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 10, 2025.
Cesarius tellis how som̛ tyme þer was a preste, a
curatt, at gaff hym̛ aƚƚ vnto etyng & drynkyng and
lichorye. And he was necligent anent̘ his parishyng, and gaff no
hede vnto þer sawlis. So hym̛ happend̛ to dye, &
when̛ he was dead̛ his parisshyns at war dead̛
vndernethe his cure, ilkone of þaim gat a grete stane,
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and accusid̛ hym̛ vnto heƚƚ, and said̛ vnto
hym̛; "We wer commytt vnto þe and þou haste
forgettyn̛ vs; ffor when̛ we synd̛, þou nowder
reuokid̛ with nowder gude wurde nor exsample, and
þerfor̛ þou ert cauce of owr̛ dampnacion̛."
And with þat þai keste aƚƚ þe stanys on̛
hym̛, and he feƚƚ into þe pitt of heƚƚ and neuer
efter apperyd̛.
...Sacerdos malus tempestate perit. Infra de
tempestate.
...Sacerdotis MS. Sacerdos. concubina
punitur. Supra de luxuria, iij.
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