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

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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 11, 2025.

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CCCCXLIV.
Locucio. Loqui non debent religiosi de rebus pertinentibus MS. impertinentibus. Harl. MS. as above. ad uitam.

When̛ a meneya [MS. meneza.] of brether war at a calacion̛ & þai spak to-gedur of þingis þat perteynyd̛ vnto þe bodie, þer was one alde man̛ emang þaim þat hyght Corpreys. & he rase & went away, & knokkid̛ on̛ his breste & said̛; "Wo is þe, Corpres! For þou levis þase þingis þat God commandid̛ þe, þat is to say, meknes & paciens & sike oþer thingis lyke, and [Harl. MS. et loqueris de hijs que deus non requirit a te.] spekis nothyng of swilk þingis as God askis of þe." et c̛.

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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CCCCXLIV. Locucio. Loqui non debent religiosi de rebus pertinentibus MS. impertinentibus. Harl. MS. as above. ad uitam.

CCCCXLIV.
Locucio. Loqui non debent religiosi de rebus pertinentibus MS. impertinentibus. Harl. MS. as above. ad uitam.