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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DCLXXI.
Recreacio eciam moderata omnibus est necessaria.

Valerius tellis þat when̛ Socrates þe wyse clerke wexid̛ alde and taght his scolers, he wold̛ not alway bynd þaim in at lernyng, bod som tyme to avanyssℏ away þer labur he wolde suffer þaim to have recreacion̛, to cauce þaim to be more dyligent & craftie in þer lernyng afterward, at þai sulde not be yrke of þer labur. And herefor̛ þis wise philosophur, Socrates, [usyd] for to lope on̛ a rede betwix his leggis, as barnys rydys, and ryde with þaim as þai do to make þaim sporte.

...Redempcio nulla est in inferno. Supra de inferno, iiij.
...Reddicio. Reddit deus centuplum. Supra de elemosina xiiij, et de decimis.
...Reddunt aliqui malum pro bono. Infra de serpente.

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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DCLXXI. Recreacio eciam moderata omnibus est necessaria.

DCLXXI.
Recreacio eciam moderata omnibus est necessaria.