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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CCCXXXII.
Fur. Furis audacia magna est frequenter.

We rede in 'Libro de Dono Timoris' how þat a thefe come privalie on̛ a nyght vnto a philosophur bed̛ þer he lay, & nemelie he drew at þe couerlad̛ att lay on̛ hym̛, & wolde hafe stollen it away. And he felid̛ at one pullid̛ at itt, & put vp his hand̛ & drew it agayn̛. And with-in a while after, þis thief drew agayn̛, & he held̛; and þus þai did̛ twice or thrice. And when̛ þai had long done so, þe philosophur spak vnto hym̛ & said̛; "þou vnhappie man̛! Take þe couerlad, & go þi wais þer-with, & latt me lygg in reste."

  • ...Fur videtur aliquando quando credit non videri. Supra de deo.

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