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 June 20, 2025.

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XCV.
Baptismus in forma debita debet celebrari.

The Cronycles tellis how som tyme þer was a bisshopp̛ of Arryans [Harl. MS. episcopus arrianus.] , and on̛ a tyme he baptisid̛ a man̛ þat hight Barba. And he said̛ in þis maner of wise; " Baptizo te, Barba, in nomine patris per filium, in spiritu sancto per filium et spiritum sanctum," to þe purpos þat he wold̛ shew whilk of þaim was leste. And sodanlie þe watir was away, and he þat sulde hafe bene crystend̛ ran̛ vnto þe kirk̘, & was cristend̛ þer.

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