No More Learning

[Sidenote: She fears his silence proceeds from shame rather than
from stupidity. ]

[Sidenote: [* fol. 4 _b_. ]]

*Why art ? ou stille. is it for schame or for astonynge.
It were me leuer ? at it were for schame. but it seme?
me ? at astony{n}ge ha? opp{re}ssed ? e.

[Sidenote: She finds him, however, in a lethargy, the distemper of
a disordered mind. ]

? And whan 136
sche say me not oonly stille. but wi? -outen office of
tonge {and} al doumbe. sche leide hir honde softely vpon
my brest {and} seide. ? Here nis no p{er}il q{uod} sche.
? He is fallen in to a litargie. whiche ? at is a comune 140
sekenes to hertes ? at ben desceiued. ? He ha? a litel
for? eten hym self. but certis he schal ly? tly reme{m}bren
hym self. ? ? if so be ? at he ha? knowe{n} me or now.

[Sidenote: To make his recovery an easy matter, she wipes his
eyes, which were darkened by the clouds of mortal things, and
dries up his tears. ]

{and} ? at he may so done I wil wipe a litel hys eyen. 144
? at ben derked by ? e cloude of mortel ? inges ? ? ise
wordes seide sche. and wi? ? e lappe of hir garment
yplitid in a frounce sche dried[e] myn eyen ? at were
ful of ? e wawes of my wepynges. 148

[Linenotes:
125, 126 _? en_--than
127 _al_--alle
_saide_--seyde
128 _sumtyme_--whilom
_I-norschid_--MS. I-norschide, C. noryssed
129 _fostre[d]_--fostered
_my_--myne
130 _Certys_--Certes
_? af_, yaf
131 _syche_--swiche
_? if_--yif
_caste_--C. cast
132 _away_--awey
_schulden haue_--sholden han
133 _not be_--nat ben
_Knowest ? ou_--knowestow
134 _art ? ou_--artow
136 _ha? _--MS. ha? e
138 _tonge_--tunge
_doumbe_--dowmb
_honde_--hand
139 _Here_--her
140 _litargie whiche_--litarge which
141 _sekenes_--sykenesse
141, 143 _ha? _--MS. ha? e
144 _done_--doon
_wil wipe_--wol wypen
146 _garment_--garnement
147 _dried[e]_--dryede
_were_--weeren
148 _ful_--fulle]


[Headnote:
BOETHIUS RECOGNIZES HIS PHYSICIAN. ]

TUNC ME DISCUSSA.

[Sidenote: [The 3^de Met{ur}. ]]

[Sidenote: Her touch dispels the darkness of his soul, just as the
heavy vapours, that darken the skies and obscure the sunlight, are
chased away by the north wind, causing the return of the hidden
day, when the sun smites our wondering sight with his sudden
light. ]

++? us when ? at ny? t was discussed {and} chased awey.
derknesses forleften me. {and} to myn eyen repeyre
a? eyne her firste strenke? . and ry? t by ensample as
? e sonne is hid when ? e sterres ben clustred. ? at is to 152
sey whe{n} sterres ben couered wi? cloudes by a swifte
wynde ? at hy? t chorus. {and} ? at ? e firmame{n}t stont
derked by wete ploungy cloudes. and ? at ? e sterres not
apperen vpo{n} heuene. ? So ? at ? e ny? t seme? sprad 156
vpo{n} er? e. ? Yif ? an ? e wynde ? at hy? t borias
sent out of ? e kaues of ? e contre of Trace beti? ? is [[pg 10]]
ny? t. ? at is to seyn chasi? it away {and} descouere? ? e
closed day. ? ? an schine? pheb{us} yshaken wi? 160
sodeyne ly? t {and} smyte? wi? hys bemes i{n} m{er}uely{n}g
eyen.

[Linenotes:
149 _when_--whan
150 _myn_--myne
_repeyre_--repeyrede
151 _a? eyne_--omitted
_her firste_--hir fyrst
152 _hid_--MS. hidde, C. hid
_when_--whan
153 _sey_--seyn
_when_--whan
154 _hy? t_--heyhte
_chorus_--MS. thorus
_stont_--MS. stonde, C. stant
157 _? an_--thanne
_wynde_--wynd
_hy? t_--hyhte
158 _sent_--isent
160 _? an_--thanne
161 _sodeyne_--sodeyn]


[Headnote:
THE TRIALS OF PHILOSOPHY AND PHILOSOPHERS. ]

HAUT[1] ALITER TRISTICIE.

