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 June 8, 2025.
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DCCXIV. Simia. Simie peccator assimilatur.
We rede in 'Libro de Dono Timoris,' how þe propurtie of
þe ape is to hafe ij whelpis; & when̛ þe hunter
commys & pursewis hur, sho takis þat at sho luffis bettur in
hur armys, & þe toder lepis vp on̛ hur bakk̘. And
when̛ þe hunter sewis hur sore, sho levis þat at is
in hur armys & lattis it faƚƚ, & þe toder clevis
stiƚƚ by hur.
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