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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DXXXIV.
Mulieres MS. Muliere. attente respicere non debent religiosi.

We rede in `Vitis Patrum' how on̛ a tyme a monk ran̛ for to se maydens as þai come samen goyng be þe way. And when̛ he had sene þaim he turnyd oute of þe way. And þan̛ ane olde wyfe at was with þur maydyns sayd vnto þis monk; "And þou wer a parfite monke þou sulde not behalde vs, nor know þat we wer wommen̛."

...Mulier papa creatur. Infra de papa.
...Mulierem demon incumbens infestat. Supra de demone, xj et xij.
...Mulier nobilis eciam viro aliquando se ingerit. Infra de temptacione, vj.
...Mulier molestia carnis est temptata. Infra de temptacione, vij.
...Mulierum ornatui congaudet demon. Infra de ornatu, ij.
...Mulier virum suum in remotis partibus pergentem debet expectare diu ante quam nubat. Infra de peregrino et supra de celacione, j.
...Mulier secretum est male celans. Supra de celacione.

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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DXXXIV. Mulieres MS. Muliere. attente respicere non debent religiosi.

DXXXIV.
Mulieres MS. Muliere. attente respicere non debent religiosi.