CONTENTS
EXCURSUS TO THE SKIRMISH | 174 |
THE NIGHTINGALE: | |
Of a Maid who would fain Hear the Nightingale Sing; and how she Made it Sing many Times and even Held it in her Hand | 176 |
THE PIKE'S HEAD: | |
Of a Young Virgin who Played a Trick on a Youth; and how the Youth, from Fear of being "Bitten" was for some Time Ignorant of the Pleasure of Marriage | 184 |
THE LOVELY NUN and HER YOUNG BOARDER: | |
Of a Lovely Young Virgin, who was of an Inquisitive Turn of Mind, and Proved herself an Apt Pupil in the School of Love. | 189 |
JOHN ANND JOAN: | |
Of a Serving Wench who sent her Fellow Servant to Buy her a Steel; and
how she Fared thereafter |
200 |
THE HUSBAND AS DOCTOR: | |
Of a Young Squire who, when he Married, had never Mounted a Christian Creature; of the Means found to Instruct him; and how, on a Sudden, he Wept at a great Feast shortly after he had been Instructed | 204 |