ing be more
p{re}ciouse
?
Chaucer - Boethius
e werkeman ?
at
wrou? t[e] hem.
[Sidenote: Doth a great retinue make thee happy? ]
[Sidenote: [* fol. 12 _b_. ]]
but al so a longe route of meyne. maki?
? at a blisful *man.
[Sidenote: If thy servants be vicious, they are a great burden to
the house, and pernicious enemies to the master of it. ]
? e whiche seruauntes yif ? ei ben 1244
vicio? s of condic{i}ou{n}s it is a greet charge {and} a
destrucc{i}ou{n} to ? e house. {and} a g{r}eet enmye to ? e lorde
hym self
[Sidenote: If they be good, why should the probity of others be
put to thy account? ]
? {And} yif ? ei ben goode men how shal
straung[e] or foreyne goodenes ben put in ? e nou{m}bre 1248
of ? i rycchesse.
[Sidenote: Upon the whole, then, none of those enjoyments which
thou didst consider as thy own did ever properly belong to thee. ]
so ? {a}t by alle ? ise forseide ? inges. it is
clerly shewed ? at neuer none of ? ilke ? inges ? at ? ou
accou{m}ptedest for ? in goodes nas nat ? i goode.
[Sidenote: If they be not desirable, why shouldst thou grieve for
the loss of them? ]
? In
? e whiche ? inges yif ? er be no beaute to ben desired. 1252
[Linenotes:
1172 _strenger_--strenger{e}
_vndirstonde_--vndyrstond
1173 _nar[e]_--ne weere
1174 _be ? ine_--ben thyn
1175 _foule_--fowl
1176 _Richesse_--Rychessis
1178 _rycchesse_--rychesses
1179, 1180 _golde_--gold
1180 _better_--betere
1181 _? en_--thanne
1182 _mokeres_--mokereres
1183 _folke clere_--folk cler
1184 _swiche_--swich
_from_--fram
1187 _stynte? _--stenteth
1188 _ha? _--MS. ha? e
1189 _world_--worlde
1190 _al_--alle
1191 _al hool_--omitted
1193 _myche folke_--moche folk{e}
_rycchesse_--rychesses
1194 _myche_--moche
1196 _forgon_--MS. forgone
1197 _? ise_--this
_rycchesses_--rychesse
[_ne_]--from C.
1198 _on_--o
1199 _wi? -oute_--with-owten
_al_--alle
_folke_--folk{e}
1200 _preciouse_--p{re}syous
1201 _in_--omitted
_warde_--ward
_seyne_--seyn
1202 _beaute_ (1)--beautes
_For_--but
1203 _in_--in the
1204 _whiche_--which
1207 _ioynture_--Ioyngture
1208 _faire_--fayr
_ha? _--MS. ha? e
1210 _laste_--last
_worlde_--world
1212 _myche_--mochel
1213 _desserued_--MS. desseyued, C. desseruyd
_weye_--wey
_shullen_--sholden
1215 _mychel_--mochel
1217 _fair werk_--fayr{e} werke
_worlde_--world
1219 _clere_--cler
1222 _darst ? ou glorifie_--darsthow gloryfyen
1225 _in_--in the
1229 _Syche_--Soth
1230 _on_--to
1231, 1235, 1237 _wilt_--wolt
1238 _shullen_--shollen
1239 _fair_--fayre
1240 _whiche_--which
1242 _werkeman_--werkman
1246 _house_--hows
_lorde_--lord
1248 _goodenes_--goodnesse
1250 _shewed_--I-shewyd
_none_--oon
1251 _? in_--thine
_goode_--good]
[[pg 48]]
[Headnote:
RICHES BRING ANXIETIES. ]
whi sholdest ? ou be sory yif ? ou leese hem. or whi
sholdest ? ou reioysen ? e to holden hem.
[Sidenote: If they are fair by nature, what is that to thee? ]
? For if ? ei
ben fair of hire owen kynde. what app{er}tene? ? at to ? e.
[Sidenote: They would be equally agreeable whether thine or not. ]
for as wel sholde ? ei han ben faire by hem self. 1256
? ou? ? ei were{n} dep{ar}tid from alle ? in rycchesse.
[Sidenote: They are not to be reckoned precious because they are
counted amongst thy goods, but because they seemed so before thou
didst desire to possess them. ]
? For-why
faire ne p{re}cio? s ne weren ? ei nat. for ? at ? ei
comen amonges ? i rycchesse. but for ? ei semeden fair
{and} p{re}cious. ? erfore ? ou haddest leuer rekene hem 1260
amonges ? i rycchesse.
