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The Lombard Who Wanted Twelve Wives
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A young man boasts he could handle twelve wives. He marries one. She ruins him.
When the village captures a wolf, he suggests, “Give him a wife.”
Le valet aus .xii. Fames (The fellow with a dozen wives) is a fabliau about ego, endurance, and learning the hard way that marriage is not for amateurs.
📜 Text: Translation by Nathaniel E. Dubin
🎵 Title music: “Celebration” by Alexander Nakarada
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Manage episode 402730879 series 3527006
A young man boasts he could handle twelve wives. He marries one. She ruins him.
When the village captures a wolf, he suggests, “Give him a wife.”
Le valet aus .xii. Fames (The fellow with a dozen wives) is a fabliau about ego, endurance, and learning the hard way that marriage is not for amateurs.
📜 Text: Translation by Nathaniel E. Dubin
🎵 Title music: “Celebration” by Alexander Nakarada
📲 Updates & mischief: @kpethainou.bsky.social | @thecourtjesterpodcast on Facebook
🃏 Bonus content: patreon.com/CourtJesterPodcast
☕Buy me a coffee https://ko-fi.com/thecourtjesterpodcast
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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