Little Hugh -There was once a widow's son who was named Hugh, and he was very reverent in his prayers that he said every day. An older boy taught Hugh a hymn that he was learning. The devil had the Jewish community turn against him and they hired a murderer to kill the boy singing the hymn. His mother tried to find him but no one would help her. Even though the boy was killed, he still sang the hymn. The boy was found and many people wept. There was a beautiful funeral for him.
The Cock, the Hen and the Fox - There was once a poor woman who was able to survive on the little amount of money that she was making. She had a rooster who was very happy and there were seven hens as well. One day the rooster had a terrible dream that he was hunted down by a terrible being. One of the hens, Dame Partelote, told him not to be afraid and to have courage.
The Cock, the Hen and the Fox (cont.) - The rooster set about telling a story about two men who went on a pilgrimage together. The two men stopped at a ox stall one night. One of the men dreamed, three different times, that the other man said he would killed in the ox stall. In the man's dream he said his body would be in a rubbish cart, which turned out to be the truth and the innkeeper was arrested for the murder. The rooster said this to prove that sometimes dreams tell you the truth.
The Cock, the Hen and the Fox (cont. again) -The next morning the rooster was as happy as could be but a fox was sneaking up on him. The rooster saw him and was terrified. The fox said he only wanted to hear the rooster's singing. The rooster was so pleased with the compliment that he started to sing and the fox snatched him up and took him into the woods.
The Cock, the Hen and the Fox (end) - Everyone was sad about the rooster. And everyone wanted the fox to be gone. The rooster tried to convince the fox to let him go. The fox went to taunt the people and the rooster flew away. The fox tried to convince the rooster to come back and he would not.
The Priest Who Learned to be a Philosopher -There was a priest who had very little expenses so he had a lot of money saved. One day a man asked for a loan. The priest was happy to do it because he felt that he was helping the man. The man said that he would show the priest how to go about with philosophy as a way to pay him back for the loan. The man then told the priest to use a crucible for ounces of silver.
The Priest Who Learned to be a Philosopher (cont.) - The priest followed what the canon said. So he heated the coals and put the crucible in the fire. After a while the canon went to stoke up the fire and put a specially made coal on top of the fire. The canon then tricked the priest to think that silver filing appeared on the crucible from the fire.
The Priest Who Learned to be a Philosopher (end) - The canon told the priest to stoke up[ the fire again, so he immediately went and did that and the canon played another trick on the priest. The canon convinced the priest that he could turn cooper into silver. The canon gave the priest the recipe in exchange for 40 pieces of gold, which the priest did, but it never worked again.
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