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 4, 2025.
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CCCCXLIII. Iterum de Liberalitate.
We rede of þe Emperour̛ Titus, how þat he was so
liberaƚƚ of gifte þat on̛ a day when̛ no
man̛ come & askid hym̛ noght, he sayd at evyn̛ vnto
hys men̛; "O, ye frendis! This day hafe I loste!"
...Liberacio. Liberat Maria incarceratos. Infra de
Maria, ij.
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...Liberant diuersi sancti diuersos. Supra et infra in
locis suis.
...Libido. Infra de muliere.
...Lingua mala multum est detestabilis. Supra de
excommunicacione.
...Lingua aduocati est venalis. Supra de Aduocato, iiij.
...Lingua mala turbat multos. Supra de Iracundia, iij.
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