An edition of Gesta Romanorum Or, Entertaining Moral Stories
(1824)
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 Volume 1
by Charles Swan
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CONTENTS
TO VOL. I.
TALE PAGE
Introduction v
I. Of Love 1
II. Of Mercy 9
III. Of Just Judgment 12
IV. Of Justice 14
V. Of Fidelity 16
VI. Of following Reason 21
VII. Of the Envy of bad Men towards the good
VIII. Of false Allegations
IX. Of Depravity conquered by Mildness
X. Of the management of the Soul
XI. Of The poison of Sin
XII. Of bad Example
XIII. Of inordinate Love
XIV. Of honouring Parents
XV. Of the Life of Alexius, son of the Senator Eufemian
XVI. Of an exemplary Life
XVII. Of a perfect Life
XVIII. Of venial Sin 92
XIX. Of the Sin of Pride 97
XX. Of Tribulation and Anguish 100
XXI. Of Over-reaching and Conspiracy, and of Caution opposed to them 105
XXII. Of worldly Fear 108
XXIII. Of spiritual Medicine 109
XXIV. Of the Suggestions of the Devil Ill
XXV. Of Ingratitude 113
XXVI. Of Humility 115
XXVII. Of just Recompence 117
XXVIII. Of the execrable Devices of old Women 120
XXIX. Of corrupt Judgment 125
XXX. Of Offence and Judgment 127
XXXI. Of the Rigor of Death 129
XXXII. Of good Inspiration 131
XXXIII. Of Hanging 132
XXXIV. Of Consideration of Life 133
XXXV. Of Peace, Reformation, &c 136
XXXVI. Of the Course of Human Life 137
XXXVII. Of lifting up the Mind to Heaven 143
XXXVIII. Of the Precaution necessary to prevent Error 145
XXXIX. Of Reconciliation between God and Man 146
XL. Of the Measure of Temptation, and of Skill 148
XLI. Of the Conquests and Charity of our Lord 150
XLII. Of want of Charity 152
XLIII. Of Christ, who, by His Passion, delivered us from Hell 154
XLIV. Of envy 155
XLV. Of the Good, who alone will enter the Kingdom of Heaven 157
XLVI. Of mortal Sins 161
XLVII. Of Three Kings. 162
XLVIII. Of the end of Sinners 165
XLIX. Of the Illusions of the Devil 167
L. Of Praise doe to a Just Judge 169
LI. Of Extortion 171
LII. Of Fidelity 173
LIII. Of good Rulers, who are not to be changed 174
LIV. Of a Celestial Kingdom 175
LV. Of the Revocation of a banished Sinner 177
LVI. Of remembering Death 183
LVII. Of perfect Life 189
LVIII. Of Confession 194
LIX. Of too much Pride ; and how the Proud are frequently compelled to endure some notable Humiliation 196
LX. Of Avarice and its Subtlety 209
LXI. Of Reflection 213
LXII. Of the beauty of a faithful Mind 217
LXIII. Of the pleasures of this World
LXIV. Of the Incarnation of our Lord
LXV. Of the cure of the Soul.
LXVI. Of Constancy
LXVII. Of excuses which are not to be admitted in extreme cases
LXVIII. Of maintaining Truth to the last.
LXIX. Of Chastity
LXX. Of the Compunctions of a faithful Mind
LXXI. Of an eternal Recompence
LXXII. Of the destruction of ungrateful Me
LXXIII. Of Avarice, which makes many blind
LXXIV. Of Foresight and Care.
LXXV. Of Worldly Anxiety
LXXVI. Of Concord
LXXVII. Of Riches, which are not to be coveted
LXXVIII. Of the constancy of Love
LXXIX. Of Presumption
LXXX. Of the Cunning of the Devil, and of the secret Judgments of God 274
Notes 281
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