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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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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
Publication
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, & Co., Ltd.
1904, 1905
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CCLVIII.
Demon eciam iocalia offert vt ametur.

We rede how þe devuƚƚ luffid̛ a yong womman̛, and apperid̛ vnto hur oft-sithis on̛ þe night with grete lightis aboute hym̛, so þat aƚƚ þe chawmer myght be seen̛ with þe light, & þe droppis of þe seargis myght be sene; & he gaff vnto hur rynges & oþer iewels of gold̛, and many other þingis. And sho come vnto hur confession̛, & shewid þaim vnto þe preste. et c̛.

  • Demon orationibus sanctorum a malo inchoato impeditur MS. inpeditur. . Supra Barnardi.
  • Demon impedit audire sermonem. Supra de audire sermonem.

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  • Demon conscribit peccata hominum. Supra Augustini.
  • Demon insidiatur clericis in choro. Supra de.

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