e
mutabilite
of floures of ?
Chaucer - Boethius
ben seid.
? at it is ouer myche a? eins kynde ? at children han ben
fou{n}den tormentours to hir fadres I not how many. 2192
? Of whiche children how bitynge is euery condic{i}ou{n}.
It nede? nat to tellen it ? e ? at hast or ? is tyme assaied
it. {and} art ? it now anguysso{us}.
[Sidenote: I approve of this opinion of Euripides, that he who is
childless is happy in his misfortune. ]
In ? is approue I ? e
sentence of my disciple Euridippus. ? at seide ? at he 2196
? at ha? no children is weleful by i{n}fortune.
[Linenotes:
2173 _is_--nis
2176 _delices_--delites
_body_--bodye
2177 _anguisse_--Angwyssh
2178 _grete_--gret
2179 _sekenesse_--sykenesse
_grete sorwes_--gret soruwes
2180 _fruit_--frut
2182 _had_--MS. hadde, C. had
2183 _wil_--wole
2184 _hys_--hyse
2185 _sorowful_--sorwful
_sory_--sorye
2186 _make_--makyn
2189 [_and_]--from C.
2190 [_an_]--from C.
_ha? _--ha? e
_seid_--MS. seide, C. seyd
2191 _myche_--mochel
2192 _many_--manye
2196 _Euridippus_--Eurydyppys; _read_ Euripides
2197 _ha? _--MS. ha? e]
[[pg 80]]
[Headnote:
NO HAPPINESS IN EXTERNAL THINGS. ]
HABET HOC UOLUPTAS.
[Sidenote: [The 7^de Met{ur}. ]]
[Sidenote: Pleasure leaves a pain behind it. ]
++Euery delit ha? ? is. ? at it anguisse? hem wi? prikkes
? {a}t vsen it.
[Sidenote: The bee gives us agreeable honey, but try to hold it,
and it quickly flies, leaving its sting behind. ]
? It resembli? to ? ise flying flyes ? at
we clepen been. ? at aftre ? at ? e bee ha? shed hys agreable 2200
honies he flee? awey {and} stynge? ? e hertes of he{m}
? at ben ysmyte wi? bytynge ouer longe holdynge.
[Linenotes:
2198 _Euery_--MS. Ouery, C. Every
2198, 2200 _ha? _--MS. ha? e
_shed hys_--shad hyse]
[Headnote:
MEN ARE LED ASTRAY BY IGNORANCE. ]
NICHIL IGITUR DUBIUM EST.
[Sidenote: [The 8^the p{ro}se. ]]
[Sidenote: It appears then that happiness is not to be found in
the above-mentioned external things. ]
++Now nis it no doute ? an ? {a}t ? ise weyes ne ben a
maner mysledy{n}g to blisfulnesse. ne ? at ? ei ne 2204
mowe nat leden folke ? ider as ? ei byheten to lede{n}
hem.
[Sidenote: These false ways are perplexed with many evils, as I
shall presently show thee. ]
[Sidenote: [* fol. 19. ]]
? But wi? how grete harmes ? ise *forseide weyes
ben enlaced. ? I shal shewe ? e shortly.
[Sidenote: Do you want to amass wealth, then you must take it from
your neighbours. ]
? For whi
yif ? ou enforcest ? e to assemble moneye. ? ou most by-reuen 2208
hym his moneye ? at ha? it.
[Sidenote: Would you shine in dignities, then you must beg for
them and disgrace yourself by a humiliating supplication. ]
and yif ? ou wilt
shynen wi? dignites. ? ou most bysechen {and} supplien
hem ? at ? iue{n} ? o dignitees. ? And yif ? ou coueitest
by hono{ur} to gon by-fore o? er folk ? {o}u shalt defoule ? i 2212
self by hu{m}blesse of axing.
[Sidenote: If power be your ambition, you expose yourself to the
snares of inferiors. ]
yif ? ou desiryst power.
? ou shalt by awaites of ? i subgit? anoyously be cast
vndir many p{er}iles.
[Sidenote: Do you ask for glory, to be distracted by vexations and
so lose all security. ]
axest ? ou glorie ? {o}u shalt ben so
destrat by aspre ? inges ? at ? ou shalt forgone sykernesse. 2216
[Sidenote: Do you prefer a voluptuous life? Think then that all
men will despise him who is a thrall to his body. ]
? And yif ? ou wilt leden ? i lijf in delices.
euery whi? t shal dispisen ? e {and} forleten ? e as ? ou ? at
art ? ral to ? ing ? at is ry? t foule {and} brutel. ? at is [to]
sein seruau{n}t to ? i body.
