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 woman, and he would have a great reward; whereupon the Steward compelled his wife to lie with the King, bargaining for a thousand pieces of silver, and the Lady to depart ere morning. To this the king consenting, she was brought, and the king enjoyed her: when, before day her husband came, and entreated his Lord to dismiss her, but the king refused, saying, she pleased him so well that she should sleep with him longer, whereat he being much disturbed, told him she was his wife, and that for lucre, he had forced her to his arms: At which, the king moved to anger, bade him depart on pain of death, which he did; and the king maintained her as his own wife. For this example, said the Emperor, my Son shall die, to-morrow.

came and said, There lived in this city, a knight, who married an extraordinary beautiful Lady, whose voice was no charming, that she ravished the hearers.One day as she sat singing, with the casement open, three favourite knights of the Emperor passed by, they were all much taken with her voice and person; they each took convenient times