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## Creed And Deed
By Felix Adler (1851 - 1933)
## Monks, Popes, and their Intrigues
By John Alberger (circa 1850)
## Reason, The Only Oracle of Man
By Ethan Allen (1737 - 1789)
Letter To Sir Samuel Shepherd
By Anonymous (--)
The Life of David
By Anonymous (--)
The Doubts Of Infidels
By Anonymous (--)
The Miraculous Conception
By Anonymous (--)
## Thoughts on the Christian Religion
By Anonymous (--)
Christian Mystery
By Anonymous (--)
The Gospel of Evolution
By Edward Aveling (1849 - 1898)
## My Path to Atheism
By Annie Besant (1847 - 1933)
What it is Blasphemy to Deny
By Annie Besant (1847 - 1933)
## God and my Neighbour
by Robert Blatchford (1851-1943)
## The Decameron
by Giovanni Boccaccio ()
## Life of St. Paul
by Nicolas-Antoine Boulanger (1722-1759)
## Christianity Unveiled
by Nicolas-Antoine Boulanger (1722-1759)
## Ancient and Modern Freethinkers
By Bradlaugh, Collins and Watts (--)
Humanity's Gain from Unbelief
By Charles Bradlaugh (1833 - 1891)
## Impeachment of The House of Brunswick
By Charles Bradlaugh (1833 - 1891)
## The Bible: what it is
By Charles Bradlaugh (1833 - 1891)
When Were Our Gospels Written?
By Charles Bradlaugh (1833 - 1891)
## Heresy: Its Utility And Morality
By Charles Bradlaugh (1833 - 1891)
## A Few Words About the Devil
By Charles Bradlaugh (1833 - 1891)
Some Objections To Socialism
By Charles Bradlaugh (1833 - 1891)
## Theological Essays
By Charles Bradlaugh (1833 - 1891)
## L'Histoire Des Vaudois
By J. Bresse (--)
## Bacon And Shakspere
By William Henry Burr (--)
## The Battle of The Press
By T. Carlile Campbell (--)
Address to Men of Science
By Richard Carlile (1790 - 1843)
Life of Thomas Paine
By Richard Carlile (1790 - 1843)
Church Reform
By Richard Carlile (1790 - 1843)
## Society for the Suppression of Vice
By Richard Carlile (1790 - 1843)
## Pagan and Christian Creeds
by Edward Carpenter (1844-1929)
Marriage In Free Society
by Edward Carpenter (1844-1929)
## Supernatural Religion, Vol. I.
By Walter Richard Cassels (1826 - 1907)
## Supernatural Religion, Vol. II.
By Walter Richard Cassels (1826 - 1907)
## Supernatural Religion, Vol. III.
By Walter Richard Cassels (1826 - 1907)
## A Grammar of Freethought
By Chapman Cohen (1868 - 1954)
## The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I.
By Moncure D. Conway (1832 - 1907)
