CLXV.
Comparaciones odiose sunt.
Agellius tellis how þat when̛ Aresto[ti]le þe philosophyr wexid̛ olde, aƚƚ his scolers & þai þat vsid̛ his facultie come vnto hym̛
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
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- Etienne de, Besançon, d. 1294
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- 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 May 25, 2025.
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CLXV.
Page 116
& prayed hym̛ to teƚƚ þaim þat, when̛ he was dead̛, who sulde succede & be þer maister in his steade. And þer was in his scole ij principallis, Thofrastus and Memedemus. And þan̛ Arestotile garte bryng hym̛ bere & mead̛ þatt he myght drynk̘ of þaim bothe befor̛ aƚƚ his scolars. And when̛ he had tastid̛ of bathe, he commendid̛ ather of þaim. Neuer-þe-les he sayd̛ þat bere was þe bettyr, becauce it was þe elder. And þus priualie with-outen̛ lakkyng or commendacion̛ of owder partie (þai purseyvid) þat Thofrastus sulde be þer maister after hym̛ when̛ he was dead̛.