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 June 19, 2025.

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CCIII.
Continens debet [motus] Latin and English MSS. have homo instead of motus. sensualitatis et complexionis naturalis reprimere.

Cassianus tellis þat when̛ Socrates þe philosophur be complexion̛ off his bodye was disposid̛ vnto many synys, so on̛ a tyme þer was a man̛ þat beheld̛ hym̛ ons, & sayd̛ he had þe een̛ of childr̛ body. And Socrates disciples þoght þai wold̛ bete hym̛ for þe skorn̛ he gaff þer maister; and þer maister wulde not latt þaim, bod garte þaim lefe & do hym̛ no skatℏ; "for it is with me as he said̛, bod I with-draw me fro þat at I am̛ desposid̛ to."

...Continens eciam habita op[p]ortunitate peccandi se custodit. Infra de temptacione carnis.
...Continens eciam mortem sustinet antequam peccato consensiat. Infra de temptacione carnis. j.

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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Pages

CCIII. Continens debet [motus] Latin and English MSS. have homo instead of motus. sensualitatis et complexionis naturalis reprimere.

CCIII.
Continens debet [motus] Latin and English MSS. have homo instead of motus. sensualitatis et complexionis naturalis reprimere.