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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"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 May 22, 2025.
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DLIV. Natalis probatur, viijuo.
We rede ex 'Legenda Lombardica' how þat þe oxe &
þe ass, knowyng mervolosly Almighty God̛ layd̛ in a
cryb befor̛ þaim, þai feƚƚ down̛ on̛
þer kneis and wurshuppid Hym̛. And Saynt Ierom̛
tellis þat vppon̛ þat nyght aƚƚ þat euer
laburd̛ in vicio sodomitico was slayn̛, so þat not in
þe kynd̛ þat Almiȝty God had taken̛ fro
thens furtℏ þer sulde be fon̛ so mekuƚƚ
vnclennes. For als Saynt Austyn̛ sayd̛; " videns Deus vicium contra naturam in natura humana fieri,
fere desijt incarnari."
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