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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DXV. Moritur homo aliquando dum est in maiore
festo.
We rede in `Libro [MS. repeats, in Libro.] de Dono Timoris' how at
þe cetie of Dyvyon̛ þer was ane vsurar þat wed
a wyfe, and þer was made abown̛ þe porche-dure many
ymagis of stone. And emang other þer was made ane ymage of ane
vsurar with a grete purs in his hand of stone, and sodanly as
þis vsurar̛ stude at þe porche-dure to be wed̛,
þis ymage of þe vsurar abon̛ lete faƚƚ þe
purs of stone apon̛ þe vsurar̛ head̛ þat
shulde be wed̛, & kyllid̛ hym̛.
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