Three yonge men hauing fondlye consumed all that they had, became verie
poore, whose nephewe (as he retourned out of Englande into Italie,) by
the waye fell into acquaintaunce with an abbote, whome (vpon further
familiaritie) he knewe to be the king of Englande’s doughter, whiche
toke him to husbande. Afterwardes she restored his vncles to all their
losses, and sent them home in good state and reputation.
[_Source and Origin._[66]--Boccaccio, _Dec._, giorn. ii., nov. 3.
_Painter._--I. i. 68; II. i. 63; III. i. 116; IV. i. 130.]
[Footnote 66: Landau, _Quellen_{2}, p. 331, points out that the
tale is related to the “Youngest-best” folk tales, which deal with
the successes of the youngest.]