THE TALES OF
THE HEPTAMERON

OF

Margaret, Queen of Navarre

Newly Translated into English from the Authentic Text

OF M. LE ROUX DE LINCY WITH

AN ESSAY UPON THE HEPTAMERON
BY
GEORGE SAINTSBURY, M.A.

Also the Original Seventy-three Full Page Engravings
Designed by S. FREUDENBERG

And One Hundred and Fifty Head and Tail Pieces
By DUNKER

IN FIVE VOLUMES

VOLUME THE FIFTH

LONDON: PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY OF ENGLISH BIBLIOPHILISTS
MDCCCXCIV

[Margaret, Queen of Navarre, from a crayon drawing by Clouet, preserved at the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris]

Contents

SIXTH DAY.

PROLOGUE.

TALE LI.

TALE LII.

TALE LIII.

TALE LIV.

TALE LV.

TALE LVI.

TALE LVII.

TALE LVIII.

TALE LIX.

TALE LX.

SEVENTH DAY.

PROLOGUE.

TALE LXI.

TALE LXII.

TALE LXIII.

TALE LXIV.

TALE LXV.

TALE LXVI.

TALE LXVII.

TALE LXVIII.

TALE LXIX.

TALE LXX.

EIGHTH DAY.

PROLOGUE.

TALE LXXI.

TALE LXXII.

APPENDIX.

THE SUPPOSED NARRATORS OF THE HEPTAMERON TALES.

BIBLIOGRAPHY.

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List of Illustrations

Frontispiece