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 May 17, 2025.
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CCCCXXXVI. Leonardi Confessoris.
We rede in his Legend̛ how þer was a knyght
presond̛ in Bretany, & he made his prayers speciallie vnto
Saynt Leonard̛ to helpe hym̛. And onone, at aƚƚ
men̛ saw & might know hym̛, Saynt Leonard̛
apperid̛ in myddest of þe mute-haƚƚ, & went into
þe preson̛ & brak his fetters & put þaim in
þe mans hand̛, & opynlie emang aƚƚ men̛ he
broght hym̛ furth þorow þaim. And aƚƚ þat
saw had so mekuƚƚ wonder þerof þat þai
war̛ passynglie astonyd̛.
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