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Ludit miles ad taxillos cum demone.
In þe Cetie of Susan̛, with-in þe dioces of Colan̛, þer was a knyght, and he was so giffen̛ vnto playing at þe dice, at nyght
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
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- Banks, Mary Macleod
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- 1904, 1905
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& day he was evur redie to play with any þat wolde com̛; and he was passand fortunat in playing & temyd many mans purs. So on̛ a nyght þe devuƚƚ come in a mans liknes & desyrid̛ to play with hym̛, & he went in-to þe howse with hym̛, & a grete sakett fuƚƚ of mony in his hand̛, & þai played to-gedur to þis knyght had nere-hand̛ loste aƚƚ þe mony þat he had̛. And þis knyght, when̛ he had loste, began̛ to wax angrie & said̛; "Þou erte þe devuƚƚ, hope I." And þan̛ þe toder said̛; "Now we hafe played enoghe, and vs bus now go." And he tuke þe knyght be þe nekk & drew hym̛ oute þurgℏ þe thakk of þe howse. And his body breste & his bowels cleuyd̛ on̛ þe sclathe stonys. And on̛ þe morn̛ his bowels was fon̛, bod what at wurthed of þe bodie cuthe neuer man̛ teƚƚ to þis day, & þai went & berid̛ his bowels.
- ...Ludus avium in hoc seculo punitur. Supra de Aue.
- ...Lupi confessoris. Supra de Amore.