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Nicholaus iuuenem de captiuitate patri
restituit.
We rede in his 'Meracles' how þat a man̛ þurgℏ þe merettis of Saynt Nicholas had a childe, whilk þat when̛ he was a yong man̛
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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was taken̛ in þe were with þe Aragans [Lat. MSS. ab Agarenis.] , & depute into serves with þer kyng. So it happend̛ vppon̛ Saynt Nicholas day þis yong man̛ broght þe kyng wyne in a copp of golde, and as he held̛ it befor̛ þe kyng he remembred̛ hym̛ þat it was Saynt Nicholas day, & how his fadur as þat day was wunte to make a grete feste. And sodanly he gaff a grete sigℏ, and þe kyng wold̛ algattis wete þe cauce at he sighed̛ for, and he told̛ hym̛ evure dele. And þis vncrestend̛ kyng thrett hym̛ & said̛; "What at evur þi Nicholas duse, þou shaƚƚ dweƚƚ here with vs." And with þat sodanlie þer come a grete wynd̛, & smate down̛ þe howse and liftid̛ vp̛ þe childe with þe copp̛ in his hand̛ & þe wyne in it, & sett hym̛ evyn̛ at his fadur dure. And he went in & fand̛ his fadur & aƚƚ his frendis at dyner, & þer he teld̛ þaim aƚƚ how it happend̛. And þai war passand̛ fayn̛ & thankid God & Saynt Nicholas.
- ...Nicholaus indeuotos sibi verberat. Supra de deuocione, ij.
- ...Nicholaus deuotos sibi remunerat. Supra de deuocione, j.