NOVEL 2. — A groom lies with the wife of King Agilulf, who learns the fact, keeps his own counsel,finds out the groom and shears him. The shorn shears all his fellows, and so comes safe out of the scrape. — / 227 NOVEL 3. — Under cloak of confession and a most spotless conscience, a lady, enamoured of a young man,induces a booby friar unwittingly to provide a means to the entire gratification of her passion. / 233