However, as I have bethought me of one
worthy to be remembered, I will now relate her history to you."
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[The Muleteer's Servant attacking his Mistress]
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_TALE II._
_The wife of a muleteer of Amboise chose rather to die
cruelly at the hands of her servant than to fall in with his
wicked purpose_.(1)
In the town of Amboise there was a muleteer in the service of the Queen
of Navarre, sister to King Francis, first of that name. She being
at Blois, where she had been brought to bed of a son, the aforesaid
muleteer went thither to receive his quarterly payment, whilst his wife
remained at Amboise in a lodging beyond the bridges.(2)
1 The incidents of this story probably took place at
Amboise, subsequent, however, to the month of August 1530,
when Margaret was confined of her son John.--L.
2 Amboise is on the left bank of the Loire, and there have
never been any buildings on the opposite bank.
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