Alphabet of tales : an English 15th century translation of the Alphabetum narrationum of Etienne de Besançon, from Additional MS. 25,719 of the British Museum / by Etienne de Besançon
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Alphabet of tales : an English 15th century translation of the Alphabetum narrationum of Etienne de Besançon, from Additional MS. 25,719 of the British Museum / by Etienne de Besançon
Author
Etienne de, Besançon, d. 1294
Editor
Banks, Mary Macleod
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London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, & Co., Ltd.
1904, 1905
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"Alphabet of tales : an English 15th century translation of the Alphabetum narrationum of Etienne de Besançon, from Additional MS. 25,719 of the British Museum / by Etienne de Besançon." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/AlphTales. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2025.
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CCCCXIX. Iustitia eciam in proprio filio debet
excerceri.
We rede how on̛ a tyme, when̛ a son̛ o Traiane rade
prowdlie þurgℏ þe cetie, hym̛ happend̛ or
racklesnes with his hors to kyƚƚ a wedow son̛; and þe
wedow with mekiƚƚ sorow [com̛] & tellid̛
Traian̛ þe Emperour. And he gaff þe wedow in-stede
of hur son̛ his son̛, þat had done hur þe
trispas, and magnified̛ hur with riche giftis.
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