《Mediaeval Latin》

A Spanish nun makes a pilgrimage to regions famous in sacred history2

St．Martin surprises his enemies by an exhibition of miraculous power6

Attila，king of the Huns9

Attila invades Italy，but is halted by Pope Leo10

The death of Attila12

The panegyrist compares Theodoric and Alexander the Great14

Food-hoarding in the fifth century17

A sacristan＇s adventure with the barbarians18

Paradise22

The jealousy of the serpent23

Gregory explains why he undertakes to write history26

Gregory confesses his faith and deplores his ignorance27

The founding of Lyons27

Attila and the Huns，invading Gaul，are checked at Orleans，and defeated near Chalons-sur-Marne by Aetius28

Clovis，king of the Franks，defeats the Alamanni and accepts Christianity，the faith of his queen，Clotilda30

Clovis defeats Alaric Ⅱ and the Visigoths at Vouillé32

Clovis by scheming adds the kingdom of Sigibert to his own34

Chilperic＇s legates return from the East36

Death of King Chilperic；his character37

Beginning of a feud between two families of Tours39

The burning of Paris42

Temptations of recluses44

Outcome of the feud at Tours；death of Sichar46

Pope Gregory chosen47

Ammonius falls from a height over a precipice51

A thief，hanged，but saved by Saint Martin52

The boy and the grapes53

A beeswax story54

Fortunatus sends flowers to Radegunda57

He sends a basket of chestnuts59

Fortunatus sends thanks to St．Agnes and Radegunda for dainties59

Verses penned to Saint Agnes and Radegunda towards the end of a banquet60

The triumph of the Cross60

The Sacred Tree62

Heraclius，his rise to power，his methods，his character64

The Saracens and their conquests66

To the Empress Constantina Augusta，with reference to relics70

Night75

Glass76

The martyrdom of Saint Alban81

How Christian missionaries came to be sent to Britain85

Caedmon and his gift of poesy86

An example of monastic asceticism88

The martyrdom of the holy innocents89

Charlemagne discovers the character of the Germans92

How Charlemagne brought up his children94

Charlemagne＇s physique，exercise，bathing96

His habits in daily life97

His studies and educational ambitions98

His devotion to the church98

The seven sleepers103

The Maelstrom104

King Alboin makes alliance with the Huns and defeats the Gepidae105

How the Langobards were invited to settle in Italy107

A fatal jest108

Tiberius Constantinus becomes fiftieth emperor of Rome and finds the treasure of Narses109

A royal wooing111

Paulus digresses from history to relate a remarkable tale113

Paulus discusses his own genealogy115

A tyrannous duke and how a joke was played on him117

In praise of Lake Como119

Paulus disclaims profound linguistic learning，but knows a little Greek121

De puero qui in glacie extinctus est124

An epitaph for the tomb of the poet Fortunatus124

The fable of the sick lion125

The calf and the stork127

The gout and the flea127

Conflictus veris et hiemis130

De libris quos legere solebam el qualiter fabulae poetarum a philosophis mystice pertractentur133

The siege of Barcelona136

A prayer141

On horticulture142

Lilies143

The divisions of nature146

An elusive category147

Reynard takes Isengrim fishing152

How to be a just judge160

A sequence on the birthday of the martyr St．Laurence162

The story of the martyrdom of Saint Laurence164

A joking emperor and a shrewd soldier170

Conrad Ⅰ dies and orders the succession172

The assassination of King Berengarius Ⅰ173

The imperial palace at Constantinople and what happened there to the emperor Romanus Ⅰ176

Liutprand as envoy of Berengarius Ⅱ is received in the palatial＂Magnaura＂ at Constantinople177

Liutprand＇s reception in Constantinople and treatment by Nicephorus179

Shoddy imperialism183

Some prophecies and their interpretations186

Liutprand＇s farewell to Constantinople188

Walther and Hildegund come to an understanding and plan flight191

Attila discovers the flight of the hostages194

Walther dispatches the third of his opponents in the Vosges195

The battle continues：the hero is compared to a bear amid dogs196

A brave Saxon leads his countrymen to victory197

Shrewd methods of petty warfare199

A fire test convinces the Danes200

Verdun in the tenth century201

A hard journey(from Rheims to Chartres)in pursuit of learning204

Dulcitius211

A Mystery play of the Resurrection222

A Miracle play，introducing Saint Nicholas228

Come，Holy Spirit233

Three friends and a telltale237

Notker＇s encounter with the Devil242

Heribald and the Hungarian invasion244

The duchess Hadwig at her morning lesson with Ekkehart249

The Norsemen discover America252

Selections from the life of Alexander the Great256

Some of the marvels said to have been seen by Alexander261

Modus Ottinc(＇The Otto Melody＇)264

Lament for the death of Henry Ⅱ267

A clever liar269

The bishop and the braggart271

The lazy abbot272

The priest and the wolf274

A song for summer277

The nightingale278

Abelard relates the story of his passion and the self-sacrificing devotion of Hélo？se282

