Ribald Classic: The Unpeeled Pear

September, 1968

In France there lived a king who proclaimed that the knight who showed himself best in the art of jousting for one whole year would receive his daughter in marriage and half his kingdom to boot. This announcement caused a great stir among all the young nobles. The beauties and riches of half the kingdom, however, scarcely compared--in their eyes--with those offered by the body of her lusty Highness."The man who jousts successfully for a year," declared one noble knight, "wins a li...