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
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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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"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 21, 2025.

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DCCXCVII.
Vxor a viro debet corripi si ornet se racione alterius viri.

Valerius tellis how a noble man̛ of Rome þat was suspecte [Harl. MS. Romanus suspicius uxorem suam dimisit.] of his wyfe, and here-for̛ he sayd̛ he wolde lefe hur, ffor þe law,

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he sayd̛, was so þat a womman̛ sulde not make hur fressℏ & gay with hur husband̛ gude, to gyff hym̛ þat seis hur occasion̛ to make hur husband̛ cukwolde. & here-for̛ he wolde not lat hur be gayl[ie] cled̛, to þe entent at sho sulde not be suspecte nor broght in blame.

  • ...Vxor casta multum est amabilis. Supra de castitate.

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