Heloise voices her sympathy and love，and appeals for letters289

The magnanimity of William Rufus295

Other examples of the king＇s magnanimity297

The beginning of＂wassail＂ in England300

The coronation of King Arthur301

The coronation games and sports303

Pope Urban Ⅱ exhorts the Council of Clermont to the crusade306

＂O Sacred Head，now wounded＂312

This fleeting world，the Judgment，Heaven，Hell，warnings，and exhortations315

The Golden Age has passed away321

The discovery of the holy spear323

The virtue of the holy spear is attested330

The crusaders capture Jerusalem336

A riot at Oxford348

The aftermath of the riot351

The king speaks harshly to Leicester353

The passion of the Saviour356

The four grounds of error358

The importance of language study359

The Mother of Christ beside the Cross363

The Day of Judgment367

The Goliards，or wandering students371

The coming of spring374

An invitation374

At the tavern374

The song of the topers377

A riddle378

The lament of the roast swan379

Fickle Fortune379

This vain world380

Sweets to the sweet381

In praise of wine382

The apocalypse of Bishop Golias384

Golias curses the thief of his purse387

Dialogue between water and wine388

Dialogue between the body and the soul391

＂Sir Penny＂398

A Knight Templar faithful unto death400

Royal ways and royal sayings401

Burnellus arrives in Paris and joins the University404

Burnellus bemoans his incapacity for learning407

The hill of ambition410

Address to＂Nature＂415

＂A friend in need is a friend indeed＂417

A story-teller＇s ruse419

A new use for the gold-brick game420

＂Penny wise and pound foolish＂424

An overconfident astrologer425

Wolfish logic426

A spoiled horse427

An ancient saying illustrated428

Peeps behind the veil of Providence429

A presumptuous emperor learns a bitter lesson433

A shrewd king440

＂The Lady of Comfort＂443

Apollonius escapes shipwreck and is befriended by a fisherman448

Apollonius falls in with King Archistrates and wins his favor449

Archistrates invites Apollonius to dinner450

Three suitors and the mind of a princess453

Apollonius intrusts his infant daughter to foster-parents457

Tharsia narrowly escapes being murdered，but is kidnapped by pirates457

Apollonius finds his wife in the temple of Diana at Ephesus461

Apollonius goes to Tarsus and avenges the wrong done to his daughter463

The story ends happily for all464

The story begins466

Astrology brings complications466

The queen＇s second story：the witch and the spring467

The story of the third wise man：the dog469

King Dolopathos470

The palace and its glories at Palermo470

The．birth of Prince Lucinius471

Lucinius is entrusted to the tutelage of Vergil472

Lucinius tells Vergil how astrology made him swoon away472

Lucinius promises not to speak，for a season473

Lucinius enters Palermo in splendor473

Dolopathos in vain begs Lucinius to break his silence474

Lucinius，falsely charged with a heinous crime，continues to keep silence474

The plan to burn Lucinius alive is interrupted475

The story of the first wise man：the faithful dog477

The story of the second wise man：the treasure and the thief482

Barlaam and Josaphat491

The two blind men508

＂Farmer Hayseed＂ goes to the city509

A nobleman and his three sons509

A wise slave510

Norfolk and its folks511

Mice in council514

The stupid men of Willebeg514

The glass blower＇s son516

The Antiphonetes519

St．William heals a poor woman＇s hog540

A strange remedy and how its neglect meant death to William the sacrist541

A cruel punishment and a miraculous healing545

A perilous adventure and a marvelous rescue546

The schoolboy and the Devil548

The usurious woman549

A son converts his father551

Universal peace the ideal state for the world552

A pastoral555

Petrarch writes a letter to Cicero560

Petrarch describes his manner of life at Vaucluse564

On traducers and calumniators：the fable of the rustics and donkey568

The victorious Masinissa meets the beautiful Sophonisba569

Aeneas travels in England and Scotland，with many adventures575

Hymn to Eternity582

Galatea584

Cleopatra587

A tempting invitation590

To his thrush594

Drown care in wine594

De honesto amore et felici eius exitu596

Galatea603

Folly is universal and has many types608

Even those who profess wisdom have their follies610

A dialogue on early rising612

The state of learning in England619

Croeso，Crasso ditior621

The Utopians scorn great wealth，dice-playing，and hunting623

A lover who cannot＂eat his cake and have it too＂626

The lark in the opening spring(Ioannes Stigelius)627

A paradox explained(Ioannes Posthius)628

Why a maiden looks at a youth(Sebastianus Schefferus)628

To Rosina(Paulus Melissus)629

A complaint to Sophy＇s turtledove(Tobias Scultetus)629

An invitation to a banquet in a suburban garden(Michael Haslobius)630

Suitable requests for prayer(Georgius Fabricius)631

A clear conscience is the best protection(Henricus Decimator)632

Gaudium bonae mentis634

The prodigal son receives his portion and says farewell637

The prodigal meets＇Spendthrift＇ and＇Glutton，＇ and becomes their victim640

After his＂riotous living＂ the prodigal soliloquizes644

The prodigal returns home to his father646

Muretus delivers an encomium on literature650

A defense of literature against its detractors660

The power of poetry665

A plea for Greek and Latin667

The praise and prayer of a happy life674

Literary and political gossip675

Lipsius at home，in his garden676

A Jonah of the sixteenth century680

An artificial apple serves as a text for philosophical discussion688

The shrewdness and other virtues of the louse690

The atmosphere for poesy695