[Sidenote: They build upon a weak foundation that place bodily
delights above their own reason. ]
? Now is it ? an wel yseen 2220
how lytel {and} how brutel possessiou{n} ? ei coueiten ? at
putten ? e goodes of ? e body abouen hire owe{n} resou{n}.
[Sidenote: Can you surpass the elephant in bulk, or the bull in
strength? ]
? For mayst ? ou so{ur}mou{n}te{n} ? ise olifunt? in gretnesse
or wey? t of body. Or mayst ? ou ben strenger ? an ? e 2224
bole.
[Sidenote: Art thou swifter than the tiger? ]
Mayst ? ou ben swifter ? an ? e tigre.
[Sidenote: Behold the immense extent of the heavens and cease to
admire vile or lesser things. ]
biholde ? e
spaces {and} ? e stablenesse {and} ? e swyfte cours of ? e [[pg 81]]
heuene. {and} stynte somtyme to wondren on foule
? inges.
[Sidenote: Admire what is still more admirable, the consummate
wisdom that governs them. ]
? e whiche heuene certys nis nat ra? er for ? ise 2228
? inges to ben wondred vpon. ? an for ? e resou{n} by
whiche it is gouerned.
[Sidenote: How fleeting is beauty! ]
but ? e shynynge of ? i forme ? at
is to seien ? e beaute of ? i body. how swiftly passyng is
it {and} how transitorie.
[Sidenote: It fades sooner than the vernal flowers. ]
? Certis it is more flittynge 2232
? an ?
e mutabilite of floures of ? e som{er} sesou{n}.
[Sidenote: For, as Aristotle says, if a man were lynx-eyed and
could look into the entrails of Alcibiades (so fair outwardly) he
would find all foul and loathsome. ]
For so
as aristotil telle? ? at yif ? at men hadden eyen of a
beest ? at hi? t lynx. so ? at ? e lokyng of folk my? t[e]
percen ? oru? ? e ? inges ? {a}t wi? stonden it. who so lokid 2236
? an in ? e entrailes of ? e body of alcibiades ? at was
ful fayr in ? e sup{er}fice wi? oute. it shulde seme ry? t
foule.
[Sidenote: Thy nature does not make thee seem beautiful, but the
imperfect view of thy admirers. ]
{and} for ? i yif ? ou semest faire. ? i nature ne
maki? nat ? at. but ? e desceiuau{n}ce of ? e fieblesse of ? e 2240
eyen ? at loken.
[Sidenote: Prize bodily perfections as much as you will, yet a
three days' fever will destroy them. ]
? But p{re}ise ? e goodes of ? i body as
moche as euer ? e list. so ? at ? ou know[e] algates ? at
what so it be. ? at is to seyn of ? e goodes of ? i body
whiche ? at ? {o}u wondrest vpon may ben destroied or 2244
dessolued by ? e hete of a feuere of ? re dayes. ? Of
alle whiche forseide ? inges I may reduce{n} ? is shortly in
a so{m}me.
[Sidenote: Worldly goods do not give what they promise, do not
comprise every good, are not the paths to felicity, nor can of
themselves make any one happy. ]
? ? at ? ise worldly goodes whiche ? at ne
mowen nat ? iuen ? at ? ei byheten. ne ben nat p{er}fit by 2248
? e congregac{i}ou{n} of alle goodes. ? at ? ei ne ben nat
weyes ne pa? es ? at bryngen men to blysfulnesse ne
maken men to ben blysful.
[Linenotes:
2203 _nis_--is
2204 _mysledyng_--mysledynges
2205 _folke_--folk
2208 _enforcest_--MS. enforced, C. enforcest
2209 _ha? _--MS. ha? e
_wilt_--wolt
2211 _? iuen_--yeuen
2212 _gon_--MS. gone, C. gon
_by-fore_--byforn
_shalt_--shal
2213 _by_--thorw
2214 _by_--be
_be_--ben
2216 _destrat_--MS. destralle, C. destrat
_forgone_--forgoon
2217 _wilt_--wolt
2218 _whi? t_--wyht
2219 _foule_--fowl
[_to_]--from C.
