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 31, 2025.
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XCIV. Avis oratio est exaudita aliquando.
Cesarius tellis how som tyme þer was a burd̛ þat
was lernyd̛ to speke. So on̛ a tyme sho flow away in
þe feldis, & þe Goshalk sewid̛ after hur &
wold̛ hafe kyllid̛ hur. And when̛ sho saw hym̛
com̛, as sho was lernyd̛ at home, sho began̛ to cry,
& sayd̛; " Sancte Thoma ! adiuua me
! A ! Saynt Thomas, helpe me!" And onone þis goshalk
feƚƚ down̛ dead̛, and þis burd̛
esskapid̛ & had none harm̛. Lo ! surs, what vertue it
is to caƚƚ on̛ Saynt Thomas, martir of Cantyrbery, in any
tribulacion̛ !
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