[Sidenote: What, then, is it we so clamorously demand of Fortune? ]
but what desirest ? ou of fortune
wi? so greet a noyse {and} wi? so greet a fare
[Sidenote: Is it to drive away indigence by abundance? ]
? I
trowe ? ou seke to dryue awey nede wi? habundaunce
of ? inges.
[Sidenote: But the very reverse of this happens, for there is need
of many helps to keep a variety of valuable goods. ]
? But certys it turne? to ? ow al in ? e 1264
contrarie. for whi certys it nedi? of ful many[e] helpynges
to kepen ? e dyuersite of preciouse ostelment? .
[Sidenote: They want most things who have the most. ]
and so? e it is ? at of many[e] ? inges han ? ei nede ? at
many[e] ? inges han.
[Sidenote: They want the fewest who measure their abundance by the
necessities of nature, and not by the superfluity of their
desires. ]
{and} a? eyneward of litel nedi? 1268
hem ? at mesuren hir fille after ? e nede of kynde {and}
nat after ? e outrage of couetyse
[Sidenote: Is there no good planted within ourselves, that we are
obliged to go abroad to seek it? ]
? Is it ? an so ? at ye
men ne han no p{ro}pre goode. I-set in ? ow. For
whiche ? e moten seken outwardes ? oure goodes in 1272
foreine {and} subgit ? inges.
[Sidenote: Are things so changed and inverted, that god-like man
should think that he has no other worth but what he derives from
the possession of inanimate objects? ]
? So is ? an ? e condic{i}ou{n}
of ? inges turned vpso dou{n}. ? at a man ? at is a devyne
beest by merit of hys resou{n}. ? inke? ? at hy{m}
self nys ney? er fair ne noble. but if it be ? oru? 1276
possessiou{n} of ostelmentes. ? at ne han no soules.
[Linenotes:
1255 _fair_--fayr{e}
_hire owen_--hyr owne
1256 _sholde_--sholden
_self_--selue
1257 _? in rycchesse_--thyne rychesses
1259 _amonges_--among{e}
1259, 1261 _rycchesse_--Rychesses
1259 _fair_--fayr{e}
1260 _leuer rekene_--leu{er}e rekne
1262 _greet_ (2)--grete
1265, 1267 _many[e]_--manye
1267 _so? e_--soth
1272 _outwardes_--owtward
1276 _fair_--fayr{e}
_if_--yif]
[Headnote:
IGNORANCE CRIMINAL IN MAN. ]
[Sidenote: Inferior things are satisfied with their own
endowments, while man (the image of God) seeks to adorn his nature
with things infinitely below him, not understanding how much he
dishonours his Maker. ]
? And certys al o? {er} ? i{n}ges ben appaied of hire owen
beautes. but ? e men ? at ben semblable to god by ? our{e}
resonable ? ou? t desiren to apparaille ? our{e} excellent 1280
kynde of ? e lowest[e] pinges. ne ? e ne vndirstonde nat
how gret a wro{n}g ? e don to ? oure creato{ur}.
[Sidenote: God intended man to excel all earthly creatures, yet
you debase your dignity and prerogative below the lowest beings. ]
for he
wolde ? at man kynde were moost wor? i {and} noble of
any o? er er? ely ? inges. and ? e ? resten adou{n} ? oure [[pg 49]]
dignitees by-ne? en ? e lowest[e] ? inges.
[Sidenote: In placing your happiness in despicable trifles, you
acknowledge yourselves of less value than these trifles, and well
do you merit to be so esteemed. ]
? For if ? at al 1285
? e good of euery ?
ing be more p{re}ciouse ? an is ? ilk
? ing whos ? at ? e good is. syn ? e demen ? at ? e
foulest[e] ? inges ben ? oure goodes. ? anne summytten 1288
? e {and} putten ? oure self vndir ? o foulest[e] ? inges by
? oure estimac{i}ou{n}. ? And certis ? is bitidi? nat wi?
out ? our{e} desert.
[Sidenote: Man only excels other creatures when he knows himself. ]
For certys swiche is ? e co{n}dic{i}ou{n}
of al man kynde ? at oonly whan it ha? knowyng of it 1292
self. ? an passe? it i{n} noblesse alle o? er ? inges.
[Sidenote: When he ceases to do so, he sinks below beasts. ]
and whan it forleti? ? e knowyng of it self. ? an it is
brou? t byne? en alle beestes.
