Peasant preaches about bishop's amour. Bishop has instructed him to tell the truth and spare no one when he preaches

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Peasant preaches about bishop's amour. Bishop has instructed him to tell the truth and spare no one when he preaches.

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever persons and acts. · Clever man puts another out of countenance. · Clever man puts another out of countenance. · view the constellation · filed as J1211.1

Cited in the index

general *Type 1825A
general Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 711.

Within the index

Filed under Putting out of countenance by telling evil stories.

1 finer motif beneath it

Priest preaches about bishop's amour. Bishop has fined priest for incontinence. Priest hides and witnesses amorous intrigue between bishop and abbess, hearing bishop refer to the abbess's charms in biblical similes. Priest incorporates overheard references in his introduction to the Mass and is asked for an explanation. Bishop returns his fine

Filed beside it

Clever thief may keep booty. He has seen his victim in a disgraceful position and is allowed the booty as a price for his silence Courtier having observed king's amour shields him and gains pardon. Answers in clever proverbs when called on to say what he has seen

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