id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 5286 La Fontaine, Jean de Tales and Novels of J. de La Fontaine — Volume 12 .txt text/plain 3175 265 91 Where oft the holy fathers pow'rs displayed, Each wife this tithe should personally pay But naught to husbands, parents, friends, reveal; Were forced to keep till morn the friar's claims, Ten youthful dames brisk friar Fripart took, Who paid with pleasure all the monk could wish; cried the husband with surprise; The holy fathers are to bed retired. To which the lady said:--what don't you know? A tithe, my dear, the friars always claim.-Like her; in paying tithes, the monks obeyed, I wished this night to pay him all I owe. What dues were paid: what tithes the friars sought; And friar Gerard, in another place, PINUCIO and a friend, one stormy night, But, God be praised, this cradle shows the place To miss his friend's and take the landlord's bed. Said he, my friend, I wish I could relate The friend, howe'er, the cradle called to mind, ./cache/5286.txt ./txt/5286.txt