## The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II.
By Moncure D. Conway (1832 - 1907)
## Biblical Extracts
By Robert Cooper (--)
## The Power Of The Popes
B y Pierre Claude François Daunou (1761 -
1840)
## On the Origin of Species, Ed. 1
by Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882)
## On the Origin of Species, Ed. 6
by Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882)
## Religion and Science
by John William Draper (1811-1882)
In Praise of Folly
By Desiderius Erasmus (1466? - 1536)
## Tales and Novels
By Jean de la Fontaine (1621 - 1695)
## Prisoner for Blasphemy
by George William Foote (1850-1915)
## Flowers of Freethought, I
By George W. Foote (1850-1915)
## Flowers of Freethought, II
By George W. Foote (1850-1915)
## Arrows of Freethought
By George W. Foote (1850-1915)
## Bible Romances
By George W. Foote (1850-1915)
Comic Bible Sketches
By George W. Foote (1850-1915)
Reminiscences of Charles Bradlaugh
By George W. Foote (1850-1915)
## The Book Of God
By George W. Foote (1850-1915)
## Satires And Profanities
By George W. Foote (1850-1915)
Salvation Syrup
By George W. Foote (1850-1915)
## Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life
By George W. Foote (1850-1915)
Watson Refuted
By Samuel Francis (1850-1915)
## God-Idea of the Ancients
By Eliza Burt Gamble ( )
## Men, Women, and Gods
By Helen H. Gardener (1853-1925)
## Rule of the Monk
By Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807 - 1882)
## Sixteen Crucified Saviors
By Kersey Graves (1813 - 1883)
## Leviathan
By Thomas Hobbes (1588 - 1679)
## Auricular Confession + Nunneries
By William Hogan (circa 1795)
## Popery! As it Was and Is
By William Hogan (circa 1795)
## Good Sense
by Baron D'Holbach (1723-1789)
## Letters To Eugenia
By Paul Henri Thiry Holbach (1723-1789)
## Liberty In The Nineteenth Century
by Frederic May Holland (--)
## Bygones, Vol. 1
By George Jacob Holyoake (1817 - 1906)
## Bygones, Vol. 2
By George Jacob Holyoake (1817 - 1906)
## Principles Of Secularism
By George Jacob Holyoake (1817 - 1906)
The Limits Of Atheism
By George Jacob Holyoake (1817 - 1906)
## Last Trial For Atheism
By George Jacob Holyoake (1817 - 1906)
## A Logic of Facts
By George Jacob Holyoake (1817 - 1906)
## English Secularism
By George Jacob Holyoake (1817 - 1906)
## Life of Richard Carlile
By George Jacob Holyoake (1817 - 1906)
Ludicrous Christianity
By Austin Holyoak (--)
## The Ghosts
By Robert G. Ingersoll (1833 - 1899)
Hell
By Robert G. Ingersoll (1833 - 1899)
## About The Holy Bible
By Robert G. Ingersoll (1833 - 1899)
Oration on Thomas Paine
By Robert G. Ingersoll (1833 - 1899)
The Christian Religion
By Robert G. Ingersoll (1833 - 1899)
Heretics And Heresies
By Robert G. Ingersoll (1833 - 1899)
Humboldt
By Robert G. Ingersoll (1833 - 1899)
Individuality
By Robert G. Ingersoll (1833 - 1899)
## Mistakes of Moses
By Robert G. Ingersoll (1833 - 1899)
Thomas Paine-A Lecture
By Robert G. Ingersoll (1833 - 1899)
Trial of C. B. Reynolds
By Robert G. Ingersoll (1833 - 1899)
Shakespeare
By Robert G. Ingersoll (1833 - 1899)
## Ingersollia
By Robert G. Ingersoll (1833 - 1899)
The Gods
By Robert G. Ingersoll (1833 - 1899)
Ancient Faiths And Modern
By Thomas Inman (1820-1876)
Ancient Pagan Symbolism
By Thomas Inman (1820-1876)
## Fruits of Philosophy
By Charles Knowlton (1800 - 1850)
## Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 1
by Andrew Lang (1844 - 1912)
## Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 2
by Andrew Lang (1844 - 1912)
Tyanny of
God
(produced
by
Distributed
Proofreaders)
by Joseph Lewis (1889 - 1968)
## The Story of the Mormons
by William Alexander Linn (1886-1944)
## Supernatural Claims of Christianity
by Lionel Lisle ( )
## The Story of Mankind
By Hendrik van Loon (1882 - 1944)
## Superstition In All Ages
by Jean Meslier (1664-1729)
## Religion In The Heavens
by Logan Mitchell (--)
Exempting the Churches
by James F. Morton, Jr (--)
Nature and the Gods
By Arthur B. Moss ( )
## Friends of Free Discussion
By Benjamin Offen ( )
## The Non-Christian Cross
By John Denham Parsons ( )
Character Of The Jew Books
By Philanthropos ( )
Character Of a Priest
By Philanthropos ( )
Ingersoll in Canada
By Allen Pringle ( )
Anthem
by Ayn Rand (1905-1982)
The Christ Of Paul
By George Reber ( )
## Bygone Beliefs
by H. Stanley Redgrove (1887-1943)
