Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1894. Excerpt: ... tympanistam, verum etiam inter tubicinem et uxorem ejus, audiret. Nequaquam, ait ille, in muli collum frana demittens, et manibus ambabus in pectus positis, (mulo lente progrediente) nequaquam, ait ille respiciens, non necesse est ut res isthac dilucidata foret. Minime gentium! meus nasus nunquam tangetur, dum spiritus hos reget artus--Ad quid agendum? ait uxor burgomagistri. Peregrinus illi non respondit. Vitum faciebat tunc temporis sancto Nicolao; quo facto, in sinum dextrum inserens, e qua negligenter pependit acinaces, lento gradu processit per plateam Argentorati latam qua ad d''eoersorium templo ex adversum ducit. Peregrinus mulo descendens stabulo includi, et manticam inferri jus sit: qua apertd et coccineis sericis femoralibus extractis cum argenteolaciniato Tlepi^&ftavr''i, his sese mduit, statimque, acinaci in manu, adforum deambulavit. Quod ubi peregrinus esset ingressus, uxorem tubicinis obviam euntem aspicit; illico cursum Jlectit, metuens ne nasus suus exploraretur, atque ad diversorium regressus est--exuit se vestibus; braccas coccineas sericas mantica imposuit mulumque educi jus sit. Francofurtum prqficiscor, ait ille, et Argentoratum quatuor abhinc hebdomadis revertar. betwixt the centinel and the drummer, but betwixt the trumpeter and trumpeter''s wife. No! said he, dropping his reins upon his mule''s neck, and laying both his hands upon his breast, the one over the other, in a saint-like position (his mule going on easily all the time) No! said he, looking up--I am not such a debtor to the world slandered and disappointed as I have been--as to give it that conviction no! said he, my nose shall never be touched whilst Heaven gives me strength To do what? said a burgomaster''s wife. The stranger took no notice of the burgomaster''s wife he was making a vow to Sain...
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