Gesta Romanorum: Or, Entertaining Moral Stories: Invented by the Monks as a Fireside Recreation; and Commonly Applied in Their Discourses from the Pulpit Whence the Most Celebrated of Our Own Poets and Others, from the Earliest Times, Have Extracted Their Plots

VOL	v

TALE	viii

of remembering Death and forget ting Things temporal 87	xxvii

Of Constancy in adhering to Pro mises 90	xxviii

Of the avaricious Pursuit of Riches which leads to Hell 95	xxix

Of the miraculous Recall of Sinners	xxx

Of the Conquests and Charity of our Lord	xli

Of want of Charity	xlii

Of a Celestial Kingdom	175

Of Injustice	176

Of remembering Death LVII Of perfect Life	177

of real Friendship	181

Of Wisdom which excels Strength	184

Of Riches	187

Of Envy toward the Good	189

Of spiritual Friendship	190

Of Christ who by His Passion deli vered us from Hell	xliii

Of Envy	xliv

Of the Good who alone will enter the Kingdom of Heaven	xlv

Of mortal Sins	xlvi

Of Three Kings	xlvii

Of Gluttony and Drunkenness 390	16

Of the Envy of bad Men towards	25

Of bad Example	46

Of inordinate Love	54

Of honouring Parents	60

Of an exemplary Life	80

TALE PAGE XVIII Of venial Sin	92

Of the Sin of Pride	97

and of the Consolations which Piety H offers to the distressed	99

Of Tribulation and Anguish	100

Of Overreaching and Conspiracy and of Caution opposed to them	105

Of worldly Fear	108

Of spiritual Medicine	109

Of the Suggestions of the Devil	111

Of Ingratitude	113

Of Humility	115

Of Vigilance in our Calling	117

Of the Care of the Soul	120

Of Spiritual Contests	123

Of deliverance from Hell	125

Of Offence and Judgment	127

Of Reconciliation through Christ	128

Of the Rigor of Death	129

Of the Love of God	130

Of good Inspiration	131

Of Hanging	132

Of Unconversion	133

Of Peace Reformation c	136

Of Deceit	137

Of Ingratitude	141

Of lifting up the Mind to Heaven	143

Of the Precaution necessary to pre vent Error	145

Of Reconciliation between God and Man	146

Of feminine Subtlety	148

Of worldly Glory and Luxury	156

Of ecclesiastical Blindness	160

Of Absence of parental Restraint	162

Of Confidence in Women	164

Of the end of Sinners	165

Of the Illusions of the Devil	167

Of Women who not only betray Se crets but lie fearfully	168

Of Praise due to a Just Judge	169

Of Women who are not to be trusted	171

TALE PAGE XLVII Of Justice and Equity	173

Of good Rulers who are not to be changed	174

Of Christ who died innocent	192

Of Confession	194

Of Conscience	195

Of too much Pride and how the Proud are frequently compelled to endure some notable Humiliation	196

Of Vigilance in our Calling	198

Of Christs Clemency	201

Of Severity which avails less than Kindness	203

Of the Souls wounds	205

Of Equity	206

Of good Advice	208

Of Avarice and its Subtlety	209

Of the Snares of the Devil	211

Of Terror	213

Of the actual state of the World	217

Of Salvation	219

Of the pleasures of this World	220

Of Rebukes to Princes	221

Of the poisonous nature of Sin	222

Of the punishment of Sin	223

Of vain Glory	224

Of célestial Dew	225

Of a Sinful and Leprous Soul	226

Of the cure of the Soul	227

Of Constancy	229

Of excuses which are not to be ad mitted in extreme cases	232

Of maintaining Truth to the last	238

Of Chastity	240

Of the Compunctions of a faithful Mind	244

Of an eternal Recompence	248

Of eternal Destruction 231	250

Of the destruction of ungrateful Men	251

Of Avarice which makes many blind	254

Of Foresight and Care	257

Of Worldly Anxiety	261

Of Concord	264

Of Riches which are not to be co veted	268

Of the constancy of Love	271

Of Presumption	272

Of the Cunning of the Devil and of the secret Judgments of God	274

COLOPHON 399	281

Of the punishment of Offenders	310

Of Gratitude to	317

Of extreme Fear	325

Of the Perversity of the World	331

Of Repentance	346

Of mental Constancy	354

APPENDIX 541	360

Of the Burdens of this Life	371

Of the Worlds Wonders	379

Gesta Romanorum

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Title	Gesta Romanorum: Or, Entertaining Moral Stories: Invented by the Monks as a Fireside Recreation; and Commonly Applied in Their Discourses from the Pulpit Whence the Most Celebrated of Our Own Poets and Others, from the Earliest Times, Have Extracted Their Plots Volume 1 of Gesta Romanorum, Or, Entertaining Moral Stories: Invented by the Monks as a Fire-side Reacreation and Commonly Applied in Their Discourses from the Pulpit Whence the Most Celebrated of Our Own Poets and Others, from the Earliest Times, Have Extracted Their Plots, Charles Swan
Translated by	Charles Swan
Publisher	Rivington, 1824
Original from	National Library of the Netherlands
Digitized	11 Jun 2014

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