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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
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London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, & Co., Ltd.
1904, 1905
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CCLXXVIII.
Doctrina. Doctor debet ostendere facto quod verbo docet.

We rede ex 'Dictis Patrum' þat þe abbott Iohn̛ was askid̛ whi he liffid̛ so straytelie emang his disciples, & gaff þaim so strayte chargis & commaundmentis, and he & þai bothe mott hafe commen̛ vnto hevyn̛ be other menys. And he made sorow & ansswerd̛ agayn̛ with grete wepyng, and̛ sayde; "In aƚƚ my life I did neuer myne awn̛ wiƚƚ, nor I taght nevur no man̛ to do noght bod at I did̛ my selfe befor̛."

  • Doctor debet habere discretum modum et gestum compositum. Infra de predicacione.
  • Dolor. Dolendum est non de re que recuperari non potest. Supra de Consilio.
  • Dolor quandoque prodest corpori. Infra de gaudio.
  • Dolendum non est de morte amici temporalis. Infra de morte.
  • Doluspunitur grauiter. Supra de adulterio.

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