Table of contents : Epistle Dedicatory vii The Discourse of Ale 1 The Preparation, with the Strange Story of a Red Jar 13 'The Spigot Clerk's First Tale-How the Folk of Abergavenny were pestered by an accursed knight 26 The Lord Maltworm’s First Tale—How a man of Caerleon found a great treasure 59 The Rubrican's First Tale-What fell out in the ancient keep of Caldicot 103 The Tankard Marshall’s First Tale—The Quest of the Dial and the Vane 103 By the Way 127 The Spigot Clerk’s Second Tale—How a Knight of Uske kept guard over a tree 131 The Portreeve’s Solemnity 157 The Tale told by the Seigneur of La Roche Nemours— The Quaint History of a Lord of Gwent and how his wife desired to smell a Rose 166 The Journey Homeward 208 Signor Piero Latini's Tale-How the Duke of San Giuliano made build a high wall 218 The Lord Maltworm’s Second Tale —The Affair done at the house with the lattice 246 The Rubrican’s Second Tale —The Triumph of Love 282 Epilogue 309