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 12, 2025.

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DCXV.
Peccatum trahit hominem ad infernum.

We rede in 'Vitis Patrum' how þat on̛ a tyme when̛ ane ypocryte was dead̛, mean̛ þat wer present aboute hym̛ hard̛ a voice say vnto fendes on̛ þis maner of wyse; "Draw hym̛ oute wheder

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he wiƚƚ or nay. And as he gaf me no reste in þe synnys þat he did̛ beselie befor̛ me, on þe same maner of wyse giff ye hym̛ no reste."

  • ...Peccatores portat demon ad infernum. Supra de demone in pluribus locis.
  • ...Peccator in inferno punitur. Supra de Langrauio.
  • ...Pena infernalis est multiplex. Supra de inferno per totum.
  • ...Penam debitam minuunt suffragia. Infra de suffragijs.
  • ...Pena respondent culpe. Supra de agro.

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