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 17, 2025.

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CCLXXXIX.
Eleccio. Eligi semper debet melior ad officium.

Petrus Clariuall tellis how in a Cathedraƚƚ-kurk of Fraunce þer feƚƚ a [MS. repeats, a.] dis-corde for chesyng of þer bisshopp̛. So þai compromysid̛ vnto a cardinaƚƚ þat was þer, þat he sulde chese þaim one of ij, whame þai namyd̛. And þis Cardinaƚƚ tuke counceƚƚ att þis holie man̛ Petrus Clariuaƚƚ, whethur hym̛ was bettir to chese to be bisshopp̛; and he ansswerd̛ agayn̛ & sayde, þat of ij fals penys þe bettur may nott be chosyn̛.

...Eligi non debet puer in prelatum vel iudicem. Infra de puero.
...Eligi non debet prelatus racione carnalitatis. Infra de prelato. Et supra de abbate.
...Elemosina semper est danda. Supra de dacione et dono.
...Elemosina pauperi negari non debet. Infra de paupertate.
...Elemosina eciam in presenti deus reddit. Supra de auaricia.
...Elemosina temperata auget, negata, temporalia tollit quandoque. Supra de auaricia.

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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CCLXXXIX. Eleccio. Eligi semper debet melior ad officium.

CCLXXXIX.
Eleccio. Eligi semper debet melior ad officium.