DXLIV.
Munera accipere non debet princeps vel
prelatus.
Valerius tellis of one Marchus Thurius, þat was þe nobyllest cowncelor within Rome. & on̛ a tyme a grete man̛ come vnto
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
- Editor
- 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 June 17, 2025.
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DXLIV.
Page 367
hym̛ & fand̛ hym̛ syttand̛ at his supper be þi fyre, & aƚƚ his meat on̛ a tre-dubler. And he offerd̛ vnto hym̛ & wold̛ hafe gyffen̛ a grete porcion̛ of syluer vesseƚƚ, & bad hym̛ were þaim for his sake. & he forsuke þaim & wolde not take þaim. And he was wrothe þerwith & said̛; "Ye saƚƚ nevur teƚƚ þat Marchus Thurius had lere be lorde of riches þan̛ for to be maid̛ riche of wisdom̛. For vmthynk you þat ye neuer saw me ourcommen̛ in bateƚƚ, nor yit be corrupte with money."
- ...Murmurare non debet pauper cui datur elemosina. Infra de paupertate.