Morley. Reynard the Fox

Today's free book is Reynard the Fox by Henry Morley (1889). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust (I have not checked for other online sources). There's also a free audiobook at LibriVox.




Table of Contents

How the Lion king of all beasts sent out his mandments that all beasts should come to his feast and court

The first complaint made Isegrim the Wolf on Reynart

The complaint of Curtise the Hound

How Grimbard the Dasse, the fox's sister's son, spoke for Reynart and answered tofore the king

How the cock complained on Reynart

How the King spake touching this complaint

How Bruin the Bear was sped of Reynart the Fox

How Bruin ate the honey

The complaint of the Bear upon the Fox

How the King sent another time Tybert the Cat for the Fox, and hwo Tybert sped with Reynart the Fox

How Grymbart the Dasse brought the Fox to the law tofore the King

How Reynart shrove him

How the Fox came to the Court, and how he excused him tofore the King

How the Fox was arrested and judged to death

How the Fox was led to the gallows

How the Fox made openly his confession tofore the King and tofore all them that would hear it

How the Fox brought them in danger that would have brought him to death, and how he got the grace of the King

How the Wolf and the Bear were arrested by the labour of Reynart the Fox

How Isengrim and his wife Ersewynde must suffer their shoes to be plucked off, and how Reynard did on the shoes for to go to Rome with

How Cuwart the Hare was slain by the Fox

How the Fox sent the head of Cuwart the Hare to the King by Bellyn the Ram

How Bellyn the Ram and all his lineage were given in the hands of Isegrim and Bruin, and how he was slain

How the King held his feast, and how Lapreel the Cony complained unto the King upon Reynart the Fox

How Corbant the Rook complained on the Fox for the death of his wife

How the King was sore angry of these complaints

How Grymbart the Dasse warned the Fox that the King was wroth with him and would slay him

How Reynart the Fox came another time to the Court

How Reynart the Fox excused him before the King

How the King answered upon Reynart's excuse

How Dame Rukenawe answered for the Fox to the King

A parable of a Man that delivered a Serpent from peril of death

Which ben friends and kin unto Reynart the Fox

How the Fox with subtlety excused him for the death of Cuwart the Hare and of all other matters that were laid against him, and how with flattering he gat again his peace of the King

How Isegrim the Wolf complainted again on the Fox

A fair parable of the Fox and the Wolf
How Isegrim proffered his glove for the Fox to fight wit him

How the Fox took up the glove. And how the King set to them day and field for to come and do their battle

How Rukenawe the She Ape counselled the Fox how he should behave in the field against the Wolf

How the Fox came into the field and how they fought

How the Fox and the Wolf fought together

How the Fox, being under the Wolf, with flattering wordes glosed him, that the Fox came to his above again

How Isegrim the Wolf was overcomen and how the battle was taken up and finished. And how the Fox had the worship

And ensample that the Fox told to the King when he had won the field

How the King forgave the Fox all things, and made Sovereign and greatest over all his lands

How the Fox with his friends and lineage departed nobly from the King and went to his castle Malperduys