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deprive_v of_o his_o kingdom_n the_o uj_o novel_a folio_n 19_o ¶_o king_n croesus_n of_o lydia_n reason_v with_o the_o wyseman_n solon_n of_o the_o happy_a life_n of_o man_n who_o little_a esteem_v his_o good_a advice_n understode_v before_o his_o death_n that_o no_o man_n but_o by_o virtue_n can_v in_o his_o life_n attain_v felicity_n the_o vij_o novel_a folio_n 21._o aelianus_n ¶_o of_o a_o father_n that_o make_v suit_n to_o have_v his_o own_o son_n put_v to_o death_n the_o eight_o novel_a folio_n 24._o ¶_o water_n offer_v of_o good_a will_n to_o artaxerxes_n the_o king_n of_o persia_n and_o the_o liberal_a reward_n of_o the_o king_n to_o the_o giver_n the_o ix_o novel_a folio_n 24._o ¶_o the_o love_n of_o chariton_n and_o menalippus_n the_o ten_o novel_a folio_n 25._o xenophon_n ¶_o king_n cyrus_n persuade_v by_o araspas_n to_o dispose_v himself_o to_o love_v a_o lady_n call_v panthea_n enter_v into_o a_o pretty_a disputation_n and_o talk_n of_o love_n and_o beauty_n afterwards_o araspas_n himself_o fall_v in_o love_n with_o the_o say_a lady_n but_o she_o endue_v with_o great_a chastity_n avoid_v his_o earnest_n love._n and_o when_o her_o husband_n be_v slay_v in_o the_o service_n of_o cyrus_n she_o kill_v herself_o the_o xj_o novel_a folio_n 27._o quintus_fw-la curtius_n ¶_o abdolominus_fw-la be_v from_o poor_a estate_n advance_v by_o alexander_n the_o great_a through_o his_o honest_a life_n to_o be_v king_n of_o sydone_n the_o twelve_o novel_a folio_n 33._o ¶_o the_o oration_n of_o the_o scythian_a ambassador_n to_o alexander_n the_o great_a reprove_v his_o ambition_n and_o desire_v of_o empire_n the_o xiij_o novel_a folio_n 34._o aulus_n gellius_n ¶_o the_o word_n of_o metellus_n of_o marriage_n and_o wyve_v with_o the_o praise_n and_o dispraise_n of_o the_o same_o the_o xiiij_o novel_a folio_n 36._o ¶_o of_o lais_n and_o demosthenes_n the_o u_o novel_a fol._n 38._o ¶_o c._n fabritius_n and_o aemilius_n consul_n of_o rome_n be_v promise_v that_o king_n 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a_o man_n call_v androctus_fw-la the_o xxij_o novel_a fol._n 44._o ¶_o a_o pretty_a disputation_n of_o the_o philosopher_n phaevorinus_n to_o persuade_v a_o woman_n not_o to_o put_v forth_o her_o child_n to_o nurse_n but_o to_o nourish_v it_o herself_o with_o her_o own_o milk_n the_o xxiij_o novel_a folio_n 45._o ¶_o of_o sertorius_n a_o noble_a roman_a capitaine_n the_o xxiiij_o novel_a folio_n 48._o ¶_o of_o the_o book_n of_o sibylla_n the_o xxu_o novel_a fol._n 49._o ¶_o a_o difference_n and_o controversy_n between_o a_o master_n and_o a_o scholar_n so_o subtle_a that_o the_o judge_n can_v not_o give_v sentence_n the_o xxuj_o novel_a folio_n 50._o plutarche_n ¶_o seleveus_n king_n of_o asia_n give_v his_o wife_n to_o his_o own_o son_n in_o marriage_n be_v his_o mother_n in_o law_n who_o so_o feruentlye_o do_v love_v she_o that_o he_o be_v like_a to_o dye_v which_o by_o a_o discrete_a &_o wise_a invention_n be_v discover_v to_o seleveus_n by_o a_o physician_n the_o xxvij_o novel_a folio_n 51._o ¶_o of_o the_o strange_a and_o beastlye_o nature_n of_o timon_n of_o athenes_n enemy_n to_o mankind_n with_o his_o death_n burial_n and_o epitaphe_n the_o xxviij_o novel_a folio_n 57_o s._n hierome_n and_o pietro_n messia_n ¶_o the_o marriage_n of_o a_o man_n and_o woman_n he_o be_v the_o husband_n of_o xx_o wife_n and_o she_o the_o wife_n of_o xxii_o husband_n the_o xxix_o novel_a folio_n 59_o bocaccio_n ¶_o how_o melchisedech_n a_o jew_n by_o tell_v a_o pretty_a tale_n of_o three_o king_n save_v his_o life_n the_o xxx_o novel_a folio_n 60._o ¶_o one_o call_v guglielmo_n borsiere_n with_o certain_a word_n well_o place_v taunt_v the_o covetous_a life_n of_o ermino_n grimaldi_n the_o xxxj_o novel_a folio_n 61._o ¶_o master_n alberto_n of_o bologna_n by_o a_o pleasant_a answer_n make_v a_o gentlewoman_n to_o blush_v which_o have_v think_v to_o have_v put_v he_o out_o of_o countenance_n in_o tell_v he_o that_o he_o be_v in_o love_n with_o her_z the_o xxxij_o novel_a folio_n 63._o ¶_o rinald._n of_o esti_n be_v rob_v arrive_v at_o castel_n guglielmo_n &_o be_v succour_v of_o a_o widow_n and_o restore_v to_o his_o loss_n return_v safe_a and_o sound_o home_o to_o his_o own_o house_n the_o xxxiij_o novel_a fol._n 64._o ¶_o three_o young_a man_n have_v fondlye_a consume_v all_o that_o they_o have_v become_v very_o poor_a who_o nephew_n as_o he_o return_v out_o of_o england_n into_o italy_n by_o the_o way_n fill_v in_o acquaintance_n with_o a_o abbot_n who_o upon_o further_a familiarity_n he_o know_v to_o be_v the_o king_n of_o england_n daughter_n which_o take_v he_o to_o her_o husband_n afterward_o she_o restore_v his_o uncle_n to_o all_o their_o loss_n and_o send_v they_o home_o in_o good_a state_n and_o reputation_n the_o xxxiiij_o novel_a folio_n 68_o ¶_o landâ—lfo_n ruffolo_n be_v inpoverish_v become_v a_o pirate_n and_o take_v by_o the_o genevois_n be_v in_o danger_n of_o drown_v who_o save_v himself_o upon_o a_o little_a coffer_n full_a of_o scotfree_a 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