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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"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 May 14, 2025.
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CCLXXII. Discere. Discendum est in omni etate.
Valerius tellis of ane of þe vij sagis, & he wold̛
aƚƚ-way say þat he was redie to lern̛; so hym̛
happend̛ on̛ a tyme for to faƚƚ seke, & was
bown̛ to dye, and aƚƚ hys ffrendis come aboute hym̛
& comfurthid̛ hym̛. And evyn̛ sodanlie, als seke
as he was, he sett hym̛ vp emang þaim, & tuke a buke
& lukid̛ þeron̛; and þai askid̛
hym̛ whi he did̛ so, and he ansswerd̛ agayn̛ &
sayd at he wold̛ lern̛ somwhatt of a disputacion̛,
& þan̛ lay hym̛ down̛ & dye.
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