A King in Disguise part 5
Unbounded was the joy and congratulation of the courtiers on thus meeting with him safe and uninjured. The king then turning round to the...
A King in Disguise part 4
Even I, a poor fisherman, with a wife and little family, am not forgotten, and enjoy my poverty in peace. He permits me to...
A King in Disguise part 3
As he thus stood, listening to the distant thunder and the raving of the storm, he stretched his view in vain to discover some...
A King in Disguise part 2
Residing there during several years, I acquired an excellent knowledge of the language, manners, and peculiar practices of the people, when I was at...
A King in Disguise part 1
Matteo Bandello (1480 – 1560)
Bandello, a Lombard noble by birth, is, next to Boccaccio, the most celebrated of the Italian story-tellers, and he, like...
The Divided Horsecloth part 8
“Fair, sweet son, my heart trembles within me, so greatly do I dread the cold. Give me, then, the cloth you spread upon your...
The Divided Horsecloth part 7
“Ah, fair, sweet son, what is this thou sayest to me! For the love of God turn me not from thy door. I lie...
The Divided Horsecloth part 6
Thus before the witnesses he divested himself utterly of all his wealth, and became naked as a peeled wand in the eyes of the...
The Divided Horsecloth part 5
The eldest of these brothers had a daughter, but the mother of the maid was dead. Now this damsel owned in Paris a certain...
The Divided Horsecloth part 4
For very greatly are those loved and esteemed by their fellows who are courteous in speech` and address. He who has fair words in...
