CCLXXVII.
Diuicias habere et non amare virtus est.
Saynt Gregur̛ tellis of ane hermett þat was a man̛ of grete vertue & lefte aƚƚ maner of gudis for Goddis sake, to so mekle
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
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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 May 13, 2025.
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CCLXXVII.
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at he had no gude lefte bod a catt. And he prayed vnto God at He wulde vuchsafe to latt hym̛ witt who sulde be his felow in þe blis of hevyn̛. And it was ansswerd̛ hym̛ from̛ aƚƚ-myghtie God & sayd̛, þat Gregur sulde be his felow. And when̛ he hard̛ þis he made mekuƚƚ sorow, & þoght his wilfuƚƚ pouertie profettid̛ hym̛ bod little, sen̛ Gregur þat had so mekuƚƚ riches sulde be his felow in hevyn̛. So on̛ a nyght as he was in his prayers, hym̛ þoght þat he hard̛ almighti God say vnto hym̛; "Gregur, þat is so riche of gudis, is als pure in his spiritt as þou erte, for þou hase more lykyng in þi pouertie þan̛ he hase in his riches."