of Alexander the great and his louinge
entertaynment of Sisigambis the wife of the great monarch Darivs after
he was vanquished.
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