inges bettere {and} more
plentiuousely
be couth in ?
Chaucer - Boethius
whiche ?
{a}t poeple wi?
[outen] noumbre dreden.
?
O ?
ou what so
euer ? ou be ? at knyttes[t] alle bondes of ? inges loke on ? ise
wrecched[e] er? es. we men ? at ben nat a foule party but a faire party of
so grete a werke we ben turmentid in ? e see of fortune. ? ? ou
gouerno{ur} wi? draw {and} restreyne ? e rauyssinge flodes {and} fastne
{and} forme ? ise er? es stable wi? ? ilke [bonde] wi? whiche ? ou gouernest
? e heuene ? at is so large.
HIC UBI CONTINUATO DOLORE.
[Sidenote: [The fyfthe p{ro}se. ]]
++Whan I hadde wi? a continuel sorwe sobbed or broken out ? ise ? inges
sche wi? hir chere peisible {and} no ? i{n}g amoeued. wi? my compleyntes
seide ? {us}. whan I say ? e q{uod} sche sorweful {and} wepyng I wist[e]
on-one ? at ? ou were a wrecche {and} exiled. but I wist[e] neuer how fer
? ine exile was: ? if ? i tale ne hadde schewed it to me. but certys al be
? ou fer fro ? i contre. ? ou nart nat put out of it. but ? ou hast fayled
of ? i weye {and} gon amys. ? and yif ? ou hast leuer forto wene ? an ? ou
be put out of ? i contre. ? an hast ? ou put oute ? i self ra? er ? en ony
o? er wy? t ha? . ? For no wy? t but ? i self ne my? t[e] neuer haue don ? at
to ? e. ? For ? if ? ou remembre of what contre ? ou art born. it nis not
gou{er}ned by emp{er}oures. ne by gouernement of multitude. as weren ? e
contres of hem of athenes. ? But o lorde {and} o kyng {and} ? at is god
? at is lorde of ? i contree. whiche ? at reioise? hym of ? e dwellyng of
hys Cite? enis. {and} not forto putte hem in exile. Of ? e whiche lorde it
is a souerayne fredom to be gouerned by ? e bridel of hym and obeie to
his iustice. ? Hast ? ou for? eten ? ilke ry? t olde lawe of ? i Citee. in ? e
whiche Citee it is ordeyned {and} establissed ? at what wy? t ? at ha?
leuer founden ? er i{n}ne hys sete or hys house. ? en ellys where: he may
not be exiled by no ry? t fro ? at place. ? For who so ? at is co{n}tened
in-wi? ? e paleis [{and} the clos] of ? ilke Citee. ? er nis no drede ? at
he may deserue to ben exiled. ? But who ? at lette? ? e wille forto
enhabit[e] ? ere. he forlete? also to deserue to ben Cite? ein of ? ilke
Citee. ? So ? at I seye ? at ? e face of ? is place ne amoeue? me nat so
myche as ? ine owen face. Ne . I. ne axe not ra? er ? e walles of ? i
librarie apparailled {and} wrou? t wi? yvory {and} wi? glas ? an after ? e
sete of ? i ? ou? t. In whiche I putte nat somtyme bookes. but . I. putte
? at ? at make? bookes wor? i of p{ri}s or p{re}cious ? at is to sein ? e
sentence of my books. ? {And} certeinly of ? i dec{er}tes by-stowed in
co{m}mune good. ? ou hast seid so? e but after ? e multitude of ? i goode
dedys. ? ou hast seid fewe. {and} of ? e vnhonestee or falsnesse of ? inges
? at ben opposed a? eins ? e. ? ou hast remembred ? inges ? at be{n} knowe to
alle folk. and of ? e felonies {and} fraudes of ? ine accuso{ur}s. it
seme? ? e haue I-touched it forso? e ry? tfully {and} schortly. ? Al my? ten
? o same ?
inges bettere {and} more plentiuousely be couth in ? e mou? e of
? e poeple ? {a}t knowe? al ? is. ? ? ou hast eke blamed gretly {and}
compleyned of ? e wrongful dede of ? e senat. ? And ? ou hast sorwed for my
blame. {and} ? ou hast wepen for ? e damage of ? i renoune ? at is appaired.
