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By The Seneschal Of Guyenne . _ Of a citizen of Tours who bought a lamprey which he sent to his wife to cook in order that he might give a feast to the priest , and the said wife sent it to a Cordelier , who was her lover , and how she made a woman who was her neighbour sleep with her husband , and how the woman was beaten , and what the wife made her husband believe , as you will hear hereafter . _ There was formerly a merchant of Tours , who , to give a feast to his curé and other worthy people , bought a large lamprey , and sent it to his house , and charged his wife to cook it , as she well knew how to do . `` And see , '' said he , `` that the dinner is ready at twelve o'clock , for I shall bring our curé , and some other people '' -LRB- whom he named -RRB- . `` All shall be ready , '' she replied , `` bring whom you will . '' She prepared a lot of nice fish , and when she saw the lamprey she wished that her paramour , a Cordelier , could have it , and said to herself , `` Ah , Brother Bernard , why are you not here ? By my oath , you should not leave till you had tasted this lamprey , or , if you liked , you should take it to your own room , and I would not fail to keep you company . ''