The Chronicle of Clemendy; or, The History of the IX. Joyous Journeys [1 ed.]
The Chronicle of Clemendy; or, The History of the IX. Joyous Journeys. In which are contained the amorous inventions and
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English Pages 314 [329] Year 1888
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Table of contents :
Epistle Dedicatory vii
The Discourse of Ale 1
The Preparation, with the Strange Story of a Red Jar 13
'The Spigot Clerk's First Tale-How the Folk of
Abergavenny were pestered by an accursed knight 26
The Lord Maltworm’s First Tale—How a man of
Caerleon found a great treasure 59
The Rubrican's First Tale-What fell out in the
ancient keep of Caldicot 103
The Tankard Marshall’s First Tale—The Quest of
the Dial and the Vane 103
By the Way 127
The Spigot Clerk’s Second Tale—How a Knight of
Uske kept guard over a tree 131
The Portreeve’s Solemnity 157
The Tale told by the Seigneur of La Roche Nemours—
The Quaint History of a Lord of Gwent and how
his wife desired to smell a Rose 166
The Journey Homeward 208
Signor Piero Latini's Tale-How the Duke of San
Giuliano made build a high wall 218
The Lord Maltworm’s Second Tale
—The Affair done at the house with the lattice 246
The Rubrican’s Second Tale
—The Triumph of Love 282
Epilogue 309
