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
Editor
Banks, Mary Macleod
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London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, & Co., Ltd.
1904, 1905
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CCXVI. Correpcio. Corriguntur aliqui per moniciones
sibi factas a bonis.
We rede in 'Libro de Dono Timoris,' how þer was a religious
man̛ þat was passand contemplatyfe; and on̛ a tyme he
was sodanlie ravisshid̛ vnto his dome. And þer he saw ij
grete men̛, of þe whilk þe tane was ane Erle, and
þe toder a grete prelatt; and þai wer hugelie accusid̛
befor̛ our Lord̛. Agayns þe whilk, þuf aƚƚ
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hym̛ semyd̛ passand grevid̛, neuer-þe-les, be
prayers of som̛ of þaim att wer of þat cowrte, he
putt our his sentans and said̛ vnto þis religious man̛
at he suld̛ make þaim hafe knowlege hereoff be his Abbott;
& so he did̛. And þis Erle, for drede of þis
vysion̛ at was told̛ hym̛, forthoght his syn̛
& did penans þerfor̛, and dyed a gude man̛.
And̛ þis prelatt sett lightly be þis visyon̛
& þis warnyng, and wold̛ nott amend his life. And
afterward̛ hym̛ happend̛ to be fon̛ sodanlie
dead̛ in his bed on̛ a nyght. et c̛.
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