## Lincoln: Was He A Christian?
By John B. Remsburg ( )
The Christian Sabbath
By John E. Remsburg ( )
## Thomas Paine, The Apostle of Liberty
By John E. Remsburg ( )
## Maxims
of Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680)
## The Holy Coat Of Treves
By John Ronge ( )
## On The Prospects Of Christianity
By George B. Shaw (1856 - 1950)
The Wandering Jew
By Eugene Sue (1804 - 1857)
## Arguments of Celsus
By Thomas Taylor (1858 - 1938)
The Innocents Abroad
By Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
## The Entire Forbidden Gospels
by Archbishop William Wake (1657 - 1737)
## Is The Bible Worth Reading
by Lemuel K. Washburn ( )
## The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys
by R. B. Westbrook ( )
A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers
By Joseph Mazzini Wheeler (--)
## Frauds and Follies of the Fathers
By Joseph M. Wheeler ( )
## Bible Studies
By Joseph M. Wheeler ( )
The Christian Doctrine of Hell
By Joseph M. Wheeler ( )
## Warfare of Science with Theology
by Andrew Dickson White (1832 - 1918)
## The Ruins
by C. F. [Constantin Francois de] Volney
(1757-1820)
Letter To Sir Samuel Shepherd
By Anonymous (--)
The Life of David
By Anonymous (--)
The Doubts Of Infidels
By Anonymous (--)
The Miraculous Conception
By Anonymous (--)
Christian Mystery
By Anonymous (--)
What it is Blasphemy to Deny
By Annie Besant (1847 - 1933)
Humanity's Gain from Unbelief
By Charles Bradlaugh (1833 - 1891)
When Were Our Gospels Written?
By Charles Bradlaugh (1833 - 1891)
Some Objections To Socialism
By Charles Bradlaugh (1833 - 1891)
Address to Men of Science
By Richard Carlile (1790 - 1843)
Life of Thomas Paine
By Richard Carlile (1790 - 1843)
Church Reform
By Richard Carlile (1790 - 1843)
Marriage In Free Society
by Edward Carpenter (1844-1929)
In Praise of Folly
By Desiderius Erasmus (1466? - 1536)
Comic Bible Sketches
By George W. Foote (1850-1915)
Reminiscences of Charles Bradlaugh By George W. Foote (1850-1915)
Salvation Syrup
By George W. Foote (1850-1915)
Watson Refuted
By Samuel Francis (1850-1915)
The Limits Of Atheism
By George Jacob Holyoake (1817 - 1906)
Ludicrous Christianity
By Austin Holyoak (--)
Hell
By Robert G. Ingersoll (1833 - 1899)
Oration on Thomas Paine
By Robert G. Ingersoll (1833 - 1899)
The Christian Religion
By Robert G. Ingersoll (1833 - 1899)
Heretics And Heresies
By Robert G. Ingersoll (1833 - 1899)
Humboldt
By Robert G. Ingersoll (1833 - 1899)
Individuality
By Robert G. Ingersoll (1833 - 1899)
Thomas Paine-A Lecture
By Robert G. Ingersoll (1833 - 1899)
Trial of C. B. Reynolds
By Robert G. Ingersoll (1833 - 1899)
The Gods
By Robert G. Ingersoll (1833 - 1899)
Ancient Pagan Symbolism
By Thomas Inman (1820-1876)
Character Of a Priest
By Philanthropos ( )
The Christian Sabbath
By John E. Remsburg ( )
The Christian Doctrine of Hell
By Joseph M. Wheeler ( )
TABLES OF CONTENTS
CREED AND DEED
A SERIES OF DISCOURSES
By Felix Adler
1880
CONTENTS
PREFATORY NOTICE.
CREED AND DEED
I. IMMORTALITY
II. RELIGION
III. THE NEW IDEAL
IV. THE PRIESTS OF THE IDEAL
V. THE FORM OF THE NEW IDEAL
. A NEW ORDER
VI. THE RELIGIOUS CONSERVATISM OF WOMEN.
VII. OUR CONSOLATIONS
VIII. SPINOZA
IX. THE FOUNDER OF CHRISTIANITY
X. THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY DISCOURSE
APPENDIX
I. THE EVOLUTION OF HEBREW RELIGION
II. REFORMED JUDAISM
. THE PURITY OF THEIR DOMESTIC RELATIONS
. THE SCHOOLS
. THE DEMOCRATIC ORGANIZATION OF THE SYNAGOGUE
. THE INFLUENCE OF PERSECUTION
III. REFORMED JUDAISM
. THE BIBLE
. SOCIAL STANDING.
