CCCXXVI.
Fidelitatem racione inuidie multi deserunt.
Justinus tellis in 'Gestis Alexandri' how at Alexander had a hy naturaƚƚ witt aboue aƚƚ other men̛, vnto so muche þat his
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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CCCXXVI.
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knyghtis had such a faitℏ in hym̛, at als lang as he was present þai trustid̛ þat, & þai had bene vnarmyd̛, yit þer enmys sulde nott hafe ouer-commen̛ þaim, & at what peple at þai sulde feght with, þai trustid̛ to our-com̛ þaim, & what cetie at þai vmsegid̛, þai trustid̛ to gett & wyn̛ itt. For þer was neuer enmy þat he faght with bod he ouer-come hym̛, nor neuer cetie þat he segid̛ bod he wan̛ it, nor neuer peple nor nacion̛ att he rase agayn̛ bod̛ he had̛ þe ouer-hand̛ of þaim. And neuer-þe-les, at þe laste end̛, he was ouer-commen̛, & not in bateƚƚ be feghtyng with his enmys, bod with gyle & dessayte of ane of his awn̛ knyghtis þat poysond̛ hym̛ with a drynk.
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Lat. MSS. sed insidiis suorum et fraude civili.