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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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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
Editor
Banks, Mary Macleod
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London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, & Co., Ltd.
1904, 1905
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CCCCXIII.
Iudicandum non est de proximis eciam peccatoribus.

We rede in 'Legenda Iohannis Elemosinarij' of a yong man̛ þat ravisshid a non̛. And when̛ clerkis broght þis man̛ befor̛ Johannes Elemosinarius, þai reprovid̛ hym̛ & said̛ he was wurthi to be cursid̛ as he þat had slayn̛ ij sawlis, þat was to say, bothe his & hurs. And þis holie man̛, Iohn̛, snybbid̛ þaim, & said̛; "Not so brether, not so! ffor I saƚƚ shew you ye do ij synys; ffurst ye do agayns þe commandment of God̛ þat sais; ' Nolite iudicare.' And þe secund̛, [ye wote noght [Harl. MS. "secundo, quia nescitis pro certo si usque hodie peccent aut peniteant."] ] whethir þai forthynk þer syn̛ & hafe done penans þerfor̛ or noght, nor whethir þai contynue in syn̛ to þis day or noght."

  • Iudicium plurimorum aliquando comprobatur. Infra de suspicione.
  • Iudicando aggrauantes facta aliorum aliquando eciam visibiliter puniuntur. Supra de contricione, iij.

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  • Iudicium medicorum de infirmis frequenter non evenit. Supra de Basilio, ij.

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