{and} ? i laste sorwe eschaufed a? eins fortune {and} co{m}pleinest ? at
gerdou{n}s ne ben not euenliche ? olde to ? e desertes of folk. {and} in
? e l{att}re ende of ? i woode muse ? ou p{r}iedest ? {a}t ? ilke pees ? at
gouerne? ? e heuene scholde gou{er}ne ? e er? e ? But for ? at many
tribulac{i}ou{n}s of affecc{i}ou{n}s han assailed ? e. {and} sorwe {and}
Ire {and} wepyng todrawen ? ee dyuersely ? As ? ou art now feble of ? ou? t.
my? tyer remedies ne schullen not ? it touchen ? e for whiche we wil[e]
vsen somedel ly? ter medicines. So ? at ? ilk[e] passiou{n}s ? at ben woxen
harde in swellyng by p{er}turbac{i}ou{n} folowyng in to ? i ? ou? t mowen
woxe esy {and} softe to receyue{n} ? e strenke? of a more my? ty {and}
more egre medicine by an esier touchyng.
CU{M} PHEBI RADIIS G{RA}UE CA{N}C{R}I SID{US} ENESTUAT.
[Sidenote: [The sixte met{ur}. ]]
++Whan ? at ? e heuy sterre of ? e cancre eschaufe? by ? e beme of pheb{us}.
? at is to seyne whan ? at pheb{us} ? e sonne is in ? e signe of ? e Cancre.
Who so ? eue? ? an largely hys sedes to ? e feldes ? at refuse to receiuen
hem. lete hym gon bygyled of trust ? at he hadde to hys corn. to acorns
or okes. yif ? ou wilt gadre violett? . ne go ? ou not to ? e purp{er} wode
whan ? e felde chirkynge agrise? of colde by ? e felnesse of ? e wynde ? at
hy? t aquilon ? Yif ? ou desirest or wolt vsen grapes ne seke ? ou nat wi?
a gloto{n}us hande to streine {and} p{re}sse ? e stalkes of ? e vine in ? e
first somer sesou{n}. for bachus ? e god of wyne ha? ra? er ? euen his
? iftes to autu{m}pne ? e latter ende of somer. ? God tokeni? {and}
assigne? ? e tymes. ablyng hem to her p{ro}pre offices. ? Ne he ne
suffre? not stoundes whiche ? at hym self ha? deuided {and} co{n}streined
to be medeled to gidre ? And for? i he ? at forlete? certeyne ordinaunce
of doynge by ou{er}? rowyng wey. he ne ha? no glade issue or ende of hys
werkes.
PRIMU{M} IGITUR PATERIS ROGACIONIB{US}.
[Sidenote: [The syxte p{ro}se. ]]
++FIrst wolt ? ou suffre me to touche {and} assaie ? e stat of ? i ? ou? t by
a fewe demaundes. so ? at I may vnderstonde what be ? e manere of ? i
curac{i}ou{n}. ? Axe me q{uod} . I. atte ? i wille what ? ou wilt. {and} I
schal answer{e}. ? ? o saide sche ? us. whe? er wenest ? ou q{uo}d sche
? {a}t ? is worlde be gouerned by foolisshe happes {and} fortunes. or
elles wenest ? ou ? at ? er be i{n} it any gouerneme{n}t of resou{n}.
Certes q{uod} . I. ne trowe not in no manere ? at so certeyne ? inges
scholde be moeued by fortunouse fortune. but I wot wel ? at god maker
{and} mayster is gouerno{ur} of ? is werk. Ne neuer nas ? it day ? at
my? t[e] putte me oute of ? e so? enesse of ? at sentence. ? So is it q{uod}
sche. for ? e same ? ing songe ? ou a lytel here byforne {and} byweyledest
{and} byweptest. ? at only men weren put oute of ? e cure of god. ? For of
alle o? er ? inges ? ou ne doutest nat ? at ? ei nere gouerned by reso{n}.
but how (. i. pape. ). I wondre gretly certes whi ? at ? ou art seek. si? en
? ou art put in to so holesom a sentence.
euer ? ou be ? at knyttes[t] alle bondes of ? inges loke on ? ise
wrecched[e] er? es. we men ? at ben nat a foule party but a faire party of
so grete a werke we ben turmentid in ? e see of fortune. ? ? ou
gouerno{ur} wi? draw {and} restreyne ? e rauyssinge flodes {and} fastne
{and} forme ? ise er? es stable wi? ? ilke [bonde] wi? whiche ? ou gouernest
? e heuene ? at is so large.
