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100), and his ' Novelle,' Bongi, p. 81 ; and in Sercambi, Nov. iv. D'Ancona, in his edition, Bologna, 1871, cites II Ceccherelli, ' Azioni e' Sentenze di Alessandro de' Medici' (ed. Romagnoli, p. 154), and a little poem by an unknown author printed in the year 1588 and described by Passano (' I Novellieri Italiani in Verso,' p. 91). It is No. 115 of Pauli. Oesterley refers to Visdelon und Galland, ' Supplera. zu D'Herbelot,' p. 225b ; Martinus Polonus, 'Sermones cum Promtuar. Exemplor.,' Argent., 1484, fol. E. 73; Vincentius Bellovacensis, 'Speculum Morale,' Duaci, 1624, fol, vol. i. 27, p. 100 ; ' Scala Cell,' Ulm, 1480, 21 b ; * Libro de los Erixemplos,' in " Biblioteca de Aut. Espanol," torn. li. 311 ; Timoneda, ' Patra 6. Ysopo,' Madrid, 1644, 8vo, col. 4 ; ' Faceties et Mots Subtils en Franc, et en Italien,' f. xviii. ; 'Biblio. de Societe,' 13 ; 'Histoires Plais. et Ingenieuses,' p. 246 ; ' Faceties et Mots Subtils,' 52 ; * Dictionnaire d'Anecdotes,' i. p. 172 ; 'Nouv. Contes a rire,' p. 194; 'Scherz mit der Wahrheit,' 69b ; 'Wendunmuth,' Kirchhof, Frankf., 1573, 8vo, 7, 13 ; Joh. Petr. de Memel, ' Neuvermehrte LustigeGesellschaft,' Zippelzerbst, 1695, 8vo, 369; ' Lustigmacher, der Allzeitfertige, ' s.l., 1762, 8vo, 2, 70 ; Hebel, ' Schatzkastlein, der kluge Richter.' It is also taken from Alphonsus into Steinhowel's ' JEsop,' p. 308 of the edition by Oesterley, "Bibliothek des Litter. Vereins," Stuttgart, 1873 ; * Passa- Tempo de' Curiosi,' 1783, p. 87; 'Pasquil's Jests,' p. 17 ; 'The Pleasant Conceites of Old Hobson,' p. 35 of the edition in ' Shakespeare Jest-Books.' Clouston, 'Popular Tales,' &c., ii. 369, says it is related by Prince Cantemir in his 'History of the Othman Empire.' It is also in ' Grand Parangon des Nouvelles Nouv.,' No. 22, p. 97 of the edi- tion cited. Legrand, iii. 70, refers to 4 Divertissements Curieux de ce Temps,' p. 32, and says it has been turned into verse by Imbert.

XVIII. 'Of theiolous man.' The well-known tale called ' Hans Carvel's Ring ' is 133 in Ppggio. It is in Rabelais, but I cannot now find the reference [mentioned 'Pantagruel,'bk. iii chap, xxxiii.], and No. 11 of 'Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles.' D'Israeli, ' Curiosities of Litera- ture, 1834 vol. i. p. 161, says it is in p. 288 of the second part of Malespini's two hundred novels, Venice, 1609. It forms the first satire ot Anosto, and has been versified by La Fon- taine and by Prior. Dunlop, ii. 235, says it is the ' Annulus Philetse' in Bernard de la Monnoye s Poesies Latines.'

XIX. 'Of thefatte woman that soldefrute.' Ihe only reference I can find to this is in Domemcm, p. 30,

XXI. 'Of Papirius Pretextatus.' This is No. 67 of the 'Cento Novelle Antiche,' edition of 1525. It is in Pauli, No. 392, and the ' Gesta Romanorum,' No. 126. Oesterley in his notes to these two works refers to the follow- ing : Polybius, 3, 20 ; M. Cato, ed. Jordan, 56; Gellius, 'Noct. Att,'i. 23; Macrobius, 'Saturn.,' i. 6, 20; ' Scala Celi,' 49 b; Joh. Gritsch, ' Qua- dragesimale,' 1484,34; K. Hollen, 'Godscaldus, Preceptorium,' Colon, 1489, 89 ; Bernardinus de Bustis, 'Rosarium Sermonum,'i. 2 ; Hagen, 1503, ii. 253 ; S. Fulgosu, ' B. de Dictis Fac- tisque Memorabilibus Collectanea,' Mediolani, 1509, fol. 7, 3, sign, ee, 4b ; ' Con vi vales Ser- mones,' i. 214 ; Joh. Petr. Lange, ' Deliciee Academicse,' 1-4, Heilb, 1665, 8vo, i. 22, p. 26; Ulr. Boner, 'Der Edelstein,' hg. von Fr. Pfeiffer, Leipzig, 1844, 8vo, 97 ; ' Salomon und Markolf,' in Hagen, 'Narrenbuch,' 256; Jacob von Cassalis, ' Das Buch Menschl. Sitten,' 1477, 8 ; Joh. Agricola, ' Spriekworde ' (Magde- borg, 1528), 192, fol. 80b ; ' Scherz mit der Wahrheit,' 29; Franc, de Belleforest, ' Heures de Recreations et Apres-dinees du Guichar- din,' Anvers, 1605, 124 ; Dan. Federmann, ' Erquickstunden, erstlich durch L. Guicciar- din beschrieben,' Basel, 1574, 8vo, 213 ; Joh. Petr.deMemel, 'Neuvermehrte LustigeGesell- schaft,' Zippelzerbst, 1695, 8vo, 684; 'Acerra Philologica, Neue und Vermehrte' (P.Laurem- bergii), Frankfort u. Leipzig, 1708, 8vo, i. 1 ; Plutarch, 'De Garrulitate,' ii. ; Vincent. Bel- lovac, 'Spec. Doctr.,' 5, 10; 'Libro de los Enxemplos,' in " Biblioteca de Aut. Espanol.," torn. li. p. 338 ; Fuggilozio, 103 ; Enenkel, Domitian, b. Massm. 741 ; Agricola, 192, bl. 80b ; Math. Forchemius, ' Ein schon kort nye gedichtet Speel,' &c, Lubeck, 551 ; Keller, ' Fastnachtspiele,' 1-3, Stuttgart, 1853, 8vo, mit Nachlese, 36 ; Massman, ' Kaiserchron,' 3, 404. It is No. 235 of the ' Exempla ' of Jacques de Vitry, edited by T. F. Crane, 1890. He refers to an inedited version in Brit. Mus. MS. Harl. 463, fol. 19.

A. COLLINGWOOD LEE. Waltham Abbey, Essex.

(To be continued.)

CAKTWRIGHT IN GENEVA. In the life of Cartwright in the ' D.N.B.' occurs the follow- ing statement :

"Cartwright now quitted England, and betook himself to Geneva, where Beza had succeeded Calvin as rector of the university. Beza is said to have pronounced Cartwright inferior in learning to no living scholar, but that the latter filled a chair of divinity at Geneva is a statement resting solely on the authority of Martin Marprelate ('An Epitome,' &c., p. 52)."

In view of this it may be well to draw attention to the following evidence, which