[Footnote 1: MS. hanc. ]

[Sidenote: [The 3^de p{ro}se. ]]

[Sidenote: The clouds of sorrow being dispelled, Boethius
recollects the features of his Physician, whom he discovers to be
Philosophy. ]

++Ry? t so {and} none o? er wyse ? e cloudes of sorowe
dissolued {and} don awey. ? I took heuene. {and} 164
receyuede mynde to knowe ? e face of my fyciscien.
? So ? at I sette myne eyen on hir {and} festned[e] my
lokyng. I byholde my norice philosophie. in whos
houses I hadde conuersed {and} haunted fro my ? ou? e. 168
{and} I seide ? us.

[Sidenote: He addresses her. ]

? O ? ou maistresse of alle uertues
descendid fro ? e souereyne sete. Whi art ? ou comen
in to ? is solitarie place of myn exil. ? Art ? ou comen
for ? {o}u art mad coupable wi? me of fals[e] blames. 172

[Sidenote: She expresses her concern for him, and tells him that
she is willing to share his misfortunes. ]

? O q{uod} sche my norry scholde I forsake ? e now. and
scholde I not parte wi? ? e by comune trauaille ? e charge
? at ? ou hast suffred for envie of my name. ? Certis
it nar[e] not leueful ne sittyng to philosophie to leten 176
wi? -outen compaignie ? e wey of hym ? at is i{n}nocent.

[Sidenote: She fears not any accusation, as if it were a new
thing. ]

? Scholde I ? an redoute my blame {and} agrisen as ? ou?
? er were byfallen a newe ? ing. q. d. non. ? For
trowest ? ou ? at philosophi be now al? erfirst assailed 180
i{n} p{er}ils by folk of wicked[e] maneres.
[Sidenote: For before the age of Plato she contended against
folly, and by her help Socrates triumphed over an unjust death. ]

? Haue I not
stryuen wi? ful greet strife in olde tyme byfore ? e
age of my plato a? eins ? e foolhardines of foly {and}
eke ? e same plato lyuyng. hys maistre socrates 184
deserued[e] victorie of vnry? tful dee? in my presence.

[Sidenote: Of the inheritance of Socrates the rout of Epicureans
and Stoics wanted to get a part. ]

? ? e heritage of wyche socrates. ? e h{er}itage is to seyne
? e doctrine of ? e whiche soc{ra}tes in hys oppiniou{n} of [[pg 11]]
felicite ? at I clepe welfulnesse ? Whan ? at ? e people 188
of epicuriens {and} stoyciens {and} many o? er enforceden
hem to go rauische eueryche man for his part ? at is
to seyne. ? at to eueryche of hem wolde drawen to ? e
defence of his oppiniou{n} ? e wordes of socrates. 192

[Sidenote: Philosophy withstood them, whereupon they tore her
robe, and, departing with the shreds, imagined that they had got
possession of her. ]

? ? ei
as in p{ar}tie of hir preye todrowe{n} me criynge {and}
debatyng ? er a? eins. {and} tornen {and} torente{n} my clo? es
? at I hadde woue{n} wi? myn handes. {and} wi? ? e
cloutes ? at ? ei hadden arased oute of my clo? es. ? ei 196
wenten awey wenyng ? at I hadde gon wi? he{m} euery
dele.

[Sidenote: Thus, clothed with her spoils, they deceived many. ]

In whiche epicuryens {and} stoyciens. for as
myche as ? er semed[e] so{m}me traces {and} steppes of
myne habit.

[Sidenote: [* fol. 5. ]]

? e folye of men wenyng ? o epicuryens 200
{and} stoyciens my *familers p{er}uertede (. s. p{er}sequend{o})
so{m}me ? oru? ? e errour of ? e wikked[e] or vnkunnyng[e]
multitude of hem.

[Sidenote: Philosophy adduces examples of wise men, who had
laboured under difficulties on account of being her disciples. ]

? ? is is to seyne for ? ei
semeden philosophres: ? ei weren p{ur}sued to ? e dee? 204
and slayn. ? So yif ? ou hast not knowen ? e exilynge
of anaxogore. ne ? e empoysenyng of socrates. ne ? e
to{ur}ment? of ? eno for ? ei [weren] straungers. ? ? it
my? test ? ou haue knowe{n} ? e senectiens {and} ? e Canyos 208
{and} ? e sorancis of wyche folk ? e renou{n} is ney? er ouer
oolde ne vnsolempne. ? ? e whiche men no ? ing ellys
ne brou? t[e] hem to ? e dee? but oonly for ? ei weren
enfourmed of my maneres. {and} semede{n} moste vnlyke 212
to ? e studies of wicked folk. ? And for? i ? ou au? test
not to wondre ? ou? ? {a}t I in ? e bitter see of ? is lijf be
fordryuen wi? tempestes blowyng aboute. [[pg 12]]

[Sidenote: It is the aim of Philosophy to displease the wicked,
who are more to be despised than dreaded, for they have no
leader. ]

in ? e whiche
te{m}peste ? is is my most p{ur}pos ? at is to seyn to displese 216
to wikked[e] men. ? Of whiche schrews al be
? e oost neuer so grete it is to dispyse. for it nis gouerned
wi? no leder of resoune. but it is rauysched only by
flityng errour folyly {and} ly? tly.

