XLVIII.
Agnetis Virginis et martiris.
We rede in hur meracles how þat þer was a preste þat servid̛ in a kurk̘ of Saynt Agn[es], whilk þat on̛ a tyme was hugelie vexid
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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"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 June 16, 2025.
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XLVIII.
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with temptacion̛ of his flessℏ; bod becauce þat he wold̛ nott offend̛ allmyghti God̛, he besoght þe pope þat he wold̛ giff hym̛ lefe to be weddid̛. And þe pope, considuryng his gudenes & his symplenes, gaff hym̛ a ryng, & bad hym̛ go home vnto a fayr̛ ymage of Saynt Agnes, þat was paynttid̛ in his kurk, & on̛ his behalfe charge hur þat sho sulde suffre hym̛ wed hur. And þe preste come home & chargid̛ þe ymage as þe pope bad [hym]. And onone sho putt furtℏ hur ryng-fynger & profird̛ it to hym̛, & he putt on̛ þe ryng. And [sho] drew in hur fynger agayn̛, And onone aƚƚ maner of temptacion [MS. temptacid.] passid̛ away fro þis preste. And in Rome in hur [After hur, hu, erased.] kurk, at þis day, þe same ryng shewis yitt on̛ hur fynger, & is closid̛ into þe burde agayn̛. et c̛.
- ... Amandi confessoris. Infra de infante, i.
- ...Ambicio. Ambicioso totus mundus non sufficit.