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 April 29, 2025.

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Luxuriosa mulier conceptum infantem necat.

We rede of a non̛ of þe dioces of Colan̛, and sho conseyvid̛ & bare a child̛ & when̛ it was born̛ she slew it. So afterward̛ hur happend faƚƚ seke & was bown̛ to dye, and sho shrafe hur of aƚƚ hur synys outtakyn þis syn̛ of þe slayng of hur childe; and þan̛ sho dyed̛. So afterward̛ sho apperid̛ vnto a cussyn̛ of hurs at prayed for hur, and sho bare in hur armys a burnande childe, & said̛; "þis childe I conseyvid̛, & when̛ it was born̛ I slew it. & þerfor̛ euer I mon̛ bere it abowte & it is a passand̛ byrnand̛ fyre vnto me. And if I had bene shrevyn̛ þerof I had had grace, & now I mon̛ hafe none for I am̛ dampnyd̛."

  • ...Luxurie peccatum committunt eciam religiosi, vt hic et supra et infra diuersis locis.
  • ...Luxuria religiosos religionem relinquere facit. Infra de Maria, vij.

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