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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DII. Monachus passiones debet reprimere.
We rede ex 'Dictis Patrum' how þat abbott Pastor said̛
in his life; "He þat is evur compleynand̛ sulde nott be a
monke, and he þat duse iƚƚ for iƚƚ is no monke, and he
that is angrie is nott wurthie be callid̛ a monke." et c̛.
...Monachus apostata penitens, et sic moriens, eciam
post mortem habitum recuperauit. Infra de
voluntate, ij.
...Monachus cibaria exquisita comedere non debet.
Supra de gula, v.
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