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OR,

ENTERTAINING

MORAL STORIES;

INVENTED BY THE MONKS AS A FIRE-SIDE RECREATION; AND

COMMONLY APPLIED IN THEIR DISCOURSES FROM THE
PULPIT: WHENCE THE MOST CELEBRATED OF

OUR OWN POETS AND OTHERS, FROM

THE EARLIEST TIMES, HAVE

EXTRACTED THEIR

PLOTS.

TRANSLATED FROM THE LATIN,

WITH

PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS AND COPIOUS NOTES,

BY THE REV. CHARLES SWAN,
LATE OF CATHARINE HALL, CAMBRIDGE.

"They " [the Monks]" might be disposed occasionally to recreate their
minds with subjects of a light and amusing nature; and what could be
more innocent or delightful than the stories of the GESTA ROMANORUM ?"
DOUCE's Illustrations of Shakspeare

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR C. AND J. RIVINGTON,

ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD, AND WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL.

M.DCCC.XXIV.
་ཝཱ- མིག

"Gesta"

2BK

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f Prayer, which is as Harmony be-

fore God.....
V1. f Sinners, who receive the Divine

Grace on earnestly seeking it.... 36

VII. Of Christ, who gave himself to Death

for us

VIII. Of the Cunning of the Devil...

IX. Of the triple State of the World....

X. Of free Will

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