[Sidenote: Ignorance is natural to beasts, but in men it is
unnatural and criminal. ]
? For-why alle o? er
[leuynge] beestes han of kynde to knowe not hem 1296
self. but whan ? at men leten ? e knowyng of hem self.
it come? hem of vice.
[Sidenote: How weak an error is it to believe that anything
foreign to your nature can be an ornament to it. ]
but how brode shewe? ? e erro{ur}
{and} ? e folie of ? ow men ? at wenen ? at ony ? ing may
ben apparailled wi? straunge apparaillement? ? but 1300
for-so? e ? at may nat be don.
[Sidenote: If a thing appear beautiful on account of its external
embellishments, we admire and praise those embellishments alone. ]
for yif a wy? t shyne? wi?
? i{n}ges ? at ben put to hym. as ? us. yif ? ilke ? inges
shynen wi? whiche a man is apparailled. ? Certis
? ilke ? inges ben commendid {and} p{re}ised wi? whiche 1304
he is apparailled.
[Sidenote: The thing covered still continues in its natural
impurity. ]
? But na? eles ? e ? ing ? at is
couered {and} wrapped vndir ? at dwelle? in his fil? e.
[Sidenote: I deny that to be a good which is hurtful to its
owner. ]
and I denye ? at ? ilke ? ing be good ? at anoye? hym
? at ha? it.
[Sidenote: Am I deceived in this? You will say no; for riches have
often hurt their possessors. ]
? Gabbe I of ? is. ? ou wolt seye nay. 1308
? Certys rycchesse han anoyed ful ofte hem ? at han ? e
rycchesse.
[Sidenote: Every wicked man desires another's wealth, and esteems
him alone happy who is in possession of riches. ]
? Syn ? at euery wicked shrew {and} for
hys wickednesse ? e more gredy aftir o? er folkes rycchesse
wher so euer it be in any place. be it golde or 1312
p{re}cious stones. [[pg 50]]
[Sidenote: [* fol. 13. ]]
{and} weni? hym *only most wor? i ? at
ha? hem
[Sidenote: You, therefore, who now so much dread the instruments
of assassination, if you had been born a poor wayfaring man,
might, with an empty purse, have sung in the face of robbers. ]
? ? ou ? an ? at so besy dredest now ? e swerde
{and} ? e spere. yif ? ou haddest entred in ? e pa? e of ? is
lijf a voide wayfaryng man. ? an woldest ? ou syng[e] 1316
by-fore ? e ? eef. ? As who sei? a poure man ? at bere?
no rycchesse on hym by ? e weye. may boldly syng[e]
byforne ? eues. for he ha? nat wher-of to ben robbed.
[Sidenote: O the transcendant felicity of riches! No sooner have
you obtained them, than you cease to be secure. ]
? O preciouse {and} ry? t clere is ? e blysfulnesse of 1320
mortal rycchesse. ? at wha{n} ? ou hast geten it. ? an hast
? ou lorn ? i syke[r]nesse.
[Linenotes:
1278 _hire owen_--hir owne
1281 _ne_ (2)--omitted
_vndirstonde_--vndyrstondyn
1282 _gret_--MS. grete, C. gret
1284 _o? er er? ely_--oothre worldly
_? resten_--threste
1285 _by-ne? en_--by-nethe
_if_--yif
1286 _good_--MS. goode, C. good
_? ing_--thinge
_preciouse_--p{re}syos
_? ilk ? ing_--thilke thinge
1287 _? e_ (2)--tho
1288 _summytten_--submitten
1289 _self_--seluen
_foulest[e]_--fowleste
1290 _bitidi? _--tydeth
1291 _out_--owte
_desert_--desertes
1292 _al_--alle
1293 _self_--selue
1294 _it is_--is it
1296 [_leuynge_]--from C.
_hem_--hym
1297 _? at_--omitted
1298 _come? _--comth
1299 _? ing_--thinge
1302 _put_--MS. putte, C. put
1303 _whiche_--which
1306 _fil? e_--felthe
1307 _? ing_--thinge
_good_--MS. goode, C. good
1308 _ha? _--MS. ha? e
1309 _rycchesse_--Rychesses
_? e_--tho
1310 _rycchesse_--Rychesses
_shrew_--shrewe
1311 _rycchesse_--rychesses
1312 _golde_--gold
1314 _ha? _--MS. ha? e, C. hat
_besy_--bysy
_swerde_--swerd
1315 _pa? e_--paath
1316 _wayfaryng_--wayferynge
_syng[e]_--synge
1317 _by-fore_--by-forn
_sei?
wrou? t[e] hem.
