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
Publication
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, & Co., Ltd.
1904, 1905
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CCCXCVI. Inuidia aliqualis eciam in puellis paruis
reperitur.
Cesarius tellis how þat in Freseland̛ in a nonrie
þer was ij little maydens þat lernyd on̛ þe
buke, & euer þai strafe whethur of þaim shulde
lern̛ mor̛ þan̛ þe toder. So þe tane of
þaim happend̛ to faƚƚ seke, and sho garte caƚƚ
þe Priores vnto hur & sayd̛; "Gude ladie! suffre nott
my felow to lern̛ vnto I cover of my sekenes, and I saƚƚ
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pray my moder to gif me vjd̛ & þat I saƚƚ giff you
& ye do so; ffor I drede þat whils I am̛ seke,
þat sho saƚƚ pas me in lernyng, & þat I wolde not
at sho did̛, et c̛." And at þis wurde þe
priores smylid̛ & hadd̛ grete mervayle of þe
damyseƚƚ conseyte. et c̛.
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