The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. I. (of V.)
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THE TALES OF THE HEPTAMERON OF Margaret, Queen of Navarre
Newly Translated into English from the Authentic Text OF M. LE ROUX DE LINCY WITH AN ESSAY UPON THE HEPTAMERON BY GEORGE SAINTSBURY, M.A. Also the Original Seventy-three Full Page Engravings Designed by S. FREUDENBERG And One Hundred and Fifty Head and Tail Pieces By DUNKER IN FIVE VOLUMES
VOLUME THE FIRST
LONDON: PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY OF ENGLISH BIBLIOPHILISTS MDCCCXCIV
[Margaret, Queen of Navarre, from a crayon drawing by Clouet, preserved at the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris]
List of Illustrations
TALE CONTENTS
PREFACE.
Explanation of the Initials appended to the Notes.
MARGARET OF ANGOULÊME, QUEEN OF NAVARRE.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
ON THE HEPTAMERON,
DEDICATIONS AND PREFACE,
PREFIXED TO THE FIRST TWO EDITIONS OF THE TALES OF THE QUEEN OF NAVARRE.
Peter Boaistuau, surnamed Launay, To the Reader.(1)
To the most Illustrious and Virtuous Princess, Madame Jane de Foix,
THE HEPTAMERON.
[Prologue: The Story-tellers in the Meadow near The Gave.]
PROLOGUE.
[Du Mesnil learns his Mistress's Infidelity from her Maid]
FIRST DAY.
TALE I.
[The Muleteer's Servant attacking his Mistress]
TALE II.
[The King Joking upon the Stag's Head being A fitting Decoration]
TALE III.
[The Princess's Lady of Honour hurrying to her Mistress's Assistance]
TALE IV.
[The Boatwoman of Coulon outwitting the Friars]
TALE V.
[The Wife's Ruse to secure the Escape of her Lover]
TALE VI.
[The Merchant transferring his Caresses from the Daughter to the Mother]
TALE VII.
APPENDIX.
A. (Prologue, Page 31.)
B. (Tale I., Page 50.)
C. (Tale IV., Page 85.)
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