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  THE STORY OF THE NAVARRESE

  "J'ay en mon cueur joyeusement Escript, afin que ne l'oublie, Ce refrain qu'ayme chierement, C'estes vous de qui suis amye."

  THE NINTH NOVEL.--JEHANE OF NAVARRE, AFTER A WITHSTANDING OF ALL OTHERASSAULTS, IS IN A LONG DUEL, WHEREIN TIME AND COMMON-SENSE AREFLOUTED, AND KINGDOMS ARE SHAKEN, DETHRONED AND RECOMPENSED BY ANENDURING LUNACY.