[Sidenote: Doth a great retinue make thee happy? ]
[Sidenote: [* fol. 12 _b_. ]]
but al so a longe route of meyne. maki?
? at a blisful *man.
[Sidenote: If thy servants be vicious, they are a great burden to
the house, and pernicious enemies to the master of it. ]
? e whiche seruauntes yif ? ei ben 1244
vicio? s of condic{i}ou{n}s it is a greet charge {and} a
destrucc{i}ou{n} to ? e house. {and} a g{r}eet enmye to ? e lorde
hym self
[Sidenote: If they be good, why should the probity of others be
put to thy account? ]
? {And} yif ? ei ben goode men how shal
straung[e] or foreyne goodenes ben put in ? e nou{m}bre 1248
of ? i rycchesse.
[Sidenote: Upon the whole, then, none of those enjoyments which
thou didst consider as thy own did ever properly belong to thee. ]
so ? {a}t by alle ? ise forseide ? inges. it is
clerly shewed ? at neuer none of ? ilke ? inges ? at ? ou
accou{m}ptedest for ? in goodes nas nat ? i goode.
[Sidenote: If they be not desirable, why shouldst thou grieve for
the loss of them? ]
? In
? e whiche ? inges yif ? er be no beaute to ben desired. 1252
[Linenotes:
1172 _strenger_--strenger{e}
_vndirstonde_--vndyrstond
1173 _nar[e]_--ne weere
1174 _be ? ine_--ben thyn
1175 _foule_--fowl
1176 _Richesse_--Rychessis
1178 _rycchesse_--rychesses
1179, 1180 _golde_--gold
1180 _better_--betere
1181 _? en_--thanne
1182 _mokeres_--mokereres
1183 _folke clere_--folk cler
1184 _swiche_--swich
_from_--fram
1187 _stynte? _--stenteth
1188 _ha? _--MS. ha? e
1189 _world_--worlde
1190 _al_--alle
1191 _al hool_--omitted
1193 _myche folke_--moche folk{e}
_rycchesse_--rychesses
1194 _myche_--moche
1196 _forgon_--MS. forgone
1197 _? ise_--this
_rycchesses_--rychesse
[_ne_]--from C.
1198 _on_--o
1199 _wi? -oute_--with-owten
_al_--alle
_folke_--folk{e}
1200 _preciouse_--p{re}syous
1201 _in_--omitted
_warde_--ward
_seyne_--seyn
1202 _beaute_ (1)--beautes
_For_--but
1203 _in_--in the
1204 _whiche_--which
1207 _ioynture_--Ioyngture
1208 _faire_--fayr
_ha? _--MS. ha? e
1210 _laste_--last
_worlde_--world
1212 _myche_--mochel
1213 _desserued_--MS. desseyued, C. desseruyd
_weye_--wey
_shullen_--sholden
1215 _mychel_--mochel
1217 _fair werk_--fayr{e} werke
_worlde_--world
1219 _clere_--cler
1222 _darst ? ou glorifie_--darsthow gloryfyen
1225 _in_--in the
1229 _Syche_--Soth
1230 _on_--to
1231, 1235, 1237 _wilt_--wolt
1238 _shullen_--shollen
1239 _fair_--fayre
1240 _whiche_--which
1242 _werkeman_--werkman
1246 _house_--hows
_lorde_--lord
1248 _goodenes_--goodnesse
1250 _shewed_--I-shewyd
_none_--oon
1251 _? in_--thine
_goode_--good]
[[pg 48]]
[Headnote:
RICHES BRING ANXIETIES. ]
whi sholdest ? ou be sory yif ? ou leese hem. or whi
sholdest ? ou reioysen ? e to holden hem.
[Sidenote: If they are fair by nature, what is that to thee? ]
? For if ? ei
ben fair of hire owen kynde. what app{er}tene? ? at to ? e.
[Sidenote: They would be equally agreeable whether thine or not. ]
for as wel sholde ? ei han ben faire by hem self. 1256
? ou? ? ei were{n} dep{ar}tid from alle ? in rycchesse.
[Sidenote: They are not to be reckoned precious because they are
counted amongst thy goods, but because they seemed so before thou
didst desire to possess them. ]
? For-why
faire ne p{re}cio? s ne weren ? ei nat. for ? at ? ei
comen amonges ? i rycchesse. but for ? ei semeden fair
{and} p{re}cious. ? erfore ? ou haddest leuer rekene hem 1260
amonges ? i rycchesse.
