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"By my word," said Ennasuite, "there are many who, thinking to do better
than their fellows, do either worse or else the very opposite of what
they desire."
"Truly," said Geburon, "you remind me--though, indeed, the matter is
not greatly to the point--of a woman who did the opposite of what she
desired, and so caused a great uproar in the church of St. John of
Lyons."
"I pray you," said Parlamente, "take my place and tell us about it."
"My story," said Geburon, "will not be so long or so piteous as the one
we have heard from Parlamente."
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_TALE LXV_.
_Though the priests of St. John of Lyons would fain have
concealed it, the falsity of a miracle was brought to light
through an old woman's folly becoming known_. (1)
In the church of St. John of Lyons there is a very dark chapel, and
inside it a stone tomb with figures of great personages raised life-like
upon it, whilst several men-at-arms lie all around it.
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