Ribald Classic: The Burgher's Beautiful Wife

January, 1960

There once lived a burgher so wealthy that his equal was not to be found in the whole city of Nürnberg. His praise resounded from many mouths and his name was known far and wide. He had a wife who was equally renowned, for she was very beautiful.Now, the burgher had in his employ a young scribe who was fired by one ambition, and that was to serve the burgher's wife, not for gold or silver, but only for love. From dawn till dusk he could think only of her. But whenever he approached her with gent...