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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DCLXVI.
Quies corporis appetenda est a sanctis.

Heraclides tellis & says of hym̛ selfe; When̛ variable thoghtis hase trublid me & bydden̛ me go furtℏ of my ceƚƚ, and I had nothyng to do, I compleynd vnto Anton̛ of Antiocen̛ oppon̛ þis hevynes. And he ansswerd̛ me & sayde; "When̛ þies thoghtys commys vppon̛ þe, ansswer þaim agayn̛ & say, 'ffor Cristis sake I kepe þies wallis and wiƚƚ do, þuf I doo no noder thyng els.'"

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