2220 _yseen_--seen
2221 _brutel_--brotel
2222 _owen_--owne
2224 _wey? t_--weyhty
_strenger_--strenger{e}
2225 _swifter_--swyfter{e}
_biholde_--by-hold
2227 _stynte_--stynt
2228 _whiche_--whych
2230 _whiche_--wych
2231 _seien_--seyn
2234 _as_--omitted
2235 _hi? t_--hyhte
_my? t[e]_--myhte
2237 _alcibiades_--MS. alcidiades
2238 _fayr_--fayr{e}
_? e_--omitted
_shulde_--sholde
2239 _foule_--fowl
_faire_--fayr
_ne_--omitted
2240 _desceiuaunce of ? e fieblesse_--deceyuable or the feblesse
2242 _moche_--mochel
_know[e]_--knowe
2243 _? e_--omitted
_? i body whiche_--the body whych
2247 _a_--omitted]
[Headnote:
MEN PURSUE FALSE JOYS. ]
HEU Q{UE} MISEROS TRAMITE.
[Sidenote: [The 8^the Met{ur}. ]]
[Sidenote: Alas! how through folly and ignorance do men stray from
the path of true happiness! ]
++Allas whiche folie {and} whiche ignorau{n}ce mysledi? 2252
wandryng wrecches fro ? e pa? e of verrey good.
[Sidenote: Ye do not seek gold upon trees nor diamonds from the
vine. ]
? Certis ? e ne seken no golde in grene trees. ne ? e ne
gadren [nat] p{re}cious stones in ? e vines. [[pg 82]]
[Sidenote: Ye lay not your nets to catch fish upon the lofty
hills. ]
ne ? e ne
hiden nat ? oure gynnes in hey? e mou{n}taignes to kachen 2256
fisshe of whiche ? e may maken ryche festes.
[Sidenote: The hunter goes not to the Tyrrhene waters to hunt the
roe. ]
and yif
? ow lyke? to hunte to roos. ? e ne gon nat to ? e foordes
of ? e water ? at hy? t tyrene.
[Sidenote: Men know where to look for white pearls, and for the
fish that yields the purple dye. ]
{and} ouer ? is men knowen
wel ? e crikes {and} ? e cau{er}nes of ? e see yhidd in ? e 2260
floodes. {and} knowen eke whiche water is most plentiuo{us}
of white perles. {and} knowen whiche water habunde?
most of rede purpre. ? at is to seyen of a maner shelfisshe
w{i}t{h} whiche men dien purpre.
[Sidenote: They know where the most delicate of the finny race
abound and where the fierce sea-urchin is to be found. ]
{and} knowen 2264
whiche strondes habounden most of tendre fisshes or
of sharpe fisshes ? at hy? ten echynnys.
[Sidenote: But where the Sovereign Good abides blinded mortals
never know, but plunge into the earth below to look for that which
has its dwelling in the heavens. ]
but folk suffren
hem self to ben so blynde ? at hem ne recchi? nat to
knowe where ? ilk[e] goodes ben yhidd whiche ? at ? ei 2268
coueiten but ploungen hem in er? e {and} seken ? ere
? ilke goode ? {a}t so{ur}mou{n}te? ? e heuene ? at bere? ? e
sterres.
[Sidenote: What doom do the silly race deserve? ]
[Sidenote: [* fol. 19 _b_. ]]
? what *p{re}yere may I make ? at be digne to
? e nice ? ou? tis of men.
[Sidenote: May they pursue such false joys, and having obtained
them, too late find out the value of the true. ]
but I p{re}ye ? at ? ei coueite{n} 2272
rycches {and} hono{ur}s so ? at whan ? ei han geten ? o
false goodes wi? greet trauayle ? at ? erby ? ei mowe
knowen ? e verray goodes.
[Linenotes:
2252 _whiche_ (_both_)--whych
2253 _pa? e_--paath
_good_--goode
2254 _golde_--gold]
[Headnote:
THE INSUFFICIENCY OF WORLDLY BLISS. ]
HACTENUS MENDACIS FORMA{M}.
[Sidenote: [The 9^ne p{ro}se. ]]
[Sidenote: _P. _ I have been describing the form of counterfeit
happiness, and if you have considered it attentively I shall
proceed to give you a perfect view of the true. ]
++IT suffisi? ? at I haue shewed hider to ? e forme of 2276
false wilfulnesse. so ? at yif ? ou look[e] now clerely
? e ordre of myn entenc{i}ou{n} requeri? from hennes for? e
to shewe{n} ? e verray wilfulnesse.
