The Palace of Pleasure (1890)/Volume 1

by William Painter

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

BY WILLIAM PAINTER

NOW AGAIN EDITED FOR THE FOURTH TIME

BY JOSEPH JACOBS

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

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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