. PARIS, THE NEW JERUSALEM
. THE LITURGY
. "HEP-HEP"
. THE SCIENCE OF JUDAISM
. SCIENTIFIC THEOLOGY
. PRINCIPLES
. PROSPECTS
MONKS, POPES, AND THEIR
POLITICAL INTRIGUES
By John Alberger
"Like lambs have we crept into power; like wolves have we used it; like dogs
have we been driven out; like eagles shall we renew our youth."—St. Francis
Borgia.
"Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty."—Washington.
CONTENTS
PREFACE
MONKS, POPES, AND THEIR POLITICAL INTRIGUES
CHAPTER I.
CATHOLICISM A POLITICAL ORGANIZATION
CHAPTER II.
THE POLITICAL MACHINERY OF THE PAPAL POWER
CHAPTER III.
THE MONASTIC VOW OF PERPETUAL SOLITUDE
CHAPTER IV.
THE MONASTIC VOW OF PERPETUAL SILENCE
CHAPTER V.
THE MONASTIC VOW OF SILENT CONTEMPLATION
CHAPTER VI.
THE MONASTIC VOW OF POVERTY
CHAPTER VII. MONASTIC VOW OF CELIBACY
CHAPTER
VIII.
MONASTIC VOW OF UNCONDITIONAL OBEDIENCE
CHAPTER IX.
PAGAN ORIGIN OF THE MONASTIC ORDERS.—CONCLUDING REMARKS
CHAPTER X.
POPES,
THEIR
PRETENSIONS,
ELECTIONS,
CHARACTER,
AND
ADMINISTRATIONS
CHAPTER XI.
THE PAPAL MONARCHY
CHAPTER XII. PAPAL POLITICAL INTRIGUES IN ENGLAND
CHAPTER
XIII.
PAPAL POLITICAL INTRIGUES IN FRANCE
CHAPTER
XIV.
PAPAL POLITICAL INTRIGUES IN GERMANY
CHAPTER
XV.
PAPAL POLITICAL INTRIGUES IN PORTUGAL AND SPAIN
CHAPTER
XVI.
PAPAL INTRIGUES RESPECTING THE UNITED STATES
REASON,
THE ONLY ORACLE OF MAN;
OR A COMPENDIUS SYSTEM OF NATURAL
RELIGION.
By Col. Ethan Allen
CONTENTS
REASON
INTRODUCTION.
PREFACE.
ORACLES OF REASON
CHAPTER I.
SECTION I. THE DUTY OF REFORMING MANKIND FROM SUPERSTITION AND ERROR...
SECTION II. OF THE BEING OF A GOD
SECTION III. THE MANNER OF DISCOVERING THE MORAL PERFECTIONS...
SECTION IV. THE CAUSE OF IDOLATRY, AND THE REMEDY OF IT
CHAPTER II.
SECTION I. OF THE ETERNITY OF CREATION
SECTION II. OBSERVATIONS OF MOSES'S ACCOUNT OF CREATION
SECTION III. OF THE ETERNITY AND INFINITUDE OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE
SECTION IV. THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD DOES NOT INTERFERE...
CHAPTER III.
SECTION I. THE DOCTRINE OF THE INFINITY OF EVIL AND OF SIN CONSIDERED
SECTION II. THE MORAL GOVERNMENT OF GOD AS INCOMPATIBLE...
SECTION III. HUMAN LIBERTY, AGENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY, CANNOT...
SECTION IV. OF PHYSICAL EVILS.
CHAPTER IV.
SECTION I. SPECULATION ON THE DOCTRINE OF THE DEPRAVITY...
SECTION II. CONTAINING A DISQUISITION OF THE LAW OF NATURE...
CHAPTER V.
SECTION I. ARGUMENTATIVE REFLECTIONS ON SUPERNATURAL...
