The Palace of Pleasure (1890)/Volume 1
THE
PALACE OF PLEASURE
VOL. I.
Of this Edition five hundred and fifty copies have been printed,
five hundred of which are for sale.
THE
Palace of Pleasure
ELIZABETHAN VERSIONS OF ITALIAN AND FRENCH NOVELS
FROM BOCCACCIO, BANDELLO, CINTHIO, STRAPAROLA,
QUEEN MARGARET OF NAVARRE,
AND OTHERS
DONE INTO ENGLISH
NOW AGAIN EDITED FOR THE FOURTH TIME
VOL. I.
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LONDON: PUBLISHED BY DAVID NUTT IN THE STRAND
MDCCCXC
Ballantyne Press
BALLANTYNE, HANSON AND CO.
EDINBURGH AND LONDON
TO
EDWARD BURNE-JONES
| VOLUME I. | ||
| PAGE | ||
| PREFACE | ix | |
| INTRODUCTION | xi | |
| PRELIMINARY MATTER (FROM HASLEWOOD) | xxxvii | |
| APPENDIX OF DOCUMENTS RELATING TO PAINTER | liii | |
| ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE WHOLE WORK | lxiii | |
| INDEX OF NOVELS | xcii | |
| TOME I. | ||
| TITLE (FACSIMILE OF FIRST EDITION) | 1 | |
| DEDICATION TO EARL OF WARWICK | 3 | |
| LIST OF AUTHORS | 9 | |
| TO THE READER | 10 | |
| NOVEL | ||
| I. | HORATII AND CURIATII | 15 |
| II. | RAPE OF LUCRECE | 22 |
| III. | MUCIUS SCÆVOLA | 26 |
| IV. | CORIOLANUS | 29 |
| V. | APPIUS AND VIRGINIA | 35 |
| VI. | CANDAULES AND GYGES | 46 |
| VII. | CRŒSUS AND SOLON | 49 |
| VIII. | RHACON AND CARTOMES | 53 |
| IX. | ARTAXERXES AND SINETAS | 54 |
| X. | CHARITON AND MENALIPPUS | 56 |
| XI. | CYRUS AND PANTHEA | 58 |
| XII. | ABDOLOMINUS KING OF SCYTHIA | 69 |
| XIII. | ALEXANDER AND THE SCYTHIAN AMBASSADORS | 71 |
| XIV. | METELLUS ON MARRIAGE | 74 |
| XV. | LAIS AND DEMOSTHENES | 77 |
| XVI. | FABRICIUS AND PYRRHUS | 78 |
| XVII. | CAMILLUS AND SCHOOLMASTER | 80 |
| XVIII. | PAPYRIUS PRETEXTATUS | 83 |
| XIX. | PLUTARCH'S ANGER | 85 |
| XX. | ÆSOP'S FABLE OF THE LARK | 86 |
| XXI. | HANNIBAL AND ANTIOCHUS | 88 |
| XXII. | ANDRODUS (Androcles) | 89 |
| XXIII. | FAVORINUS | 91 |
| XXIV. | SERTORIUS | 95 |
| XXV. | SIBYLLINE LEAVES | 98 |
| XXVI. | MASTER AND SCHOLAR | 99 |
| XXVII. | SELEUCUS AND ANTIOCHUS | 102 |
| XXVIII. | TIMON OF ATHENS | 112 |
| XXIX. | MARRIAGE OF WIDOW AND WIDOWER | 114 |
| XXX. | THE THREE RINGS | 116 |
| XXXI. | BORSIERI AND GRIMALDI | 119 |
| XXXII. | ALBERTO OF BOLOGNA | 122 |
| XXXIII. | RINALDO OF ESTE | 125 |
| XXXIV. | KING OF ENGLAND'S DAUGHTER | 130 |
| XXXV. | RANDOLPHO RUFFOLO | 138 |
| XXXVI. | ANDRUCCIO | 143 |
| XXXVII. | EARL OF ANGIERS | 156 |
| XXXVIII. | GILETTA OF NARBONNE | 171 |
| XXXIX. | TANCRED AND GISMONDA | 180 |
| XL. | MAHOMET AND IRENE | 190 |
| XLI. | LADY FALSELY ACCUSED | 198 |
| XLII. | DIDACO AND VIOLENTA | 218 |
| XLIII. | LADY OF TURIN | 240 |
| XLIV. | ALERAN AND ADELASIA | 249 |
| XLV. | DUCHESS OF SAVOY | 285 |
| XLVI. | COUNTESS OF SALISBURY | 334 |
| ADVERTISEMENT TO READER | 364 | |
This work was published before January 1, 1930, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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