Tales of Count Lucanor - The Stories

The Stories

The titles in the following list are those given in James York's 1868 translation into English.

The Prologue

1. Relates to what happened to a Moorish king of Cordova

2. Treats of that which happened to Lorenzo Suarez Gallinato, and Garciperez of Vargas, and another knight

3. Treats of that which happened to Don Rodrigo el Franco and his knights

4. Of a Hermit who sought to know whom he should have for his companion in Paradise, and of the leap made by King Richard of England

5. Of that which happened to the Emperor Frederick and Don Alvar Fañez, with their wives

6. Of that which happened to the Count of Provence and Saladin the Sultan of Babylon

7. Of that which happened to a King and three Impostors

8. What happened to a King with a man who called himself an Alchymist

9. Of that which happened to two Cavaliers who were in the service of the Infant Prince Henry

10. Concerning what happened to a Seneschal of Carcasona

11. Of that which happened to a Moor who had a Sister pretending to be alarmed at any ordinary occurrence

12. Of that which happened to a Dean of Santiago, with Don Illan, the Magician, who lived at Toledo

13. What happened to King Ben Abit, of Seville, with Queen Romaquia, his wife

14. Concerining what happened to a Lombardian, in Bologna

15. What Count Fernan Gonzales said to Nuno Lainez

16. Of what happened to Don Rodrigo Melendez de Valdez

17. Concerning that which happened to a great Philosopher and a young King, his pupil

18. Relates what happened to a Moorish King, who had three Sons, and who desired to know which would become the best Man

19. Of that which happened to the Canons of the Cathedral Church of Paris, and to the Friars of Saint Francis, called Minors

20. Of that which happened to a Falcon and a Heron, and, more particularly, to a cunning Falcon, which belonged to the Infant Don Manuel

21. Recounts what happened to Count Fernan Gonzalez, and the Reply which he gave to his Vassals

22. Of that which happened to a King and his Favourite

23. What happened to a good Man and his Son, leading a beast to market

24. Of what a Genovese said to his soul when about to die

25. What happened to the Crow, with the Fox

26. What happened to the Swallow, with the other birds, when he saw the flax sown

27. Relates what happened to a Man who carried a very precious Treasure hung round his neck, and who had to pass a River

28. Of what happened to a woman called Truhana

29. Of that which happened to a Man who was suffering from a malady and whose liver had to be cleansed

30. Of what happened to a man who through poverty and lack of other food, was reduced to eat some peas

31 What happened to a Cock and a Fox

32. What happened to a Man catching Partridges

33. Relates to what happened to a Man with his Friend who had invited him to dinner

34. What happened to the Owls and the Crows

35. The advice which Patronio gave to Count Lucanor, when he said he wished to enjoy himself, illustrated by the example of that which happened to the Ants

36. Of that which happened to a good Man and his Son, who boasted of having many Friends

37. Relates to what happened to the Lion and the Bull

38. Relates to the advice which Patronio gave to Count Lucanor, when he expressed a desire to obtain a good reputation; and the example was what happened to a Philosopher who was suffering from a severe illness

39. Of what happened to a man who was made Governor of a large territory

40. Of that which happened to Good and Evil, illustrated by what occurred to a Man with a Madman

41. Of the association between Truth and Falsehood

42. Of what happened to a Fox who pretended to be dead

43. What happened to two blind Men travelling together

44. Of what happened to a young Man on his Wedding Day

45. Of what happened to a Merchant who went to buy brains

46. What happened to a Man with a grey Sandpiper and a Swallow

47. What happened to the Devil, with a Woman who went on a pilgrimage

48. The advice which Patronio gave to Count Lucanor when informed that a Man had offered to teach him the art of foretelling coming events, which he exemplified by what happened to a good Man who became first rich and afterwards poor by the intervention of the Devil

49. What happened to Don Lorenzo Xuares Gallinato, when he beheaded the renegade Priest

50. Concerning that which happened to Saladin and a Lady, wife of a Knight in his service