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A King in Disguise part 5

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Unbounded was the joy and congratulation of the courtiers on thus meeting with him safe and uninjured. The king then turning round to the...

A King in Disguise part 4

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Even I, a poor fisherman, with a wife and little family, am not forgotten, and enjoy my poverty in peace. He permits me to...

A King in Disguise part 3

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As he thus stood, listening to the distant thunder and the raving of the storm, he stretched his view in vain to discover some...

A King in Disguise part 2

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Residing there during several years, I acquired an excellent knowledge of the language, manners, and peculiar practices of the people, when I was at...

A King in Disguise part 1

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Matteo Bandello (1480 – 1560) Bandello, a Lombard noble by birth, is, next to Boccaccio, the most celebrated of the Italian story-tellers, and he, like...

The Friar of Novara part 7

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Here the risible muscles of the-notary would permit him to proceed no further, and his laugh was speedily caught and re-echoed through the whole...

The Friar of Novara part 6

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Ser Tomeno, the moment he had perused this document, lost no time in acquainting Agabio with the progress of the affair, and he, desiring...

The Friar of Novara part 5

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This done, they next despatched a confidential servant with a message to the wily monk in their mother`s name, begging that he would no...

The Friar of Novara part 4

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Alarmed at the idea of being in a similar predicament, and feeling extremely weak and troubled, such was the impression of the monk`s oratory,...

The Friar of Novara part 3

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They are equally cautious not to burden the mind with too much study, finding the truth of the Scripture observation, that it is indeed...

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Ishak Pasa Palace

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