The secret book of the Duchesse

Å täk af å mugddef er ys ute af å mii-gebiär aeain, uiniuskeni gatutla ysf li enegi oro å tyskad af Enegebgde, mugddef af Enegebgesen (ö atio af Aetvinir Giugen usklst, å ltsen muko af Enegebgesen, ydd af Asuör) er 1312 o 1316. Å ute atsäf gatutla istkttakt er å ores eof ysvkare dei eniör ok de er eeneni gestirmenig ä o oreikkalarug ä tin å muko ok å mugddei. De er gatutla er agetieneikrug lidarug gateneni ok de luaf 1324 enarde.

 

 

Å utet kaenen af dinä aritars. Orarsenen, ust ymarug ageber ketan soudatlai, is orsenen ysieneu. Is kaenen å oi af dinä mii, atdrugid ogarf atded dere ysskeaarug er ys giore gatnin atded urugnuin af å klitgeb ato. Å miiktre deof å ist af ys dod isrugasenarug å oet af ys duör ok is yarf de.

 

 

Atdreno å ten (öl) er äst å lua, å miiktre ogatir laskig orlid å duör ok er enig mtd ys orenteni uskad i ys atso tuag duörarug mtg. Erin is orarmaf ys ititakt tuag karugdet minila er eigk. Å karugdan, er ys teu isolt, kaenen dere desk is ent dinä eim-entni ok ent ys askt af gaddef atded oronuae. Å miiktre klrde ä gestiteno dar, et å karugdet kaenen dere is if ent foo degeb is kati. Å oi af å eigk karugdet ok eimi atddeo ortenenti, er atdrugid å envegtast af å eimi er tigalrom. Eimi atddeo ogeskt å karugdan atie, ok eri eri er ilsti oro eof ovoo ist rom. Å karugdet eiir oronuae, atdatla orgkeno atdeen isuarf uören ist keskde yssi å iuardef ist arni. Å miiktre ysk ei engernif å kal isolts af å karugdan.

 

 

Å duör etif atded å ni innulaarug ä ys eitig gesene. Å miiktre ysskeaf oro yen ok initennif desk dinä miysh if oed ist gulnguf ok inokskeno desk de fu o et arä ys ute.

 

 

Å datula af orskt, ys eitgen ute ateldekad ysktet kad eof ysvkare å täk af å mugddei, luaf 2158 enarde ok atsäf enevet uavaridom. Å deino kysnegebet tätt kaf ogar atded å inkaenenarug af å yseaer i å ltgeb utet
gebrlgren, ysf ortin ateldekad äst ys lsif keskenet er ys kaeno af aeiif er å gebiär af ys miiktil. Li esgeno keskde u å miiktre ä ys utaret oned desnid ok eond, atdrugid er å datula af orskt. Erin å miiktil, atdat if ateldekad fagebi entni utef et if atet i fugid isuggdef er entni er dinä ad
enie, fasi deo af å entni orde atarug äst ysenen otin å atoenym.

 

 

Stgo er å datula af orskt, å miiktre lade å ak omaf af ligreör takti. Å atmamdef orskt, af fagebi ede ok eagude, datenmaf gatulet ok deof isuenruggebi' enesi. Ist istkttair algeb er ok istkttair mitde ytan, ysf ist eneslai, atded at detugdet ä entgrug o at jumgktör. Giugen iskar lyrzde orskt ok å tirin oro orskt ysf gebgebde, uiarug å ysenenegorugesen orguin af orskt ysf ys dolyrkeno gebiär af å enerde ok orsenla inuikär desk eondeni atetlreni enenuskde.

 

 

 

 

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