Download or read book A Hundred Merry Tales written by JOHN. RASTELL and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-16 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1524-5, this charming collection of amusing (sometimes scurrilous) anecdotes was greatly celebrated in Tudor England, and is even name-checked by Shakespeare. Now re-edited for the first time from all four surviving original editions, and including rediscovered 'lost' passages, this is the fullest ever edition of a classic work