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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"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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