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inferiority. Their tendency was ruther towards the in\ ration of stories at oiu-e 

 supernatural and facetious, such as " Fortunatus," " Ulespiegel," and " Faust," 

 or satirical allegories, such as the famous romance of " Renard," to which 

 France gave letters of naturalisation, borrowing from Germany the data of 

 this fanciful and allegorical story. 



Fig. 317. Token of Antoine Verard (1498), Printer, Wood Engraver, and Bookseller, at Paris, 

 who published most of the Romances of Chivalry in Prose during the reigns of Louis XII. 

 and Francois I. 



