e
p{ur}ueaunce
of god.
Chaucer - Boethius
ou wost ?
at a man walki?
.
it byhoue?
by
necessite ? at he walke. ? ilke ? inge ? an ? at any wy? t ha? yknowe to be.
it ne may ben non o? er weyes ? an he knowe? it to be. ? but ? is
condicioun ne drawe? nat wi? hir ? ilke necessite symple. For certys ? is
necessite condicionel. ? e p{ro}pre nature of it ne make? it nau? t. but
? e adiecc{i}ou{n} of ? e condic{i}ou{n} maki? it. for no necessite ne
constreyne? a man to [gon / ? {a}t] goo? by his p{ro}pre wille. al be it
so ? at whan he goo? ? at it is necessarie ? at he goo? . ? an mot ? ilke
? inge be by necessite. al ? ou? ? at it ne haue no necessite of hys owen
nature. ? Ry? t on ? is same manere ? an. yif ? at ? e p{ur}ueaunce of god
see? any ? ing p{re}sent. but certys ? e fut{ur}es ? at bytyden by fredom
of arbitre god see? hem alle to-gidre p{re}sent? . ? ise ? inges ? an [yif]
? ei ben referred to ? e deuyne sy? t. ? an ben ? ei maked necessarie to ? e
condic{i}ou{n} of ? e deuyne knowynge. but certys yif ? ilke ? inges ben
considred by hem self ? ei ben absolut of necessite. {and} ne forleten
nat ne cesen nat of ? e liberte of hire owe{n} natur{e}. ? an certys wi?
outen doute alle ? e ? ing{us} shollen be doon whiche ? at god woot by-forn
? at ? ei ben to comen. but so{m}me of hem comen {and} bitiden of [free]
arbitre or of fre wille. ? at al be it so ? at ? ei bytiden. ? it algates ne
lese ? ei nat hire p{ro}pre nature ne beynge. by ? e whiche first or ? at
? ei were doon ? ei hadden power nat to han bitidd. _Boece. _ what is ? is
to seyn ? a{n} q{uo}d I. ? at ? inges ne ben nat necessarie by hire
p{ro}pre nature. so as ? ei comen in alle maneres in ? e lykenesse of
necessite by ? e condic{i}ou{n} of ? e deuyne science. {Ph}ilosoph{ie}.
? is is ? e difference q{uo}d she. ? at ? o ? inges ? at I p{ur}posed[e] ? e a
litel here byforn. ? at is to seyn ? e sonne arysynge {and} ? e man
walkynge ? at ? erwhiles ? at ? ilke ? inges ben ydon. ? ei ne my? ten nat ben
vndon. na? eles ? at oon of hem or it was ydon it byhoued[e] by necessite
? at it was ydon. but nat ? at o? {er}. ry? t so it is here ? at ? e ? inges
? at god ha? p{re}sent. wi? outen doute ? ei shulle ben. but so{m}me of
hem descendi? of ? e nature of ? inges as ? e sonne arysynge. {and} so{m}me
descendi? of ? e power of ? e doers as ? e man walkynge. ? ? an seide I. no
wronge ? at yif ? at ? ise ? inges ben referred to ? e deuyne knowynge ? an
ben ? ei necessarie. {and} yif ? ei ben considered by he{m} selfe ? an ben
? ei absolut from ? e bonde of necessite. ry? t so [as] alle ? inges ? at
appiere? or shewe? to ? e wittes yif ? ou referre it to resou{n} it is
vniuersel. {and} yif ? ou referre it or look[e] it to it self. ? an is it
sy{n}guler. but now yif ? ou seist ? us ? {a}t yif it be in my power to
chaunge my p{ur}pose. ? an shal I voide ?
