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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"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." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/AlphTales. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 18, 2025.
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XXXIX. Aduocati eciam silencium vendunt.
Helenandus. Demostenes [MS. Helenandus de Mostene.] on̛ a tyme
askid Aristodemus [MS. Aristodimus.] , þat was a maker of
talis, what he tuke euer in þe cowrte when̛ he spakk. And
he ansswerd̛ agayn̛, & said̛ he tuke a besand of
golde. And he ansswerd̛ agayn̛ & sayd̛, "I take
more to hold̛ my tong agayns þaim þat pleyis in
þe law. For my tong is boun, & may not speke bod if it be
lowsid̛ with bandis of syluer."
...Aduocatorum cautele aliquando sunt necessarie.
Infra vbi agitur de cautela.
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