A Renaissance Storybook

I ITALY Sister Savina and Brother Girolamo, by Gentile Sermini The Amorous Booklover, by Gentile Sermini Fra Ieronimo and the Miraculous Arm, by Masuccio A Quick-witted Cleric, by Masuccio The Lovers among the Lepers, by Masuccio The Jesting Inquisitor, by Sabadino degli Arienti Belphagor, by Niccolò Machiavelli [translated by Thomas Roscoe] Romeo and Juliet, by Luigi da Porto [translated by Thomas Roscoe] An Adventure of Francesco Sforza, by Straparola [translated by W. G. Waters] The Will of the Wicked Usurer, by Straparola [translated by W. G. Waters] Friar Stefano's Resurrection, by Girolamo Parabosco [translated by W. G. Waters] Spanish Revenge, by Matteo Bandello [translated by Percy Pinkerton] Love Is Blind, and Lovers Too, by Matteo Bandello [translated by Morris Bishop] The Pertinacious Captain, by Matteo Bandello [translated by Morris Bishop] Savoir-vivre in a Courtesan's Parlor, by Matteo Bandello [translated by Morris Bishop] The Moor of Venice, by G. B. Giraldi (Cinthio) [translated by John Edward Taylor] II FRANCE Little Jehan de Saintré, by Antoine de La Sale [translated by Alexander Vance] The Bailiff and the Scrupulous Curate, by Nicolas de Troyes The Too Clever Fox, by Bonaventure des Périers The Sagacious Monkey, by Bonaventure des Périers The Virtuous Widow, by Margaret of Navarre [translated by Arthur Machen] A Lesson to Errant Wives, by Margaret of Navarre [translated by Arthur Machen] A Case of Sacred and Profane Love, by Margaret of Navarre [translated by Arthur Machen] III SPAIN Lazarillo de Tormes [translated by Thomas Roscoe] Portrait of Father, by Mateo Alemán [translated by James Mabbe] Marriage à la Mode, by Cervantes IV GERMANY The History of the Damnable Life and Deserved Death of Dr. John Faustus [translated by "P. R., Gent."; abridged] V ENGLAND Jack of Newbury and the Widow, by Thomas Deloney [excerpt] The Miseries of Mavillia, by Nicholas Breton [excerpt]