Volume 1 — The Table.
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¶ Of him that said there were but two commandementes. i.11
¶ Of the wyfe who lay with her prentys and caused him to beate her husbande disguised in her rayment. ii12
¶ Of John Adroyns in the dyuyls apparell. iii.14
¶ Of the Ryche man and his two sonnes. iv.18
¶ Of the Cockolde who gained a Ring by his iudgment. v.19
¶ Of the scoler that gave his shoes to cloute. vi.20
¶ Of him that said that a womans tongue was lightest of digestion. vii.ib.
¶ Of the Woman that followed her fourth husbands bere and wept. viii.21
¶ Of the Woman that sayd her woer came to late. ix.22
¶ Of the Mylner with the golden thombe. x.23
¶ Of the horseman of Irelande that prayde Oconer for to hange up the frere. xi.ib.
¶ Of the preest that sayd nother Corpus meus nor Corpum meum. xii.26
¶ Of the two freres whereof the one loued nat the ele heed nor the other the tayle. xiii.27
¶ Of the welche man that shroue hym for brekynge of hys faste on the fryday. xiv.28
¶ Of the merchaunte of London that dyd put nobles in his mouthe in hys dethe bedde. xv.30
¶ Of the mylner that stale the nuttes of the tayler that stale a shepe. xvi.31
¶ Of the foure elementes where they should sone be founde. xvii.36
¶ Of the woman that poured the potage in the iudges male. xviii.37
¶ Of the wedded men that came to heuen to clayme theyr herytage. xix.39
¶ Of the merchaunte that charged his sonne to fynde one to synge for hys soule. xx.40
¶ Of the mayde wasshynge clothes that answered the frere. xxi.42
¶ Of the thre wyse men of Gotam. xxii.ib.
¶ Of the graye frere that answered his penytente. xxiii.43
¶ Of the gentylman that bare the sege borde on hys necke. xxiv.44
¶ Of the merchantes wyfe that sayd she wolde take a nap at a sermon. xxv.47
¶ Of the woman that said and she lyued another yere she wolde haue a cockoldes hatte of her owne. xxvi.48
¶ Of the gentylman that wysshed his tothe in the gentylwomans tayle. xxvii.ib.
¶ Of the Welcheman that confessyd hym howe he had slayne a frere. xxviii.49
¶ Of the Welcheman that coude nat gette but a lytell male. xxix.50
¶ Of the gentyll woman that sayde to a gentyll man ye haue a berde aboue and none benethe. xxx.51
¶ Of the frere that sayde our Lorde fed fyue M. people with iii fysshys. xxxi.52
¶ Of the frankelyn that wold haue had the frere gone. xxxii.53
¶ Of the prest that sayd Our Lady was not so curyous a woman. xxxiii.54
¶ Of the good man that sayde to his wyfe he had euyll fare. xxxiv.55
¶ Of the frere that bad his childe make a laten. xxxv.ib.
¶ Of the gentylman that asked the frere for his beuer. xxxvi.56
¶ Of the thre men that chose the woman. xxxvii.ib.
¶ Of the gentylman that taught his cooke the medycyne for the tothake. xxxviii.58
¶ Of the gentylman that promysed the scoler of Oxford a sarcenet typet. xxxix.60
¶ Of mayster Skelton that broughte the bysshop of Norwiche ii fesauntys. xl.62
¶ Of the yeman of garde that sayd he wolde bete the carter. xli.65
¶ Of the fole that saide he had leuer go to hell than to heuen. xlii.66
¶ Of the plowmannys sonne that sayde he sawe one to make a gose to creke swetely. xliii.67
¶ Of the maydes answere that was wyth chylde. xliv.ib.
¶ Of the seruaunt that rymyd with hys mayster. xlv.68
¶ Of the Welcheman that delyuered the letter to the ape. xlvi.69
¶ Of hym that solde ryght nought. xlvii.71
¶ Of the frere that tolde the thre chyldres fortunes. xlviii.72
¶ Of the boy that bare the frere his masters money. xlix.74
¶ Of Phylyp Spencer the bochers man. l.75
¶ Of the courtear and the carter. li.76
¶ Of the yong man that prayd his felow to teche hym hys paternoster. lii.77
¶ Of the frere that prechyd in ryme expownynge the ave maria. liii.78
¶ Of the curat that prechyd the Artycles of the Crede. liv.80
¶ Of the frere that prechyd the x commaundementis. lv.82
¶ Of the wyfe that bad her husbande ete the candell fyrste. lvi.84
¶ Of the man of lawes sonnes answer. lvii.ib.
¶ Of the frere in the pulpet that bad the woman leve her babelynge. lviii.85
¶ Of the Welcheman that cast the Scotte into the see. lix.86
¶ Of the man that had the dome wyfe. lx.87
¶ Of the Proctour of Arches that had the lytel wyfe. lxi.89
¶ Of ii nonnes that were shryuen of one preste. lxii.ib.
¶ Of the esquyer that sholde haue ben made knight. lxiii.91
¶ Of hym that wolde gette the maystrye of his wyfe. lxiv. .92
¶ Of the penytent that sayd the shepe of God haue mercy vpon me. lxv.93
¶ Of the husbande that sayd he was John daw. lxvi.94
¶ Of the scoler of Oxforde that proued by souestry ii chykens iii. lxvii.95
¶ Of the frere that stale the podynge. lxviii.97
¶ Of the frankelyns sonne that cam to take orders. lxix.98
¶ Of the husbandman that lodgyd the frere in his own bede. lxx.99
¶ Of the preste that wolde say two gospels for a grote. lxxi.100
¶ Of the coutear that dyd cast the frere ouer the bote. lxxii.101
¶ Of the frere that prechyd what mennys sowles were. lxxiii.ib.
¶ Of the husbande that cryed ble vnder the bed.lxxiv.102
¶ Of the shomaker that asked the colyer what tydynges in hell. lxxv.103
¶ Of Seynt Peter that cryed cause bobe. lxxvi.104
¶ Of hym that aduenturyd body and soule for hys prynce. lxxvii.105
¶ Of the parson that stale the mylners elys. lxxviii.106
¶ Of the Welchman that saw one xl's better than God. lxxix.ib.
¶ Of the frere that said dyryge for the hoggys soule. lxxx.ib.
¶ Of the parson that sayde masse of requiem for Crystes soule. lxxxi.108
¶ Of the herdeman that sayde: ryde apace, ye shall haue rayn. lxxxii.109
¶ Of hym that sayde: I shall haue neuer a peny. lxxxiii.110
¶ Of the husbande that sayde his wyfe and he agreed well. lxxxiv.111
¶ Of the prest that sayde Comede episcope. lxxxv.ib.
¶ Of the woman that stale the pot. lxxxvi.112
¶ Of mayster Whyttyntons dreme. lxxxvii.113
¶ Of the prest that killed his horse called modicus. lxxxviii.114
¶ Of the Welcheman that stale the Englysshmans cocke. lxxxix.115
¶ Of hym that brought a botell to a preste. xc.ib.
¶ Of the endytement of Jesu of Nazareth. xci.116
¶ Of the frere that preched agaynst them that rode on the Sonday. xcii.117
¶ Of the one broder that founde a purs. xciii.118
¶ Of the answere of the mastres to the mayde. xciv.119
¶ Of the northern man that was all harte. xcv.ib.
¶ Of the burnynge of olde John. xcvi.ib.
¶ Of the courtear that ete the hot custarde. xcvii.121
¶ Of the thre pointes belonging to a shrewd wyfe. xcix.122
¶ Of the man that paynted the lamb upon his wyfes bely. c.123