CCCIV.
Episcopus a demone citatur.
We rede in 'Libro de Dono Timoris,' how on̛ a tyme a bisshopp̛ happend̛ to faƚƚ seke, and̛ a fend̛ come & somond̛ hym̛ to com̛ afor̛
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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CCCIV.
Page 209
þe pope, & for to giff rekynyng of his adminystracion̛. So vppon̛ þe day at was assigned̛ hym̛, hym̛ thoght þat he was drawen̛ vnto iugement befor̛ þe pope, and at þe devuƚƚ suld̛ article agayns hym̛ for to giff a rekenyng. And he cuthe not giff a due rekynyng; so hym̛ thoght hym̛ was assignyd̛ a day to take his fuƚƚ sentance on̛, and her̛-for he wex passyng hevy, and callid̛ aƚƚ his howshold̛ aforn̛ hym̛, & told̛ þaim how it was. So a noder day hym̛ thoght at a fend̛ come & constreynyd̛ hym̛ to com̛ to his rakenyng befor̛ þe hye iuge of hevyn̛, and he vgged̛ so with þe fend̛ þat he cryed̛ hugelie, & said̛ he wold̛ nott go with hym̛; & he clekid̛ a pyler in his armys to hold̛ hym̛ by þat he suld̛ nott take hym̛, and with þat his head̛ was plukkid̛ off & he dyed̛.
- ...Episcopus de religione sumptus, cibaria delicata vitare debet. Infra de Gula.
- ...Episcopus a demone temptatur. de Andrea supra.
- ...Episcopus bonus deuote moritur. Supra de Communione.