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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DCXI.
Peccatores aliqui benigne eciam recipere debent So Latin MSS. The English has sunt sancti. sancti.

Heraclides tellis & sais þat on̛ a tyme when̛ he visitt ane olde man̛ þat had þe grace of prophecying̛ & spak with hym̛, þer come þe mayr of þe cetie, and he forsuke Heraclides & talkyd with hym̛.

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& afterward̛ when̛ þai commoned̛ to-geder, þai commond̛ of þis, at he sulde forsake hym̛ & talk with þe mayr, & þan̛ he said̛; "Wherefor hase þou reprovid̛ me in þi saule? þou & I luffid̛ wele athur of vs to com̛ vnto oþer, at ather of vs myght hafe solas & comfurtℏ of other with owr̛ talkyng; and he is gyffen̛ aƚƚ vnto þe devuls power, and vnnethis he may brethe in ane howr̛. And now he as a servand̛ come hedur from̛ his lorde to seke refute, it wer ane vnsondabyƚƚ thyng to do, if it sulde be he lefte & [I] taryd̛ with þe [MS. if it sulde be taryd̛ with þe & he left þat hase, &c.] þat hase bene wunte beselye to caƚƚ me vnto þi hele."

  • ...Peccatum incurrit aliquando nimis de se presumere. Supra de carne, iij.
  • ...Peccata remittuntur orationibus sanctorum. Supra de Basilio, iij.

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