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personne ne les peust trouvier pour querre quel len
sceust fair devant que il deust finir Ancores fist
il une teste parlant qui lui respondoit de tout che
quil lui demandoit. et de che que advenir devoit en ter
re. Tant quil lui demanda ung jour comment il lui
prendroit dun sien affaire ou il devoit aler Mais
elle lui respondi tellement que il ne lentendi pas
bien. Car elle lui dist que se il gardoit bien la teste
que il en revendroit tout sain. Attant il se mist a
la voie tout asseure. mais le soileil qui che jour ren
doit grant chaleur le fery en la teste et lui eschaufa
si le chervel che dont il ne se prist garde que une ma
ladie le assailli dont il moru. Car quant il eust la
responche de celle teste il nentendi pas quelle parlast
de sa teste ainchois entendi de la teste qui a lui parloit
mais lui veiust que il eust garde la sienne qui plus
propice lui estoit. Et quant il se senti agrave de mala
die il se fist porter hors de rome pour estre enterre en
ung chastel seant devers cecille et pres de la mer a une
mille. Ancores y sont ses oz qui sont gardez mieulx que
les aultres. et lors que len les souloit remuer la mer

no one can find them, despite all he knows how to do,
before he must finish. [see note] He also made
a talking head that would answer anything
that he asked and [would tell] of what would
happen on earth. One day it happened that he asked
how he should handle a business he had
to go to, but it responded in such a way that he did not understand.
For it told him that if he protected his head
he would return safe and sound. So he went on his
way completely assured. But the sun, which
was very hot that day, injured him in the head and burned his
brain. He paid no heed, and was struck by an illness from
which he died. For when he had received the answer from
that head, he did not understand that it was talking about
his own head, rather he thought it meant the head he was
talking to, but he should have taken care of his own head,
which would have been better for him. And when he felt
stricken with illness, he had himself carried outside Rome to be
buried in a castle located near Cecille, a mile from the sea.
His bones are still there, better protected than others.
And when they used to be moved, the sea

personne ne les peust trouvier pour querre quel len
sceust fair devant que il deust finir Ancores fist
il une teste parlant qui lui respondoit de tout che
quil lui demandoit. et de che que advenir devoit en ter
re. Tant quil lui demanda ung jour comment il lui
prendroit dun sien affaire ou il devoit aler Mais
elle lui respondi tellement que il ne lentendi pas
bien. Car elle lui dist que se il gardoit bien la teste
que il en revendroit tout sain. Attant il se mist a
la voie tout asseure. mais le soileil qui che jour ren
doit grant chaleur le fery en la teste et lui eschaufa
si le chervel che dont il ne se prist garde que une ma
ladie le assailli dont il moru. Car quant il eust la
responche de celle teste il nentendi pas quelle parlast
de sa teste ainchois entendi de la teste qui a lui parloit
mais lui veiust que il eust garde la sienne qui plus
propice lui estoit. Et quant il se senti agrave de mala
die il se fist porter hors de rome pour estre enterre en
ung chastel seant devers cecille et pres de la mer a une
mille. Ancores y sont ses oz qui sont gardez mieulx que
les aultres. et lors que len les souloit remuer la mer

no one can find them, despite all he knows,
before he should finish. [see note] He also made
a talking head that would answer anything
that he asked and [would tell] of what would
happen on earth. One day it happened that he asked
how he should handle a business he had
to go to, but it responded in such a way that he did not understand.
For it told him that if he protected his head
he would return safe and sound. So he went on his
way completely assured. But the sun, which
was very hot that day, injured him in the head and burned his
brain. He paid no heed, and was struck by an illness from
which he did. For when he had received the answer from
that head, he did not understand that it was talking about
his own heat, rather he thought it meant the head he was
talking to, but he should have taken care of his own head,
which would have been better for him. And when he felt
stricken with illness he had himself carried outside Rome to be
buried in a castle located near Cecille, a mile from the sea.
His bones are still there, better protected than others.
And when they used to be moved, the sea