e p{ur}ueaunce of god. whan ? at
p{er}auenture I shal han chau{n}ged ? o ? inges ? at he knowe? byforn. ? an
shal I answere ? e ? us ? Certys ? ou maist wel chaungen ? i p{ur}pos but
for as mochel as ? e p{re}sent so? enesse of ? e deuyne p{ur}ueaunce
byholde? ? at ? ou mayst chau{n}ge{n} ? i p{ur}pose. {and} whe? ir ? ou wolt
chaunge it or no. {and} whider-ward ? at ? ou tourne it. ? {o}u maist nat
eschewen ? e deuyne p{re}science ry? t as ? ou ne mayst nat fleen ? e sy? t
of ? e p{re}sent eye. al ? ou? ? at ? ou tourne ? i self by ? i fre wille in
to dyu{er}se acc{i}ou{n}. ? But ? ou mayst seyn a? eyne how shal it ? an
be. shal nat ? e dyuyne science ben chaunged by my disposic{i}ou{n} whan
? at I wol o ? ing now {and} now an o? er. {and} ? ilke p{re}science ne
seme? it nat to enterchau{n}ge stoundes of knowynges. as who sei? . ne
shal it nat seme to vs ? at ? e deuyne p{re}science enterchaunge? hys
dyuers stoundes of knowynge. so ? at it knowe so{m}me tyme o ? ing {and}
so{m}me tyme ? e contrarie. ? No for so? e. [q{uod} I] for ? e deuyne sy? t
renne? to-forne {and} see? alle fut{ur}es {and} clepe? hem a? ein {and}
reto{ur}ni? hem to ? e p{re}sence of hys p{ro}pre knowynge. ne he ne
entrechaunge? nat [so] as ? ou wenest ? e stoundes of forknowyng [as] now
? is now ? at. but he ay dwellynge comi? byforn {and} enbrace? at o strook
alle ? i mutac{i}ou{n}s. and ? is p{re}sence to co{m}p{re}henden {and} to
sen alle ? inges. god ne ha? nat take{n} it of ? e bitydynge of ? inges
forto come. but of hys p{ro}pre symplicite. ? and her by is assoiled
? ilke ? ing ? at ? ou puttest a litel her byforne. ? at is to seyne ? at it
is vnwor? i ? inge to seyn ? at oure futures ? euen cause of ? e science of
god ? For c{er}tys ? is streng? e of ? e deuyne science whiche ? at enbrace?
alle ? inge by his p{re}sentarie knowynge establisse? manere to alle
? i{n}g{us} {and} it ne awi? nat to lattere ? inges. {and} syn ? at ? ise
? inges ben ? us. ? at is to seyn syn ? at necessite nis nat in ? inges by ? e
deuyne p{re}science. ? an is ? er fredom of arbitre. ? at dwelle? hool
{and} vnwemmed to mortal men. ne ? e lawes ne p{ur}pose nat wikkedly
meedes {and} peynes to ? e willynges of men ? at ben vnbounde {and} quit
of alle necessite. ? And god byholder {and} forwiter of alle ? inges
dwelli? aboue {and} ? e p{re}sent eternite of hys sy? t renne? alwey wi?
? e dyuerse qualite of oure dedes dispe{n}syng {and} ordeynynge medes to
good[e] men. {and} tourment? to wicked men. ne in ydel ne i{n} veyn ne
ben ? er nat put in god hope {and} p{ra}yeres. ? at ne mowen nat ben
vnspedful ne wi? oute effect whan ? ei ben ry? tful ? wi? stond ? an {and}
eschewe ? ou vices. worshippe {and} loue ? ou vertus. areise ? i corage to
ry? tful hoopes. ? elde ? ou humble p{re}iers an hey? e. grete necessite of
prowesse {and} vertue is encharged {and} comaunded to ? ow yif ? e nil nat
dissimulen. ? Syn ? at ? e worchen {and} doon. ? at is to seyn ? oure dedes
{and} ? oure workes by-fore ? e eyen of ? e Iuge ? at see? {and} deme? alle
? inges. [To whom be goye {and} worshipe bi Infynyt tymes / AMEN. ]
EXPLICIT LIBER QUINTUS. {ET} VLTIM{US}.
* * * *
* * * * *
GLOSSARIAL INDEX.
