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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DXXI.
Mors pulcritudinem et omnes gratias corporales destruit.

We rede of ane, Isabeƚƚ, þat was hy Whene of Navern̛, and when̛ sho drew nere hur dead̛ sho garte light many lightis aboute hur bed̛, and garte feche in many knyghtis & grete men of þe cetie. Sho sayde vnto þaim on̛ þis maner of wyse; "Vmthynk you & se þat I, þe Whene of Navern̛, þe Cowntas of Campanye, and þe doghter of þe Kyng of Fraunce, whilk þat was clere & fayr & discrete, and gracious in euer-ilk mans sight, now, as ye see, dead wyƚƚ com̛ to me & destroy all þies."

...Mori debet religiosus in habitu suo. Supra de monacho, ij.
...Morientes aliquando demones asserunt. Infra de vsurario, ij.
...Mortui eciam in odio morientes post mortem illud retinent. Infra de odio.
...Mortuorum peccatorum corpora eciam post mortem visibiliter puniuntur. Supra de luxuria.

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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DXXI. Mors pulcritudinem et omnes gratias corporales destruit.

DXXI.
Mors pulcritudinem et omnes gratias corporales destruit.