SECTION II. CONTAINING OBSERVATIONS ON THE PROVIDENCE...
CHAPTER VI.
SECTION I. OF MIRACLES
SECTION II. A SUCCESSION OF KNOWLEDGE, OR OF THE EXERTION OF POWER...
SECTION III. RARE AND WONDERFUL PHENOMENA NO EVIDENCE OF MIRACLES...
SECTION IV. PRAYER CANNOT BE ATTENDED WITH MIRACULOUS CONSEQUENCES
CHAPTER VII.
SECTION I. THE VAGUENESS AND UNINTELLIGIBLENESS OF THE PROPHECIES...
SECTION II. THE CONTENTIONS WHICH SUBSISTED BETWEEN THE PROPHETS...
CHAPTER VIII.
SECTION I. OF THE NATURE OF FAITH AND WHEREIN IT CONSISTS
SECTION II. OF THE TRADITIONS OF OUR FOREFATHERS
SECTION III. OUR FAITH IS GOVERNED BY OUR REASONINGS...
CHAPTER IX.
SECTION I. A TRINITY OF PERSONS CANNOT EXIST IN THE DIVINE ESSENCE...
SECTION IX. ESSENCE BEING THE CAUSE OF IDENTITY...
SECTION III. THE IMPERFECTION OF KNOWLEDGE...
CHAPTER X.
SECTION I. OBSERVATIONS ON THE STATE OF MAN, IN MOSES'S PARADISE...
SECTION II. POINTING OUT THE NATURAL IMPOSSIBILITY OF ALL AND EVERY...
SECTION III. OF THE ORIGIN OF THE DEVIL OR OF MORAL EVIL...
CHAPTER XI.
SECTION I. IMPUTATION CANNOT CHANGE, ALIENATE OR TRANSFER...
SECTION II. THE MORAL RECTITUDE OF THINGS FORECLOSES...
SECTION III. CONTAINING REMARKS ON THE ATONEMENT...
SECTION IV. REMARKS ON REDEMPTION, WROUGHT OUT BY INFLICTING...
CHAPTER XII.
SECTION II. THE VARIETY OF ANNOTATIONS AND EXPOSITIONS...
SECTION III. ON THE COMPILING OP THE MANUSCRIPTS OF THE SCRIPTURES...
CHAPTER XIII.
SECTION II. OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE EXERCISE OF REASON...
THOUGHTS ON THE
CHRISTIAN RELIGION BY A
DEIST
TO WHICH ARE ADDED, A FEW IDEAS ON
MIRACULOUS CONVERSION, AND RELIGION IN
GENERAL.
By A Theophilanthropist
CONTENTS
THOUGHTS ON THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION BY A DEIST
ON MIRACULOUS CONVERSIONS.
A FEW IDEAS ON THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION.
DEISM EXAMINED
MY PATH TO ATHEISM
By Annie Besant
CONTENTS
PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION.
ON THE DEITY OF JESUS OF NAZARETH
A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE FOURTH GOSPEL AND THE THREE SYNOPTICS
ON THE ATONEMENT.
ON THE MEDIATION AND SALVATION OF ECCLESIASTICAL CHRISTIANITY.
ON ETERNAL TORTURE.
ON INSPIRATION
ON THE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OF CHILDREN.
NATURAL RELIGION VERSUS REVEALED RELIGION.
ON THE NATURE AND THE EXISTENCE OF GOD.
EUTHANASIA.
ON PRAYER.
CONSTRUCTIVE RATIONALISM.
THE BEAUTIES OF THE PRAYER-BOOK.
MORNING PRAYER.
EVENING PRAYER.
THE LITANY.
PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGS UPON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.
THE COMMUNION SERVICE.
THE BAPTISMAL OFFICES.
THE ORDER OF CONFIRMATION.
THE FORM OF THE SOLEMNIZATION OF MATRIMONY.
THE ORDER FOR THE VISITATION OF THE SICK.
THE ORDER FOR THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD.
A COMMINATION OR DENOUNCING OF GOD'S ANGER AND JUDGMENTS AGAINST
FORMS OF PRAYER TO BE USED AT SEA.