[[Pages 180-184 are the Appendix and _Balades_, each with separate
line numbering. ]]
ABAIST = ABYEST, sufferest, endurest, 39/1014
ABAIST, abashed, 107/3047
ABASSEN, to be abashed, dismayed, 146/4213
ABESID (= ABAYSSHED), abashed, 7/92
ABIDE, to await, 7/93.
'ABIDE after' = look after, expect, 13/250;
_p. p. _ Abiden, waited, 86/2405
Abie? , suffers, 109/3101
ABLYNGE, enabling, fitting (_aptans_), 26/624, 88/2440
Abood, abode, 63/1716
Aboven, above, 6/52
Abreggynge, curtailing; hence _gain_ obtained by curtailment
(_compendium_), 151/4355
Accoie, to soothe, quiet (_demulcere_), 38/967
Accordaunce, agreement, 143/4134
Accordaunt, agreeing, unanimous, 19/431
Accorde, to agree, 42/1080
Accoumpte, account, 47/1251
Accountyng, calculation, 8/110
Achat, purchase, 15/310
Acheve, to achieve, accomplish, 18/404
Achoken, to choke, 47/1235
Acomplise, Acomplisse, to accomplish, 92/2575, 118/3356
Acordable, agreeing, 62/1694
Acusor, informer, 72/1990
Addre (Nadre), adder, 170/4959
Adoune, down, downward, 7/92
Adounward, downwards, 7/87
Adrad, in fear, afraid, 43/1132
Adresse, to direct, control, 163/4721
Afer, afar, 164/4767
Agast, aghast, frightened, 76/2107
Agaste, to terrify, frighten, 141/4051
Agon, ago, 70/1907
Agreablete, goodwill, 42/1099
Agrisen, to be afraid, dread, 10/178, 31/777
Ajuge, to adjudge, 15/325
Aknowe, acknowledged, 17/367
Aldirmost, most of all, 124/3557
Algates, Algate, yet, nevertheless, 19/439, 68/1849, 81/2242,
162/4696, 4698
Allegge, to alleviate, 124/3529
Alouterly, utterly, entirely, 109/3090
Al? erfairest, fairest of all, 87/2422
Al? erfirst, first of all, 10/180
Al? ermoste, most of all, 158/4563
Al?
necessite ? at he walke. ? ilke ? inge ? an ? at any wy? t ha? yknowe to be.
it ne may ben non o? er weyes ? an he knowe? it to be. ? but ? is
condicioun ne drawe? nat wi? hir ? ilke necessite symple. For certys ? is
necessite condicionel. ? e p{ro}pre nature of it ne make? it nau? t. but
? e adiecc{i}ou{n} of ? e condic{i}ou{n} maki? it. for no necessite ne
constreyne? a man to [gon / ? {a}t] goo? by his p{ro}pre wille. al be it
so ? at whan he goo? ? at it is necessarie ? at he goo? . ? an mot ? ilke
? inge be by necessite. al ? ou? ? at it ne haue no necessite of hys owen
nature. ? Ry? t on ? is same manere ? an. yif ? at ? e p{ur}ueaunce of god
see? any ? ing p{re}sent. but certys ? e fut{ur}es ? at bytyden by fredom
of arbitre god see? hem alle to-gidre p{re}sent? . ? ise ? inges ? an [yif]
? ei ben referred to ? e deuyne sy? t. ? an ben ? ei maked necessarie to ? e
condic{i}ou{n} of ? e deuyne knowynge. but certys yif ? ilke ? inges ben
considred by hem self ? ei ben absolut of necessite. {and} ne forleten
nat ne cesen nat of ? e liberte of hire owe{n} natur{e}. ? an certys wi?
outen doute alle ? e ? ing{us} shollen be doon whiche ? at god woot by-forn
? at ? ei ben to comen. but so{m}me of hem comen {and} bitiden of [free]
arbitre or of fre wille. ? at al be it so ? at ? ei bytiden. ? it algates ne
lese ? ei nat hire p{ro}pre nature ne beynge. by ? e whiche first or ? at
? ei were doon ? ei hadden power nat to han bitidd. _Boece. _ what is ? is
to seyn ? a{n} q{uo}d I. ? at ? inges ne ben nat necessarie by hire
p{ro}pre nature. so as ? ei comen in alle maneres in ? e lykenesse of
necessite by ? e condic{i}ou{n} of ? e deuyne science. {Ph}ilosoph{ie}.