? at it is ouer myche a? eins kynde ? at children han ben
fou{n}den tormentours to hir fadres I not how many. 2192
? Of whiche children how bitynge is euery condic{i}ou{n}.
It nede? nat to tellen it ? e ? at hast or ? is tyme assaied
it. {and} art ? it now anguysso{us}.
[Sidenote: I approve of this opinion of Euripides, that he who is
childless is happy in his misfortune. ]
In ? is approue I ? e
sentence of my disciple Euridippus. ? at seide ? at he 2196
? at ha? no children is weleful by i{n}fortune.
[Linenotes:
2173 _is_--nis
2176 _delices_--delites
_body_--bodye
2177 _anguisse_--Angwyssh
2178 _grete_--gret
2179 _sekenesse_--sykenesse
_grete sorwes_--gret soruwes
2180 _fruit_--frut
2182 _had_--MS. hadde, C. had
2183 _wil_--wole
2184 _hys_--hyse
2185 _sorowful_--sorwful
_sory_--sorye
2186 _make_--makyn
2189 [_and_]--from C.
2190 [_an_]--from C.
_ha? _--ha? e
_seid_--MS. seide, C. seyd
2191 _myche_--mochel
2192 _many_--manye
2196 _Euridippus_--Eurydyppys; _read_ Euripides
2197 _ha? _--MS. ha? e]
[[pg 80]]
[Headnote:
NO HAPPINESS IN EXTERNAL THINGS. ]
HABET HOC UOLUPTAS.
[Sidenote: [The 7^de Met{ur}. ]]
[Sidenote: Pleasure leaves a pain behind it. ]
++Euery delit ha? ? is. ? at it anguisse? hem wi? prikkes
? {a}t vsen it.
[Sidenote: The bee gives us agreeable honey, but try to hold it,
and it quickly flies, leaving its sting behind. ]
? It resembli? to ? ise flying flyes ? at
we clepen been. ? at aftre ? at ? e bee ha? shed hys agreable 2200
honies he flee? awey {and} stynge? ? e hertes of he{m}
? at ben ysmyte wi? bytynge ouer longe holdynge.
[Linenotes:
2198 _Euery_--MS. Ouery, C. Every
2198, 2200 _ha? _--MS. ha? e
_shed hys_--shad hyse]
[Headnote:
MEN ARE LED ASTRAY BY IGNORANCE. ]
NICHIL IGITUR DUBIUM EST.
[Sidenote: [The 8^the p{ro}se. ]]
[Sidenote: It appears then that happiness is not to be found in
the above-mentioned external things. ]
++Now nis it no doute ? an ? {a}t ? ise weyes ne ben a
maner mysledy{n}g to blisfulnesse. ne ? at ? ei ne 2204
mowe nat leden folke ? ider as ? ei byheten to lede{n}
hem.
[Sidenote: These false ways are perplexed with many evils, as I
shall presently show thee. ]
[Sidenote: [* fol. 19. ]]
? But wi? how grete harmes ? ise *forseide weyes
ben enlaced. ? I shal shewe ? e shortly.
[Sidenote: Do you want to amass wealth, then you must take it from
your neighbours. ]
? For whi
yif ? ou enforcest ? e to assemble moneye. ? ou most by-reuen 2208
hym his moneye ? at ha? it.
[Sidenote: Would you shine in dignities, then you must beg for
them and disgrace yourself by a humiliating supplication. ]
and yif ? ou wilt
shynen wi? dignites. ? ou most bysechen {and} supplien
hem ? at ? iue{n} ? o dignitees. ? And yif ? ou coueitest
by hono{ur} to gon by-fore o? er folk ? {o}u shalt defoule ? i 2212
self by hu{m}blesse of axing.
[Sidenote: If power be your ambition, you expose yourself to the
snares of inferiors. ]
yif ? ou desiryst power.
? ou shalt by awaites of ? i subgit? anoyously be cast
vndir many p{er}iles.
[Sidenote: Do you ask for glory, to be distracted by vexations and
so lose all security. ]
axest ? ou glorie ? {o}u shalt ben so
destrat by aspre ? inges ? at ? ou shalt forgone sykernesse. 2216
[Sidenote: Do you prefer a voluptuous life? Think then that all
men will despise him who is a thrall to his body. ]
? And yif ? ou wilt leden ? i lijf in delices.
euery whi? t shal dispisen ? e {and} forleten ? e as ? ou ? at
art ? ral to ? ing ? at is ry? t foule {and} brutel. ? at is [to]
sein seruau{n}t to ? i body.
