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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CCLIII. Demonis Penitencia.
Cesarius tellis how þat in Colan̛ þer was a
womman̛ vexid̛ with a fend̛, & be grace of
God̛, a holie man̛ drafe hym̛ oute of hur. And
þan̛ þis holie man̛ hard̛ a noder
fend̛ & hym̛ to-gedur, & saw þaim bathe.
And̛ þe tane said̛ vnto þe toder; "O! þou
wriche! why consentid̛ þou to Lucifer? For
þerfor̛ we feƚƚ fro euerlastand̛ ioy." And
þe toder ansswerd̛ hym̛ agayn̛ & sayd̛;
"Whi did̛ þou
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so?" And þai bothe forthoght it, & said̛ þe tane
vnto þe toder; "Halde þi tong! þis penans is our
late; ffor & þer was a pyler of yrn̛ byrnand̛,
sett fuƚƚ of sharpe rasurs, sett evyn̛ vp fro ertℏ to
hevyn̛, me had levir, & I mot suffer it & I had
flessℏ, be drawen̛ þeron̛ vp & down̛ to
þe day of dome, with counand̛ at I mot com̛
agayn̛ vnto þat ioy þat I was in." et c̛.
...Demon in ornatu vestium delectatur
MS. dilectatur. . Infra de ornatu.
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