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

CLXXXI.
Confessor eciam in cautela et in interrogando Harl. MS. incautus in interrogando. Arun. MS. as above. multis est occasio peccati.

We rede how on̛ a tyme a maydyn̛ come & shrafe hur vnto a preste; and he as ane vnwyse confessur began̛ to tempe [After tempe, hym, erased.] hur vnto syn̛, & gaf hur comfurthe þerin þat sho sulde contynue. And so sho contynued̛ it so lang at sho cuthe neuer lefe it [Latin MSS. Virgo quedam cuidam sacerdoti confitebatur. Ille sicut imprudens cepit de peccatis sibi ignotis interrogare. Que mox de eis in tantum cepit temptari quod, sicut postea retulit alteri sacerdoti, vix de illis peccatis continuit.] .