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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DLXIX.
Obediens verus non attendit quid precipitur.

Cassianus tellis how on̛ a tyme þer was ane abbott þat commawndid̛ his dissiple & said̛ vnto hym̛; "Go, ryn̛," he said̛, "als faste as þou may, and als tyte as þou may turn̛ me yone grete stone." And onone his dissiple a grete stone, þat many men̛ myght not hafe turnyd̛, now with lifte at his head̛ & now at his breste, with grete strentℏ he turnyd̛ it ouer; & he swett so þat aƚƚ his clothis warr̛ wett thrugℏ, for he supposid̛ þat nothyng was commandid̛ vnto hym̛ þat was impossible to doo.

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