HIC UBI CONTINUATO DOLORE.
[Sidenote: [The fyfthe p{ro}se. ]]
++Whan I hadde wi? a continuel sorwe sobbed or broken out ? ise ? inges
sche wi? hir chere peisible {and} no ? i{n}g amoeued. wi? my compleyntes
seide ? {us}. whan I say ? e q{uod} sche sorweful {and} wepyng I wist[e]
on-one ? at ? ou were a wrecche {and} exiled. but I wist[e] neuer how fer
? ine exile was: ? if ? i tale ne hadde schewed it to me. but certys al be
? ou fer fro ? i contre. ? ou nart nat put out of it. but ? ou hast fayled
of ? i weye {and} gon amys. ? and yif ? ou hast leuer forto wene ? an ? ou
be put out of ? i contre. ? an hast ? ou put oute ? i self ra? er ? en ony
o? er wy? t ha? . ? For no wy? t but ? i self ne my? t[e] neuer haue don ? at
to ? e. ? For ? if ? ou remembre of what contre ? ou art born. it nis not
gou{er}ned by emp{er}oures. ne by gouernement of multitude. as weren ? e
contres of hem of athenes. ? But o lorde {and} o kyng {and} ? at is god
? at is lorde of ? i contree. whiche ? at reioise? hym of ? e dwellyng of
hys Cite? enis. {and} not forto putte hem in exile. Of ? e whiche lorde it
is a souerayne fredom to be gouerned by ? e bridel of hym and obeie to
his iustice. ? Hast ? ou for? eten ? ilke ry? t olde lawe of ? i Citee. in ? e
whiche Citee it is ordeyned {and} establissed ? at what wy? t ? at ha?
leuer founden ? er i{n}ne hys sete or hys house. ? en ellys where: he may
not be exiled by no ry? t fro ? at place. ? For who so ? at is co{n}tened
in-wi? ? e paleis [{and} the clos] of ? ilke Citee. ? er nis no drede ? at
he may deserue to ben exiled. ? But who ? at lette? ? e wille forto
enhabit[e] ? ere. he forlete? also to deserue to ben Cite? ein of ? ilke
Citee. ? So ? at I seye ? at ? e face of ? is place ne amoeue? me nat so
myche as ? ine owen face. Ne . I. ne axe not ra? er ? e walles of ? i
librarie apparailled {and} wrou? t wi? yvory {and} wi? glas ? an after ? e
sete of ? i ? ou? t. In whiche I putte nat somtyme bookes. but . I. putte
? at ? at make? bookes wor? i of p{ri}s or p{re}cious ? at is to sein ? e
sentence of my books. ? {And} certeinly of ? i dec{er}tes by-stowed in
co{m}mune good. ? ou hast seid so? e but after ? e multitude of ? i goode
dedys. ? ou hast seid fewe. {and} of ? e vnhonestee or falsnesse of ? inges
? at ben opposed a? eins ? e. ? ou hast remembred ? inges ? at be{n} knowe to
alle folk. and of ? e felonies {and} fraudes of ? ine accuso{ur}s. it
seme? ? e haue I-touched it forso? e ry? tfully {and} schortly. ? Al my? ten
? o same ?
inges bettere {and} more plentiuousely be couth in ? e mou? e of
? e poeple ? {a}t knowe? al ? is. ? ? ou hast eke blamed gretly {and}
compleyned of ? e wrongful dede of ? e senat. ? And ? ou hast sorwed for my
blame. {and} ? ou hast wepen for ? e damage of ? i renoune ? at is appaired.