[Sidenote: They build upon a weak foundation that place bodily
delights above their own reason. ]
? Now is it ? an wel yseen 2220
how lytel {and} how brutel possessiou{n} ? ei coueiten ? at
putten ? e goodes of ? e body abouen hire owe{n} resou{n}.
[Sidenote: Can you surpass the elephant in bulk, or the bull in
strength? ]
? For mayst ? ou so{ur}mou{n}te{n} ? ise olifunt? in gretnesse
or wey? t of body. Or mayst ? ou ben strenger ? an ? e 2224
bole.
[Sidenote: Art thou swifter than the tiger? ]
Mayst ? ou ben swifter ? an ? e tigre.
[Sidenote: Behold the immense extent of the heavens and cease to
admire vile or lesser things. ]
biholde ? e
spaces {and} ? e stablenesse {and} ? e swyfte cours of ? e [[pg 81]]
heuene. {and} stynte somtyme to wondren on foule
? inges.
[Sidenote: Admire what is still more admirable, the consummate
wisdom that governs them. ]
? e whiche heuene certys nis nat ra? er for ? ise 2228
? inges to ben wondred vpon. ? an for ? e resou{n} by
whiche it is gouerned.
[Sidenote: How fleeting is beauty! ]
but ? e shynynge of ? i forme ? at
is to seien ? e beaute of ? i body. how swiftly passyng is
it {and} how transitorie.
[Sidenote: It fades sooner than the vernal flowers. ]
? Certis it is more flittynge 2232
? an ?
e mutabilite of floures of ? e som{er} sesou{n}.
[Sidenote: For, as Aristotle says, if a man were lynx-eyed and
could look into the entrails of Alcibiades (so fair outwardly) he
would find all foul and loathsome. ]
For so
as aristotil telle? ? at yif ? at men hadden eyen of a
beest ? at hi? t lynx. so ? at ? e lokyng of folk my? t[e]
percen ? oru? ? e ? inges ? {a}t wi? stonden it. who so lokid 2236
? an in ? e entrailes of ? e body of alcibiades ? at was
ful fayr in ? e sup{er}fice wi? oute. it shulde seme ry? t
foule.
[Sidenote: Thy nature does not make thee seem beautiful, but the
imperfect view of thy admirers. ]
{and} for ? i yif ? ou semest faire. ? i nature ne
maki? nat ? at. but ? e desceiuau{n}ce of ? e fieblesse of ? e 2240
eyen ? at loken.
[Sidenote: Prize bodily perfections as much as you will, yet a
three days' fever will destroy them. ]
? But p{re}ise ? e goodes of ? i body as
moche as euer ? e list. so ? at ? ou know[e] algates ? at
what so it be. ? at is to seyn of ? e goodes of ? i body
whiche ? at ? {o}u wondrest vpon may ben destroied or 2244
dessolued by ? e hete of a feuere of ? re dayes. ? Of
alle whiche forseide ? inges I may reduce{n} ? is shortly in
a so{m}me.
[Sidenote: Worldly goods do not give what they promise, do not
comprise every good, are not the paths to felicity, nor can of
themselves make any one happy. ]
? ? at ? ise worldly goodes whiche ? at ne
mowen nat ? iuen ? at ? ei byheten. ne ben nat p{er}fit by 2248
? e congregac{i}ou{n} of alle goodes. ? at ? ei ne ben nat
weyes ne pa? es ? at bryngen men to blysfulnesse ne
maken men to ben blysful.
[Linenotes:
2203 _nis_--is
2204 _mysledyng_--mysledynges
2205 _folke_--folk
2208 _enforcest_--MS. enforced, C. enforcest
2209 _ha? _--MS. ha? e
_wilt_--wolt
2211 _? iuen_--yeuen
2212 _gon_--MS. gone, C. gon
_by-fore_--byforn
_shalt_--shal
2213 _by_--thorw
2214 _by_--be
_be_--ben
2216 _destrat_--MS. destralle, C. destrat
_forgone_--forgoon
2217 _wilt_--wolt
2218 _whi? t_--wyht
2219 _foule_--fowl
[_to_]--from C.
