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
Publication
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 26, 2025.
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DX. Mors omnia facit relinquere.
We rede in 'Libro de Dono Timoris' how þat þe kyng of
Lothoringe, þat was bod a yong man̛, on̛ a tyme
when̛ he was in a trans of dead̛, he beheld̛ his palas
& his grete howsis and sayd̛; "O! þou Lord God̛!
How mekuƚƚ þis werld̛ aght to be dispysyd̛! For
I, þat hase had so many grete palas and so many howsis to lygg
in, þis nyght I wate nott whythir I mon̛ goo, nor who
þat mon̛ take me to herberye."
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