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

DCLIX.
Pulcritudo corporis debet abscondi ne alijs sit dampnosa.

Valerius tellis how þer was a fayr yong man̛ þat hight Spurannus, and he was so pratie & so defte at yong wommen̛ wex evyn̛ fond̛ on̛ hym̛, and he was ferd at þai or þer fadurs shulde desyre hym̛ to be maryd or to faƚƚ vnto syn̛. And he wowndid̛ hym̛ selfe his visage and his moutℏ to make hym̛ disfygurd̛ at þai sulde not desyre hym̛, and þoght hym̛ had lyffer be deformyd̛ & liff in halynes̛ þan̛ daylie be a preparatyfe to oþer folk̘ luste & syn̛ & wykkydnes.

• ...Punicio. Puniuntur corizantes. Supra de corizare.
• ...Puniuntur gulosi. Supra de gula, vj, et de benediccione.
• ...Punitur quis per hec que peccauit. Infra de religiosis, iij.
• ...Puniuntur peccatores diuersi diuersimode. Supra et infra in locis suis.