? is is ? e difference q{uo}d she. ? at ? o ? inges ? at I p{ur}posed[e] ? e a
litel here byforn. ? at is to seyn ? e sonne arysynge {and} ? e man
walkynge ? at ? erwhiles ? at ? ilke ? inges ben ydon. ? ei ne my? ten nat ben
vndon. na? eles ? at oon of hem or it was ydon it byhoued[e] by necessite
? at it was ydon. but nat ? at o? {er}. ry? t so it is here ? at ? e ? inges
? at god ha? p{re}sent. wi? outen doute ? ei shulle ben. but so{m}me of
hem descendi? of ? e nature of ? inges as ? e sonne arysynge. {and} so{m}me
descendi? of ? e power of ? e doers as ? e man walkynge. ? ? an seide I. no
wronge ? at yif ? at ? ise ? inges ben referred to ? e deuyne knowynge ? an
ben ? ei necessarie. {and} yif ? ei ben considered by he{m} selfe ? an ben
? ei absolut from ? e bonde of necessite. ry? t so [as] alle ? inges ? at
appiere? or shewe? to ? e wittes yif ? ou referre it to resou{n} it is
vniuersel. {and} yif ? ou referre it or look[e] it to it self. ? an is it
sy{n}guler. but now yif ? ou seist ? us ? {a}t yif it be in my power to
chaunge my p{ur}pose. ? an shal I voide ?
e p{ur}ueaunce of god. whan ? at
p{er}auenture I shal han chau{n}ged ? o ? inges ? at he knowe? byforn. ? an
shal I answere ? e ? us ? Certys ? ou maist wel chaungen ? i p{ur}pos but
for as mochel as ? e p{re}sent so? enesse of ? e deuyne p{ur}ueaunce
byholde? ? at ? ou mayst chau{n}ge{n} ? i p{ur}pose. {and} whe? ir ? ou wolt
chaunge it or no. {and} whider-ward ? at ? ou tourne it. ? {o}u maist nat
eschewen ? e deuyne p{re}science ry? t as ? ou ne mayst nat fleen ? e sy? t
of ? e p{re}sent eye. al ? ou? ? at ? ou tourne ? i self by ? i fre wille in
to dyu{er}se acc{i}ou{n}. ? But ? ou mayst seyn a? eyne how shal it ? an
be. shal nat ? e dyuyne science ben chaunged by my disposic{i}ou{n} whan
? at I wol o ? ing now {and} now an o? er. {and} ? ilke p{re}science ne
seme? it nat to enterchau{n}ge stoundes of knowynges. as who sei? . ne
shal it nat seme to vs ? at ? e deuyne p{re}science enterchaunge? hys
dyuers stoundes of knowynge. so ? at it knowe so{m}me tyme o ? ing {and}
so{m}me tyme ? e contrarie. ? No for so? e. [q{uod} I] for ? e deuyne sy? t
renne? to-forne {and} see? alle fut{ur}es {and} clepe? hem a? ein {and}
reto{ur}ni? hem to ? e p{re}sence of hys p{ro}pre knowynge. ne he ne
entrechaunge? nat [so] as ? ou wenest ? e stoundes of forknowyng [as] now
? is now ? at. but he ay dwellynge comi? byforn {and} enbrace? at o strook
alle ? i mutac{i}ou{n}s. and ? is p{re}sence to co{m}p{re}henden {and} to
sen alle ? inges. god ne ha? nat take{n} it of ? e bitydynge of ? inges
forto come. but of hys p{ro}pre symplicite. ? and her by is assoiled
? ilke ? ing ? at ? ou puttest a litel her byforne. ? at is to seyne ? at it
is vnwor? i ? inge to seyn ? at oure futures ? euen cause of ? e science of
god ? For c{er}tys ? is streng? e of ? e deuyne science whiche ? at enbrace?
