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 18, 2025.
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DCCLXXIII. Virginitas eciam cum detrimento corporis aliquando
seruatur.
Saynt Ierom̛ tellis how at a ffeste xxxti archars come &
slew a man̛ þat hight Phidones, & when̛ þai
had̛ done, þai garte bryng his doghters þat war
maydens aforn̛ þaim at þai mot nakyn̛
þaim, & defowle þaim þer on̛ þe
payment whar̛ þer fadur was slone.
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And þai fenyd̛ þaim sorowfuƚƚ, & band
þaim samen & feƚƚ aƚƚ samen into a pytt &
drownyd̛ þaim, becauce with þer dead̛ at
þai mot kepe þer virginite.
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