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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"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 19, 2025.

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DCVIII.
Pauperi non est neganda elemosina.

Sigilbertus tellis how þer was a pure man̛ axkid̛ almos of a ship̛man̛, and he wolde giff hym̛ none. And the shipman̛ bad hym̛ lefe his almos-axking for þai had nothyng þer bod stonys. And þe pure man̛ ansswerd̛ agayn̛ & said̛; "Stonys be þai þan̛." & aƚƚ þat evur was in þe ship̛ was turnyd̛ in-to stonys, & þe color & þe facion̛ abade styƚƚ.

...Pauperis meritis bona temporalia augentur. Supra de elemosina, iij.
...Pauperi data elemosina datur deo. Supra de abbate, iiij MS. iij. .
...Pauper plus dilectatur in minimis quam diues in magnis. Supra de Basilio.
...Pauperi est gratis consulendum. Supra de Augustino, iij.
...Pauperi datum datur deo. Supra de abbate, iiij, et de Gregorio, i MS. iij. .

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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DCVIII. Pauperi non est neganda elemosina.

DCVIII.
Pauperi non est neganda elemosina.