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Magdalena deuotos sibi ad pentitenciam
adducit.
We rede in 'Legenda Lombardica' how þer was in Flandres a clerk̘ þat hight Stephan, & he feƚƚ vnto so grete syn̛ & folie
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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- 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 16, 2025.
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so þat he vsid̛ to do aƚƚ maner of folie, bod he wold̛ nowder do nor here nothyng þat was gude. Neuer-þe-les he had grete deuocion̛ vnto Marie Magdaleyn̛, & wurshuppid̛ hur day & fastid̛ hur evyn̛, and wold̛ go in pylgramege vnto hur grafe. So on̛ a tyme sho aperid̛ vnto hym̛ in lyknes of a fayr womman̛, bod sho had wepyng een̛, and sho said̛ vnto hym̛; "Stephan, whi duse þou iƚƚ dedis agayn̛ my gude merettis? Whi ert þou not movid̛ with no compunccion̛ for þi syn̛? And I hafe prayed so hartlie for þe sen̛ þou had deuocion̛ vnto me, and þerfor̛ rise & forthynke þe, for I wiƚƚ not forsake þe to þou be recownceld̛." And fro thens furtℏ he felid̛ so mekuƚƚ grace yett in hym̛ þat he forsuke þis werld̛, & tuke hym̛ vnto religion̛ & shrafe hym̛ & did penance, & lifid̛ a gude life & died̛ a holie man̛. And when̛ he dyed̛ Mari Magdaleyn̛ was sene at his dying, & had his sawle vnto hevyn̛ in ane angeƚƚ lyknes.
- ...Magistro est exhibenda reuerencia. Infra de peticione.
- ...Magistro possunt adaptari que dicuntur de doctore et predicatore.
- ...Magus multa signa facit. Infra de Simone Mago.
- ...Magus arte sua multos decipit. Supra de decepcione.