THE FORM AND MANNER OF MAKING, ORDAINING, AND CONSECRATING OF
BISHOPS,
THE ARTICLES.
THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND CATECHISM
GOD AND MY NEIGHBOUR
By Robert Blatchford ("Nunquam")
CONTENTS
PREFACE
FOREWORDS
GOD AND MY NEIGHBOUR
THE SIN OF UNBELIEF
ONE REASON
WHAT I CAN AND CANNOT BELIEVE
THE OLD TESTAMENT
IS THE BIBLE THE WORD OF GOD?
THE EVOLUTION OF THE BIBLE
NOTES ON THE MOSES MYTH.
THE UNIVERSE ACCORDING TO ANCIENT RELIGION AND MODERN SCIENCE
JEHOVAH THE ADOPTED HEAVENLY FATHER OF CHRISTIANITY
THE BOOK OF BOOKS
OUR HEAVENLY FATHER
PRAYER AND PRAISE
THE NEW TESTAMENT THE RESURRECTION
THE GOSPEL WITNESSES
THE TIME SPIRIT IN THE FIRST CENTURY
CHRISTIANITY BEFORE CHRIST
OTHER EVIDENCES OF CHRIST'S DIVINITY
THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION WHAT IS CHRISTIANITY?
DETERMINISM
CHRISTIAN APOLOGIES
CHRISTIANITY AND CIVILISATION
CHRISTIANITY AND ETHICS
THE SUCCESS OF CHRISTIANITY
THE PROPHECIES
THE UNIVERSALITY OF RELIGIOUS BELIEF
SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT
SOME OTHER APOLOGIES
COUNSELS OF DESPAIR
CONCLUSION THE PARTING OF THE WAYS
The Decameron
By Giovanni Boccaccio
Translated byJohn Payne
CONTENTS
PROEM.
DAY THE FIRST 1
The First Story. Master Ciappelletto dupeth a holy friar with a false confession and dieth; and
having been in his lifetime the worst of men, he is, after his death, reputed a saint and called Saint
Ciappelletto 16
The Second Story. Abraham the Jew, at the instigation of Jehannot de Chevigné, goeth to the Court
of Rome and seeing the depravity of the clergy, returneth to Paris and there becometh a Christian
25
The Third Story. Melchizedek the Jew, with a story of three rings, escapeth a parlous snare set for
him by Saladin 28
The Fourth Story. A monk, having fallen into a sin deserving of very grievous punishment, adroitly
reproaching the same fault to his abbot, quitteth himself of the penalty 30
The Fifth Story. The Marchioness of Monferrato, with a dinner of hens and certain sprightly words,
curbeth the extravagant passion of the King of France 33
The Sixth Story. An honest man, with a chance pleasantry, putteth to shame the perverse hypocrisy
of the religious orders 35
The Seventh Story. Bergamino, with a story of Primasso and the Abbot of Cluny, courteously
rebuketh a fit of parsimony newly come to Messer Cane della Scala 37
The Eighth Story. Guglielmo Borsiere with some quaint words rebuketh the niggardliness of Messer
Ermino de' Grimaldi 40
The Ninth Story. The King of Cyprus, touched to the quick by a Gascon lady, from a mean-spirited
prince becometh a man of worth and valiance 42
The Tenth Story. Master Alberto of Bologna civilly putteth a lady to the blush who thought to have
shamed him of being enamoured of her 43
DAY THE SECOND 48
The First Story. Martellino feigneth himself a cripple and maketh believe to wax whole upon the
body of St. Arrigo. His imposture being discovered, he is beaten and being after taken [for a thief,]
goeth in peril of being hanged by the neck, but ultimately escapeth 49
The Second Story. Rinaldo d'Asti, having been robbed, maketh his way to Castel Guglielmo, where
he is hospitably entertained by a widow lady and having made good his loss, returneth to his own
house, safe and sound 52
The Third Story. Three young men squander their substance and become poor; but a nephew of
theirs, returning home in desperation, falleth in with an abbot and findeth him to be the king's
daughter of England, who taketh him to husband and maketh good all his uncles' losses, restoring
them to good estate 57
The Fourth Story. Landolfo Ruffolo, grown poor, turneth corsair and being taken by the Genoese, is
wrecked at sea, but saveth himself upon a coffer full of jewels of price and being entertained in
Corfu by a woman, returneth home rich 63
The Fifth Story. Andreuccio of Perugia, coming to Naples to buy horses, is in one night overtaken
with three grievous accidents, but escapeth them all and returneth home with a ruby 66
The Sixth Story. Madam Beritola, having lost her two sons, is found on a desert island with two kids
and goeth thence into Lunigiana, where one of her sons, taking service with the lord of the country,