[Sidenote: If Philosophy is attacked by the wicked, she retires
within her fortress, leaving the enemy busy among the useless
baggage, and laughing to scorn such hunters of trifles. ]

? And if ? ei somtyme 220
maky{n}g an ost a? eynest vs assaile vs as strengere. oure
leder drawe? to gedir hys rycchesse i{n} to hys toure.
{and} ? ei ben ententif aboute sarpulers or sachels vnp{ro}fitable
forto taken. but we ? at ben hey? abouen syker 224
fro al tumulte {and} wode noise. ben stored {and} enclosed
in syche a palays. whider as ? at chateryng or anoying
folye ne may not attayne. ? We scorne swiche
rauiners {and} honters of foulest[e] ? inges. 228

[Linenotes:
163 _none o? er_--non oother
_sorowe_--sorwe
165 _knowe_--knowen
166 _myne_--myn
_festned[e]_--fastnede
170 _fro_--from
170, 171 _art ? ou_--artow
172 _mad_--MS. made, C. maked
_fals[e]_--false
174 _parte_--parten
176 _nar[e]_--nere
_sittyng_--sittinge
178 _? an_--thanne
179 _? ing_--thing
_q. d. non_--omitted
180 _trowest ? ou_--trowestow
_al? erfirst_--alderfirst
181 _wicked[e]_--wikkede
182 _strife_--strif
183 _a? eins_--ayenis
_foolhardines_--foolhardinesse
_foly_--folie
184 _eke_--ek
185 _deserued[e]_--desseruede
186 _wyche_--the which
_seyne_--seyn
188 _welfulnesse_--welefulnesse
189 _o? er_--oothre
190 _go_--gon
_eueryche_--euerich
191 _seyne_--seyn
_to_--omitted
_eueryche_--euerich
194 _tornen_--_read_ coruen, C. koruen
195 _wouen_--MS. wonne{n}, C. wouen
196 _arased_--arraced
197 _gon_--MS. gone, C. gon
198 _dele_--del
199 _myche_--moche
_semed[e]_--semede
{and}--or
200 _myne_--myn
_wenyng_--MS. wevyng, C. weninge
202 _? oru? _--thorw
_wikked[e]_--wikkede
_vnkunnyng[e]_--vnkunnynge
203 _seyne_--seyn ? {a}t
204 _semeden_--semede
_pursued_--MS. pursuede, C. pursued
205 _slayn_--MS. slayne, C. slayn
207 [_weren_]--weeren
208 _my? test ? ou haue_--myhtestow han
209 _sorancis_--sorans
_wyche_--which
_is_--nis
210 _oolde_--MS. colde, C. old
211 _brou? t[e]_--browhte
212 _enfourmed_--MS. vnfourmed, C. enformyd
_my_--myne
_vnlyke_--vnlyk
213 _wicked folk_--wikkede foolk{e}
_au? test_--owhtest
214 _wondre_--wondren
_bitter_--bittre
216 _displese_--displesen
217 _wikked[e]_--wikkede
_schrews_--shrewes
218 _oost_--glossed _acies_ in C.
_grete_--gret
219, 222 _leder_--leder{e}
220 _flityng_--fleetynge
_ly? tly_--lythly
_if_--yif
221 _a? eynest_--ayenis
222 _to----rycchesse_, to gydere hise rychesses
_toure_--towr
224 _hey? _--heye
225 _al_--alle
_ben_--omitted
_stored_--warnestored
226 _syche_--swich
_? at_--omitted
227 _scorne_--schorne
228 _rauiners----? inges_--rauyneres & henteres of fowleste thinges]


[Headnote:
THE AIM OF PHILOSOPHY. ]

QUISQ{UI}S COMPOSITO.

[Sidenote: [The ferthe Met{ur}. ]]

[Sidenote: He who hath triumphed over fate, and remained
insensible to the changes of Fortune, shall not be moved by
storms, nor by the fires of Vesuvius, nor by the fiercest
thunderbolts. ]

++Who so it be ? at is clere of vertue sad {and} wel ordinat
of lyuyng. ? at ha? put vnderfote ? e prowed[e]
wierdes {and} loki? vpry? t vpon ey? er fortune. he may
holde hys chiere vndiscomfited. ? ? e rage ne ?