[Sidenote: What, then, is it we so clamorously demand of Fortune? ]
but what desirest ? ou of fortune
wi? so greet a noyse {and} wi? so greet a fare
[Sidenote: Is it to drive away indigence by abundance? ]
? I
trowe ? ou seke to dryue awey nede wi? habundaunce
of ? inges.
[Sidenote: But the very reverse of this happens, for there is need
of many helps to keep a variety of valuable goods. ]
? But certys it turne? to ? ow al in ? e 1264
contrarie. for whi certys it nedi? of ful many[e] helpynges
to kepen ? e dyuersite of preciouse ostelment? .
[Sidenote: They want most things who have the most. ]
and so? e it is ? at of many[e] ? inges han ? ei nede ? at
many[e] ? inges han.
[Sidenote: They want the fewest who measure their abundance by the
necessities of nature, and not by the superfluity of their
desires. ]
{and} a? eyneward of litel nedi? 1268
hem ? at mesuren hir fille after ? e nede of kynde {and}
nat after ? e outrage of couetyse
[Sidenote: Is there no good planted within ourselves, that we are
obliged to go abroad to seek it? ]
? Is it ? an so ? at ye
men ne han no p{ro}pre goode. I-set in ? ow. For
whiche ? e moten seken outwardes ? oure goodes in 1272
foreine {and} subgit ? inges.
[Sidenote: Are things so changed and inverted, that god-like man
should think that he has no other worth but what he derives from
the possession of inanimate objects? ]
? So is ? an ? e condic{i}ou{n}
of ? inges turned vpso dou{n}. ? at a man ? at is a devyne
beest by merit of hys resou{n}. ? inke? ? at hy{m}
self nys ney? er fair ne noble. but if it be ? oru? 1276
possessiou{n} of ostelmentes. ? at ne han no soules.
[Linenotes:
1255 _fair_--fayr{e}
_hire owen_--hyr owne
1256 _sholde_--sholden
_self_--selue
1257 _? in rycchesse_--thyne rychesses
1259 _amonges_--among{e}
1259, 1261 _rycchesse_--Rychesses
1259 _fair_--fayr{e}
1260 _leuer rekene_--leu{er}e rekne
1262 _greet_ (2)--grete
1265, 1267 _many[e]_--manye
1267 _so? e_--soth
1272 _outwardes_--owtward
1276 _fair_--fayr{e}
_if_--yif]
[Headnote:
IGNORANCE CRIMINAL IN MAN. ]
[Sidenote: Inferior things are satisfied with their own
endowments, while man (the image of God) seeks to adorn his nature
with things infinitely below him, not understanding how much he
dishonours his Maker. ]
? And certys al o? {er} ? i{n}ges ben appaied of hire owen
beautes. but ? e men ? at ben semblable to god by ? our{e}
resonable ? ou? t desiren to apparaille ? our{e} excellent 1280
kynde of ? e lowest[e] pinges. ne ? e ne vndirstonde nat
how gret a wro{n}g ? e don to ? oure creato{ur}.
[Sidenote: God intended man to excel all earthly creatures, yet
you debase your dignity and prerogative below the lowest beings. ]
for he
wolde ? at man kynde were moost wor? i {and} noble of
any o? er er? ely ? inges. and ? e ? resten adou{n} ? oure [[pg 49]]
dignitees by-ne? en ? e lowest[e] ? inges.
[Sidenote: In placing your happiness in despicable trifles, you
acknowledge yourselves of less value than these trifles, and well
do you merit to be so esteemed. ]
? For if ? at al 1285
? e good of euery ?
ing be more p{re}ciouse ? an is ? ilk
? ing whos ? at ? e good is. syn ? e demen ? at ? e
foulest[e] ? inges ben ? oure goodes. ? anne summytten 1288
? e {and} putten ? oure self vndir ? o foulest[e] ? inges by
? oure estimac{i}ou{n}. ? And certis ? is bitidi? nat wi?
out ? our{e} desert.
[Sidenote: Man only excels other creatures when he knows himself. ]
For certys swiche is ? e co{n}dic{i}ou{n}
of al man kynde ? at oonly whan it ha? knowyng of it 1292
self. ? an passe? it i{n} noblesse alle o? er ? inges.
[Sidenote: When he ceases to do so, he sinks below beasts. ]
and whan it forleti? ? e knowyng of it self. ? an it is
brou? t byne? en alle beestes.
