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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CLXXX. Confessor incontinens multociens potest esse occasio
dampnacionis.
Cesarius tellis how þer was a riche huswyfe þat had
done many horrible synnys; & sho had grete sorow for þaim in
hur harte, and yit sho wold̛ nevur shryfe hur of þaim. So
þer was a yong preste þat sho had broght vp̛ of
barn̛ little hur self; & sho tuke suertie of hym̛ &
shrafe hur unto hym̛ of aƚƚ hur synnys. And when̛ he
had hard̛ hur confession̛ he was lathe to displease hur,
& cownceld̛
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hur to fulfyƚƚ þe luste & þe likyng of hur bodie;
& scho wold̛ nott, bod abade in parfite contricion̛.
And when he saw þat, he discurid̛ hur synys to ilk
man̛ & diffamyd hur. And sho was so gude a womman̛ at
no man̛ trowid hym̛ bod held̛ hur a gude womman̛
& cowntid̛ hym̛ bod for a fule.
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