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CX. Story of the knight Placidus191 CXI. How Argus watched the white cow of a certain nobleman, and was deluded by Mercury199 CXII. How the son of the Emperor Gorgonius was at enmity with his stepmother201 CXIII. How the Emperor Adonias delighted in tournaments203 CXIV. How a certain man fell into a pit, wherein dwelt a dragon, yet nevertheless escaped204 CXV. Of a wonderful elephant, and how it was slain205 CXVI. How a queen was obliged to treat her stepson with the same care that she bestowed on her own207 CXVII. How a knight rescued a young girl from a certain fellow, and of her subsequent ingratitude to her preserver208 CXVIII. How a certain knight recovered a sum of money from one that would have defrauded him of it210 CXIX. Of the ingratitude of a certain seneschal towards a poor man who had saved his life212 CXX. How a youth had three valuable talismans, and having lost them all through the wiles of a woman, at length recovered them216 CXXI. How a young knight slew an old one and married his wife220 CXXII. How a certain lady enabled her lover to escape before her husband's face222 CXXIII. Of another lady who cleverly deceived her husband223 CXXIV. How a certain knight obtained pardon for his offences223 CXXV. Story of the sixty black crows226 CXXVI. Story of the prudence of the young Papirius, and the inability of women to keep secrets227 CXXVII. How a hermit, who saw an apparently innocent man punished, and murmured against the justice of Providence, was rebuked228
