(4) and, after pondering a long time, bade them again repeat the terms
of the oath. And after weighing them well, he said--

"She has told you the truth and yet she has deceived you. She said that
no man had ever touched her any more than her brother had done, and I
feel sure that her brother has begotten this child and now seeks to hide
his wickedness by a monstrous deception. We, however, who believe that
Jesus Christ has come, can look for none other. Go, therefore, and put
the priest in prison; I am sure that he will confess the truth."

3 In the MS. followed for this edition, as well as in
Boaistuau's-version of the _Heptameron_, the age is given as
"thirteen." We borrow the word "thirty" from MS. 1518
(Béthune).--L.

4 Charles of Angoulême, father of King Francis and Queen
Margaret, had received for the times a most excellent
education, thanks to the solicitude of his father, Count
John the Good, who further took upon himself to "instruct
him in morality, showing him by a good example how to live
virtuously and honestly, and teaching him to pray God and
obey His commandments."--_Vie de très illustre et vertueux
Prince Jean, Comte d'Angoulême_, by Jean du Port, Angoulême,
1589, p. 66. That Count Charles profited by this teaching is
shown in the above tale.--ED.

This was done according to his command, though not without serious
remonstrances concerning the putting of this virtuous man to open shame.

Albeit, as soon as the priest had been taken, he made confession of his