lieth with his daughter and is cast into prison. Sicily after rebelling against King Charles and the
youth being recognized by his mother, he espouseth his lord's daughter, and his brother being
likewise found, they are all three restored to high estate 75
The Seventh Story. The Soldan of Babylon sendeth a daughter of his to be married to the King of
Algarve, and she, by divers chances, in the space of four years cometh to the hands of nine men in
various places. Ultimately, being restored to her father for a maid, she goeth to the King of
Algarve to wife, as first she did 85
The Eighth Story. The Count of Antwerp, being falsely accused, goeth into exile and leaveth his two
children in different places in England, whither, after awhile, returning in disguise and finding them
in good case, he taketh service as a horseboy in the service of the King of France and being
approved innocent, is restored to his former estate 100
The Ninth Story. Bernabo of Genoa, duped by Ambrogiuolo, loseth his good and commandeth that
his innocent wife be put to death. She escapeth and serveth the Soldan in a man's habit. Here she
lighteth upon the deceiver of her husband and bringeth the latter to Alexandria, where, her
traducer being punished, she resumeth woman's apparel and returneth to Genoa with her husband,
rich 111
The Tenth Story. Paganino of Monaco stealeth away the wife of Messer Ricciardo di Chinzica, who,
learning where she is, goeth thither and making friends with Paganino, demandeth her again of
him. The latter concedeth her to him, an she will; but she refuseth to return with him and Messer
Ricciardo dying, she becometh the wife of Paganino 120
DAY THE THIRD 127
The First Story. Masetto of Lamporecchio feigneth himself dumb and becometh gardener to a
convent of women, who all flock to lie with him 129
The Second Story. A horsekeeper lieth with the wife of King Agilulf, who, becoming aware thereof,
without word said, findeth him out and polleth him; but the polled man polleth all his fellows on
like wise and so escapeth ill hap 134
The Third Story. Under colour of confession and of exceeding niceness of conscience, a lady, being
enamoured of a young man, bringeth a grave friar, without his misdoubting him thereof, to afford
a means of giving entire effect to her pleasure 137
The Fourth Story. Dom Felice teacheth Fra Puccio how he may become beatified by performing a
certain penance of his fashion, which the other doth, and Dom Felice meanwhile leadeth a merry
life of it with the good man's wife 143
The Fifth Story. Ricciardo, surnamed Il Zima, giveth Messer Francesco Vergellesi a palfrey of his
and hath therefor his leave to speak with his wife. She keeping silence, he in her person replieth
unto himself, and the effect after ensueth in accordance with his answer 147
The Sixth Story. Ricciardo Minutolo, being enamoured of the wife of Filippello Fighinolfi and
knowing her jealousy of her husband, contriveth, by representing that Filippello was on the ensuing
day to be with his own wife in a bagnio, to bring her to the latter place, where, thinking to be with
her husband, she findeth that she hath abidden with Ricciardo 152
The Seventh Story. Tedaldo Elisei, having fallen out with his mistress, departeth Florence and
returning thither, after awhile, in a pilgrim's favour, speaketh with the lady and maketh her
cognisant of her error; after which he delivereth her husband, who had been convicted of
murdering him, from death and reconciling him with his brethren, thenceforward discreetly
enjoyeth himself with his mistress 157
The Eighth Story. Ferondo, having swallowed a certain powder, is entombed for dead and being
taken forth of the sepulchre by the abbot, who enjoyeth his wife the while, is put in prison and
given to believe that he is in purgatory; after which, being raised up again, he reareth for his own a
child begotten of the abbot on his wife 169
The Ninth Story. Gillette de Narbonne recovereth the King of France of a fistula and demandeth for
her husband Bertrand de Roussillon, who marrieth her against his will and betaketh him for despite
to Florence, where, he paying court to a young lady, Gillette, in the person of the latter, lieth with
him and hath by him two sons; wherefore after, holding her dear, he entertaineth her for his wife