2220 _yseen_--seen
2221 _brutel_--brotel
2222 _owen_--owne
2224 _wey? t_--weyhty
_strenger_--strenger{e}
2225 _swifter_--swyfter{e}
_biholde_--by-hold
2227 _stynte_--stynt
2228 _whiche_--whych
2230 _whiche_--wych
2231 _seien_--seyn
2234 _as_--omitted
2235 _hi? t_--hyhte
_my? t[e]_--myhte
2237 _alcibiades_--MS. alcidiades
2238 _fayr_--fayr{e}
_? e_--omitted
_shulde_--sholde
2239 _foule_--fowl
_faire_--fayr
_ne_--omitted
2240 _desceiuaunce of ? e fieblesse_--deceyuable or the feblesse
2242 _moche_--mochel
_know[e]_--knowe
2243 _? e_--omitted
_? i body whiche_--the body whych
2247 _a_--omitted]
[Headnote:
MEN PURSUE FALSE JOYS. ]
HEU Q{UE} MISEROS TRAMITE.
[Sidenote: [The 8^the Met{ur}. ]]
[Sidenote: Alas! how through folly and ignorance do men stray from
the path of true happiness! ]
++Allas whiche folie {and} whiche ignorau{n}ce mysledi? 2252
wandryng wrecches fro ? e pa? e of verrey good.
[Sidenote: Ye do not seek gold upon trees nor diamonds from the
vine. ]
? Certis ? e ne seken no golde in grene trees. ne ? e ne
gadren [nat] p{re}cious stones in ? e vines. [[pg 82]]
[Sidenote: Ye lay not your nets to catch fish upon the lofty
hills. ]
ne ? e ne
hiden nat ? oure gynnes in hey? e mou{n}taignes to kachen 2256
fisshe of whiche ? e may maken ryche festes.
[Sidenote: The hunter goes not to the Tyrrhene waters to hunt the
roe. ]
and yif
? ow lyke? to hunte to roos. ? e ne gon nat to ? e foordes
of ? e water ? at hy? t tyrene.
[Sidenote: Men know where to look for white pearls, and for the
fish that yields the purple dye. ]
{and} ouer ? is men knowen
wel ? e crikes {and} ? e cau{er}nes of ? e see yhidd in ? e 2260
floodes. {and} knowen eke whiche water is most plentiuo{us}
of white perles. {and} knowen whiche water habunde?
most of rede purpre. ? at is to seyen of a maner shelfisshe
w{i}t{h} whiche men dien purpre.
[Sidenote: They know where the most delicate of the finny race
abound and where the fierce sea-urchin is to be found. ]
{and} knowen 2264
whiche strondes habounden most of tendre fisshes or
of sharpe fisshes ? at hy? ten echynnys.
[Sidenote: But where the Sovereign Good abides blinded mortals
never know, but plunge into the earth below to look for that which
has its dwelling in the heavens. ]
but folk suffren
hem self to ben so blynde ? at hem ne recchi? nat to
knowe where ? ilk[e] goodes ben yhidd whiche ? at ? ei 2268
coueiten but ploungen hem in er? e {and} seken ? ere
? ilke goode ? {a}t so{ur}mou{n}te? ? e heuene ? at bere? ? e
sterres.
[Sidenote: What doom do the silly race deserve? ]
[Sidenote: [* fol. 19 _b_. ]]
? what *p{re}yere may I make ? at be digne to
? e nice ? ou? tis of men.
[Sidenote: May they pursue such false joys, and having obtained
them, too late find out the value of the true. ]
but I p{re}ye ? at ? ei coueite{n} 2272
rycches {and} hono{ur}s so ? at whan ? ei han geten ? o
false goodes wi? greet trauayle ? at ? erby ? ei mowe
knowen ? e verray goodes.
[Linenotes:
2252 _whiche_ (_both_)--whych
2253 _pa? e_--paath
_good_--goode
2254 _golde_--gold]
[Headnote:
THE INSUFFICIENCY OF WORLDLY BLISS. ]
HACTENUS MENDACIS FORMA{M}.
[Sidenote: [The 9^ne p{ro}se. ]]
[Sidenote: _P. _ I have been describing the form of counterfeit
happiness, and if you have considered it attentively I shall
proceed to give you a perfect view of the true. ]
++IT suffisi? ? at I haue shewed hider to ? e forme of 2276
false wilfulnesse. so ? at yif ? ou look[e] now clerely
? e ordre of myn entenc{i}ou{n} requeri? from hennes for? e
to shewe{n} ? e verray wilfulnesse.
