The other instance is that of the "Pardoner's Tale," which would appear to have been based on a Fabliau now lost, though the substance of it is preserved in an Italian novel, and in one or two other versions.
"Chaucer"
Adolphus William Ward
The Fabliau-motive of the first is happily contrasted with the character of Lamira and the friendship of Clerimont and Dinant; while no play has so many of Fletcher's agreeable young women as Monsieur Thomas.
"A History of English Literature Elizabethan Literature"
George Saintsbury
This interferes with a comprehension of the remarkably characteristic and clearly marked peculiarities of the Fabliau indicated in the definition given above.
"A Short History of French Literature"
George Saintsbury