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Jurgen
A Comedy of Justice

By
James Branch Cabell

"Of JURGEN eke they maken mencioun,
That of an old wyf gat his youthe agoon,
And gat himselfe a shirte as bright as fyre
Wherein to jape, yet gat not his desire
In any countrie ne condicioun."

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Before each tarradiddle,
Uncowed by sciolists,
Robuster persons twiddle
Tremendously big fists.

"Our gods are good," they tell us;
"Nor will our gods defer
Remission of rude fellows'
Ability to err."

So this, your JURGEN, travels
Content to compromise
Ordainments none unravels
Explicitly . . . and sighs.
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"Too urbane to advocate delusion, too hale for the bitterness of irony, this fable of Jurgen is, as the world itself, a book wherein each man will find what his nature enables him to see; which gives us back each his own image; and which teaches us each the lesson that each of us desires to learn."

- JOHN FREDERICK LEWISTAM.
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Contents

I. WHY JURGEN DID THE MANLY THING. . . . . 9
II. ASSUMPTION OF A NOTED GARMENT. . . . . 14
III. THE GARDEN BETWEEN DAWN AND SUNRISE. . . . . 18
IV. THE DOROTHY WHO DID NOT UNDERSTAND. . . . . 22
V. REQUIREMENTS OF BREAD AND BUTTER. . . . . 34
VI. SHOWING THAT SEREDA IS FEMININE. . . . . 39
VII. OF COMPROMISES ON A WEDNESDAY. . . . . 47
VIII. OLD TOYS AND A NEW SHADOW. . . . . 60
IX. THE ORTHODOX RESCUE OF GUENEVERE. . . . . 66
X. PITIFUL DISGUISES OF THRAGNAR. . . . . 72
XI. APPEARANCE OF THE DUKE OF LOGREUS. . . . . 78