176
The Tenth Story. Alibech, turning hermit, is taught by Rustico, a monk, to put the devil in hell, and
being after brought away thence, becometh Neerbale his wife 182
DAY THE FOURTH 189
The First Story. Tancred, Prince of Salerno, slayeth his daughter's lover and sendeth her his heart in
a bowl of gold; whereupon, pouring poisoned water over it, she drinketh thereof and dieth 194
The Second Story. Fra Alberto giveth a lady to believe that the angel Gabriel is enamoured of her
and in his shape lieth with her sundry times; after which, for fear of her kinsmen, he casteth himself
forth of her window into the canal and taketh refuge in the house of a poor man, who on the
morrow carrieth him, in the guise of a wild man of the woods, to the Piazza, where, being
recognized, he is taken by his brethren and put in prison 201
The Third Story. Three young men love three sisters and flee with them into Crete, where the eldest
sister for jealousy slayeth her lover. The second, yielding herself to the Duke of Crete, saveth her
sister from death, whereupon her own lover slayeth her and fleeth with the eldest sister. Meanwhile
the third lover and the youngest sister are accused of the new murder and being taken, confess it;
then, for fear of death, they corrupt their keepers with money and flee to Rhodes, where they die in
poverty 208
The Fourth Story. Gerbino, against the plighted faith of his grandfather, King Guglielmo of Sicily,
attacketh a ship of the King of Tunis, to carry off a daughter of his, who being put to death of those
on board, he slayeth these latter and is after himself beheaded 213
The Fifth Story. Lisabetta's brothers slay her lover, who appeareth to her in a dream and showeth
her where he is buried, whereupon she privily disinterreth his head and setteth it in a pot of basil.
Thereover making moan a great while every day, her brothers take it from her and she for grief
dieth a little thereafterward 216
The Sixth Story. Andrevuola loveth Gabriotto and recounteth to him a dream she hath had,
whereupon he telleth her one of his own and presently dieth suddenly in her arms. What while she
and a waiting woman of hers bear him to his own house, they are taken by the officers of justice
and carried before the provost, to whom she discovereth how the case standeth. The provost would
fain force her, but she suffereth it not and her father, coming to hear of the matter, procureth her
to be set at liberty, she being found innocent; whereupon, altogether refusing to abide longer in the
world, she becometh a nun 220
The Seventh Story. Simona loveth Pasquino and they being together in a garden, the latter rubbeth
a leaf of sage against his teeth and dieth. She, being taken and thinking to show the judge how her
lover died, rubbeth one of the same leaves against her teeth and dieth on like wise 225
The Eighth Story. Girolamo loveth Salvestra and being constrained by his mother's prayers to go to
Paris, returneth and findeth his mistress married; whereupon he entereth her house by stealth and
dieth by her side; and he being carried to a church, Salvestra dieth beside him 228
The Ninth Story. Sir Guillaume de Roussillon giveth his wife to eat the heart of Sir Guillaume de
Guardestaing by him slain and loved of her, which she after coming to know, casteth herself from a
high casement to the ground and dying, is buried with her lover 232
The Tenth Story. A physician's wife putteth her lover for dead in a chest, which two usurers carry off
to their own house, gallant and all. The latter, who is but drugged, cometh presently to himself and
being discovered, is taken for a thief; but the lady's maid avoucheth to the seignory that she herself
had put him into the chest stolen by the two usurers, whereby he escapeth the gallows and the
thieves are amerced in certain monies 235
The First Story. Cimon, loving, waxeth wise and carrieth off to sea Iphigenia his mistress. Being cast
into prison at Rhodes, he is delivered thence by Lysimachus and in concert with him carrieth off
Iphigenia and Cassandra on their wedding-day, with whom the twain flee into Crete, where the two
ladies become their wives and whence they are presently all four recalled home 244
