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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CCCXXXI. Francisci. De Sancto Francisco.
We rede how som tyme þer was a womman̛ þat had a
grete deuocion̛ vnto Saynt Frawncis; so hur happend̛ to dye,
and þe þrestis come & sang hur a dirige. So sodanlie
sho spak vnto one of þe prestis at stude abowte hur, &
said̛; "Fadur, I wulde be shrevyn̛; I was dead̛ &
commaundid̛ vnto a grevus preson̛ for a syn̛ þat I
was neuer shrevyn̛ of, þat I saƚƚ now confess me off
to the. Bod Saynt Frawncis prayed for me, at my saule mott com̛
agayn̛ vnto my bodye & confes þat syn̛, & so
hafe forgyfnes þerof."
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And þer sho shrafe hur þeroff, & tuke hur
absolucion̛, & onone after sho swelt agayn̛.
...Fraus. Fraudem debent omnes vitare. Infra de
negociacione.
...Fuga. Fugienda est turba. Infra de turba.
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