A wydow called mistresse Helena, wyth whom a scholler was in loue, (shee
louing an other) made the same scholler to stande a whole Wynter’s night
in the snow to wayte for hir, who afterwardes by a sleyght and pollicie,
caused hir in Iuly, to stand vppon a tower starke naked amongs flies and
gnats, and in the sunne.
[_Source._--Boccaccio, giorn. viii., nov. 8.
_Origin._--? _Fabliau_, Barbazan, i. 296.
_Painter._--I. ii. 376; II. ii. 307; III. ii. 597; IV. iii. 329.]
[Transcriber’s Note: Question mark in original.]