DXVIII.
Mortis memoria inducit homines ad
penitentiam.
We rede in `Libro de Dono Timoris' how on̛ a tyme þer was a cursid̛ knyght, and he wolde do no penance þat was enionyd̛
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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"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 April 30, 2025.
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DXVIII.
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hym̛ for his syn̛ be Pope Alexander. & so þe Pope gaff hym̛ his ryng, & enionyd hym̛ to penans for to bere itt, vndernethe þis condicion̛, þat evur when̛ he lukid̛ þer-vppon̛, he sulde vmthynk hym̛ of his dead̛. And when̛ he had worn̛ it many day, and done as he bad hym̛, he turnyd agayn̛ vnto þe Pope, & said̛ þat he was redie to fulfyƚƚ whatt penans at he wolde enioyn̛ hym̛. & so he did̛ & was a gude man̛.