The Pious Lady and the Gray Friar part 2
After she had earnestly begged him to choose for her daughter such a husband as he knew a woman that loved God and her...
War with the Scyths part 19
Now the Emperor had found out from many things that this Duke John was exceedingly brave, skilled in warfare and never disposed to disregard...
The Dream 2
Howbeit the ways were unknown to me: and thereupon I took up my packet, unlocked and unbarred the doors, but those good and faithful...
Maese Pfirez the Organist part 4
Nevertheless, several minutes passed before the celebrant appeared. The multitude commenced to murmur impatiently; the knights exchanged words with each other in a low...
The Pious Lady and the Gray Friar part 3
“Sir,” replied the worthy woman, “I look upon what you tell me as of great advantage to myself, for I shall at least have...
War with the Scyths part 20
Therefore he sent for Constantine, who was in charge of the royal falcons, and ordered him to take a kettledrum in the evening and...
The Jackal 1
The Jackal (Anonymous: 14th Century A.D., or earlier)
Nothing is known of the author of the Hitopadesa, a manual of didac-tic fables composed—on the basis...
Maese Pfirez the Organist part 5
The multitudinous voices of the metal tubes gave forth a prolonged and majestic chord, which died away little by little, as if a gentle...
The Pious Lady and the Gray Friar part 4
She uttered, however, not a word, but waited till he should turn round again, when, looking still more carefully at him, she had no...
War with the Scyths part 21
Shortly Neantzes approached the Emperor and dismounting from his horse, asked him for another, and the Emperor at once gave him one of the...