alle ? inge by his p{re}sentarie knowynge establisse? manere to alle
? i{n}g{us} {and} it ne awi? nat to lattere ? inges. {and} syn ? at ? ise
? inges ben ? us. ? at is to seyn syn ? at necessite nis nat in ? inges by ? e
deuyne p{re}science. ? an is ? er fredom of arbitre. ? at dwelle? hool
{and} vnwemmed to mortal men. ne ? e lawes ne p{ur}pose nat wikkedly
meedes {and} peynes to ? e willynges of men ? at ben vnbounde {and} quit
of alle necessite. ? And god byholder {and} forwiter of alle ? inges
dwelli? aboue {and} ? e p{re}sent eternite of hys sy? t renne? alwey wi?
? e dyuerse qualite of oure dedes dispe{n}syng {and} ordeynynge medes to
good[e] men. {and} tourment? to wicked men. ne in ydel ne i{n} veyn ne
ben ? er nat put in god hope {and} p{ra}yeres. ? at ne mowen nat ben
vnspedful ne wi? oute effect whan ? ei ben ry? tful ? wi? stond ? an {and}
eschewe ? ou vices. worshippe {and} loue ? ou vertus. areise ? i corage to
ry? tful hoopes. ? elde ? ou humble p{re}iers an hey? e. grete necessite of
prowesse {and} vertue is encharged {and} comaunded to ? ow yif ? e nil nat
dissimulen. ? Syn ? at ? e worchen {and} doon. ? at is to seyn ? oure dedes
{and} ? oure workes by-fore ? e eyen of ? e Iuge ? at see? {and} deme? alle
? inges. [To whom be goye {and} worshipe bi Infynyt tymes / AMEN. ]
EXPLICIT LIBER QUINTUS. {ET} VLTIM{US}.
* * * *
* * * * *
GLOSSARIAL INDEX.
[[Pages 180-184 are the Appendix and _Balades_, each with separate
line numbering. ]]
ABAIST = ABYEST, sufferest, endurest, 39/1014
ABAIST, abashed, 107/3047
ABASSEN, to be abashed, dismayed, 146/4213
ABESID (= ABAYSSHED), abashed, 7/92
ABIDE, to await, 7/93.
'ABIDE after' = look after, expect, 13/250;
_p. p. _ Abiden, waited, 86/2405
Abie? , suffers, 109/3101
ABLYNGE, enabling, fitting (_aptans_), 26/624, 88/2440
Abood, abode, 63/1716
Aboven, above, 6/52
Abreggynge, curtailing; hence _gain_ obtained by curtailment
(_compendium_), 151/4355
Accoie, to soothe, quiet (_demulcere_), 38/967
Accordaunce, agreement, 143/4134
Accordaunt, agreeing, unanimous, 19/431
Accorde, to agree, 42/1080
Accoumpte, account, 47/1251
Accountyng, calculation, 8/110
Achat, purchase, 15/310
Acheve, to achieve, accomplish, 18/404
Achoken, to choke, 47/1235
Acomplise, Acomplisse, to accomplish, 92/2575, 118/3356
Acordable, agreeing, 62/1694
Acusor, informer, 72/1990
Addre (Nadre), adder, 170/4959
Adoune, down, downward, 7/92
Adounward, downwards, 7/87
Adrad, in fear, afraid, 43/1132
Adresse, to direct, control, 163/4721
Afer, afar, 164/4767
Agast, aghast, frightened, 76/2107
Agaste, to terrify, frighten, 141/4051
Agon, ago, 70/1907
Agreablete, goodwill, 42/1099
Agrisen, to be afraid, dread, 10/178, 31/777
Ajuge, to adjudge, 15/325
Aknowe, acknowledged, 17/367
Aldirmost, most of all, 124/3557
Algates, Algate, yet, nevertheless, 19/439, 68/1849, 81/2242,
162/4696, 4698
Allegge, to alleviate, 124/3529
Alouterly, utterly, entirely, 109/3090
Al? erfairest, fairest of all, 87/2422
Al? erfirst, first of all, 10/180
Al? ermoste, most of all, 158/4563
Al?