{and} ? i laste sorwe eschaufed a? eins fortune {and} co{m}pleinest ? at
gerdou{n}s ne ben not euenliche ? olde to ? e desertes of folk. {and} in
? e l{att}re ende of ? i woode muse ? ou p{r}iedest ? {a}t ? ilke pees ? at
gouerne? ? e heuene scholde gou{er}ne ? e er? e ? But for ? at many
tribulac{i}ou{n}s of affecc{i}ou{n}s han assailed ? e. {and} sorwe {and}
Ire {and} wepyng todrawen ? ee dyuersely ? As ? ou art now feble of ? ou? t.
my? tyer remedies ne schullen not ? it touchen ? e for whiche we wil[e]
vsen somedel ly? ter medicines. So ? at ? ilk[e] passiou{n}s ? at ben woxen
harde in swellyng by p{er}turbac{i}ou{n} folowyng in to ? i ? ou? t mowen
woxe esy {and} softe to receyue{n} ? e strenke? of a more my? ty {and}
more egre medicine by an esier touchyng.
CU{M} PHEBI RADIIS G{RA}UE CA{N}C{R}I SID{US} ENESTUAT.
[Sidenote: [The sixte met{ur}. ]]
++Whan ? at ? e heuy sterre of ? e cancre eschaufe? by ? e beme of pheb{us}.
? at is to seyne whan ? at pheb{us} ? e sonne is in ? e signe of ? e Cancre.
Who so ? eue? ? an largely hys sedes to ? e feldes ? at refuse to receiuen
hem. lete hym gon bygyled of trust ? at he hadde to hys corn. to acorns
or okes. yif ? ou wilt gadre violett? . ne go ? ou not to ? e purp{er} wode
whan ? e felde chirkynge agrise? of colde by ? e felnesse of ? e wynde ? at
hy? t aquilon ? Yif ? ou desirest or wolt vsen grapes ne seke ? ou nat wi?
a gloto{n}us hande to streine {and} p{re}sse ? e stalkes of ? e vine in ? e
first somer sesou{n}. for bachus ? e god of wyne ha? ra? er ? euen his
? iftes to autu{m}pne ? e latter ende of somer. ? God tokeni? {and}
assigne? ? e tymes. ablyng hem to her p{ro}pre offices. ? Ne he ne
suffre? not stoundes whiche ? at hym self ha? deuided {and} co{n}streined
to be medeled to gidre ? And for? i he ? at forlete? certeyne ordinaunce
of doynge by ou{er}? rowyng wey. he ne ha? no glade issue or ende of hys
werkes.
PRIMU{M} IGITUR PATERIS ROGACIONIB{US}.
[Sidenote: [The syxte p{ro}se. ]]
++FIrst wolt ? ou suffre me to touche {and} assaie ? e stat of ? i ? ou? t by
a fewe demaundes. so ? at I may vnderstonde what be ? e manere of ? i
curac{i}ou{n}. ? Axe me q{uod} . I. atte ? i wille what ? ou wilt. {and} I
schal answer{e}. ? ? o saide sche ? us. whe? er wenest ? ou q{uo}d sche
? {a}t ? is worlde be gouerned by foolisshe happes {and} fortunes. or
elles wenest ? ou ? at ? er be i{n} it any gouerneme{n}t of resou{n}.
Certes q{uod} . I. ne trowe not in no manere ? at so certeyne ? inges
scholde be moeued by fortunouse fortune. but I wot wel ? at god maker
{and} mayster is gouerno{ur} of ? is werk. Ne neuer nas ? it day ? at
my? t[e] putte me oute of ? e so? enesse of ? at sentence. ? So is it q{uod}
sche. for ? e same ? ing songe ? ou a lytel here byforne {and} byweyledest
{and} byweptest. ? at only men weren put oute of ? e cure of god. ? For of
alle o? er ? inges ? ou ne doutest nat ? at ? ei nere gouerned by reso{n}.
but how (. i. pape. ). I wondre gretly certes whi ? at ? ou art seek. si? en
? ou art put in to so holesom a sentence.
