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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DIX.
Mors eciam omnes ditissimos spoliat.

We rede in 'Cronicles' of ane þat hight Saladinus, when̛ on̛ a tyme he knew þat he sulde dye att Damaske, he callid̛ his hansman̛ vnto hym̛ & said̛; "þou at was wunt to bere my banor vnto bateƚƚ, bere now þe banor of my dead̛, þat is to say a fowle clothe, þurgℏ aƚƚ Damaske, & cry & say þus, 'Behold̛! þe kyng of þe Orient is bown̛ to dye, and he mon̛ nothyng bere with hym̛ bod þis fowle clothe.'" And onone after he dyed̛, & was won̛ in þe same clothe.

  • ...Morientes in hora mortis temptati per orationes sanctorum adiuuantur. Supra de demone, iij MS. iiij. .

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  • ...
  • ...Mors est timenda. Infra de timore.
  • ...Morte improvisa MS. inprovisa. moriuntur aliquando aliqui. Supra de Archidiacono.

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