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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DCXXII. Peregrinus a deo remuneratur.
Cesarius tellis how som tyme þer was a cetysyn̛ of
Tulpytt þat hight Cono, & he went with other pylgramys vnto
þe see; and þer he feƚƚ passand̛ seke and
dyed̛. And when̛ he was
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dead̛lyke, he began̛ to wax passand̛ mery, and̛
his felows axkid̛ hym̛ whatt was cauce att he was so merye.
He ansswerd̛ agayn̛ & sayd̛; "Whi sulde I nott be
mery? Our Ladie was here & sayd̛ vnto me, 'Cono! becauce
þou left þi wife, þi childer, & aƚƚ
þi gudis for þe luff of my son̛, I shaƚƚ wele
reward̛ þe.'" And with þat he cryed̛ &
said̛; "Behold̛! I se hevyn̛ oppyn̛ & a seatt
ordand̛ for me." And with þat he passid̛ away, &
his sawle went vpp̛ vnto hye hevyn̛.
...Peregrino inclinat ymago crucifixi. Supra de
misericordia.
...Peregrinacio mentalis valet. Infra
MS. Supra. , Petri martiris.
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