[Sidenote: Ignorance is natural to beasts, but in men it is
unnatural and criminal. ]
? For-why alle o? er
[leuynge] beestes han of kynde to knowe not hem 1296
self. but whan ? at men leten ? e knowyng of hem self.
it come? hem of vice.
[Sidenote: How weak an error is it to believe that anything
foreign to your nature can be an ornament to it. ]
but how brode shewe? ? e erro{ur}
{and} ? e folie of ? ow men ? at wenen ? at ony ? ing may
ben apparailled wi? straunge apparaillement? ? but 1300
for-so? e ? at may nat be don.
[Sidenote: If a thing appear beautiful on account of its external
embellishments, we admire and praise those embellishments alone. ]
for yif a wy? t shyne? wi?
? i{n}ges ? at ben put to hym. as ? us. yif ? ilke ? inges
shynen wi? whiche a man is apparailled. ? Certis
? ilke ? inges ben commendid {and} p{re}ised wi? whiche 1304
he is apparailled.
[Sidenote: The thing covered still continues in its natural
impurity. ]
? But na? eles ? e ? ing ? at is
couered {and} wrapped vndir ? at dwelle? in his fil? e.
[Sidenote: I deny that to be a good which is hurtful to its
owner. ]
and I denye ? at ? ilke ? ing be good ? at anoye? hym
? at ha? it.
[Sidenote: Am I deceived in this? You will say no; for riches have
often hurt their possessors. ]
? Gabbe I of ? is. ? ou wolt seye nay. 1308
? Certys rycchesse han anoyed ful ofte hem ? at han ? e
rycchesse.
[Sidenote: Every wicked man desires another's wealth, and esteems
him alone happy who is in possession of riches. ]
? Syn ? at euery wicked shrew {and} for
hys wickednesse ? e more gredy aftir o? er folkes rycchesse
wher so euer it be in any place. be it golde or 1312
p{re}cious stones. [[pg 50]]
[Sidenote: [* fol. 13. ]]
{and} weni? hym *only most wor? i ? at
ha? hem
[Sidenote: You, therefore, who now so much dread the instruments
of assassination, if you had been born a poor wayfaring man,
might, with an empty purse, have sung in the face of robbers. ]
? ? ou ? an ? at so besy dredest now ? e swerde
{and} ? e spere. yif ? ou haddest entred in ? e pa? e of ? is
lijf a voide wayfaryng man. ? an woldest ? ou syng[e] 1316
by-fore ? e ? eef. ? As who sei? a poure man ? at bere?
no rycchesse on hym by ? e weye. may boldly syng[e]
byforne ? eues. for he ha? nat wher-of to ben robbed.
[Sidenote: O the transcendant felicity of riches! No sooner have
you obtained them, than you cease to be secure. ]
? O preciouse {and} ry? t clere is ? e blysfulnesse of 1320
mortal rycchesse. ? at wha{n} ? ou hast geten it. ? an hast
? ou lorn ? i syke[r]nesse.
[Linenotes:
1278 _hire owen_--hir owne
1281 _ne_ (2)--omitted
_vndirstonde_--vndyrstondyn
1282 _gret_--MS. grete, C. gret
1284 _o? er er? ely_--oothre worldly
_? resten_--threste
1285 _by-ne? en_--by-nethe
_if_--yif
1286 _good_--MS. goode, C. good
_? ing_--thinge
_preciouse_--p{re}syos
_? ilk ? ing_--thilke thinge
1287 _? e_ (2)--tho
1288 _summytten_--submitten
1289 _self_--seluen
_foulest[e]_--fowleste
1290 _bitidi? _--tydeth
1291 _out_--owte
_desert_--desertes
1292 _al_--alle
1293 _self_--selue
1294 _it is_--is it
1296 [_leuynge_]--from C.
_hem_--hym
1297 _? at_--omitted
1298 _come? _--comth
1299 _? ing_--thinge
1302 _put_--MS. putte, C. put
1303 _whiche_--which
1306 _fil? e_--felthe
1307 _? ing_--thinge
_good_--MS. goode, C. good
1308 _ha? _--MS. ha? e
1309 _rycchesse_--Rychesses
_? e_--tho
1310 _rycchesse_--Rychesses
_shrew_--shrewe
1311 _rycchesse_--rychesses
1312 _golde_--gold
1314 _ha? _--MS. ha? e, C. hat
_besy_--bysy
_swerde_--swerd
1315 _pa? e_--paath
1316 _wayfaryng_--wayferynge
_syng[e]_--synge
1317 _by-fore_--by-forn
_sei?
