e
scharpnes
of fortune ?
Chaucer - Boethius
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 ? e manace 232
of ? e co{m}moeuyng or chasyng vpwarde hete fro ? e
botme. ne schal not moeue ? at man. ne ? e vnstable
mountaigne ? at hy? t veseuus. ? at wirche? oute ? oru?
hys broken[e] chemineys smokyng fires. ? Ne ? e wey 236
of ? onder ly? t ? at is wont to smyte hey? e toures ne
schal not mouene ? at man.
[Sidenote: Fear not the tyrant's rage. ]
? Wherto ? en wrecches
drede ? e tyrauntes ? at ben wode {and} felownes wi? -outen
ony strenke? .
[Sidenote: He who neither fears nor hopes for anything disarms the
tyrant. ]
? Hope after no ? ing ne drede nat. {and} 240
so schalt ? ou desarmen ? e ire of ? ilke vnmy? ty tyraunt. [[pg 13]]
[Sidenote: He whose heart fails him, yields his arms, and forges
his own fetters. ]
? But who so ? at quakyng drede? or desire? ? ing ? at
nis not stable of his ry? t. ? at man ? at so do? ha? cast
awey hys schelde {and} is remoeued fro hys place. {and} 244
enlace? hym i{n} ? e cheyne wi? whiche he may be
drawen.
[Linenotes:
229 _clere_--cleer
230 _lyuyng_--leuynge
_ha? _--MS. ha? e
_vnderfote_--vndir-foot
_prowed[e]_--prowde
231 _may----chiere_--may his cheere holde
232 _manace_--manesses
233 _? e_--? e see
235 _hy? t_--hihte
_veseuus_--MS. vesenus
_wirche? _--writith
236 _broken[e]_--brokene
_smokyng_--smokynge
237 _smyte_--smyten
238 _Wherto ? en_--wharto thanne
239 _felownes----ony_--felonos withowte any
241 _schalt ? ou desarmen_--shaltow deseruien
243 _do? _--MS. do? e, C. doth
_ha? _--MS. ha? e, C. hath
_cast_--MS. caste, C. cast
244 _schelde_--sheld
_remoeued fro_--remwed from
245 _whiche_--the which
_be_--ben]
[Headnote:
BOETHIUS SPEAKS OF HIS TROUBLES. ]
SENTIS NE INQUIT.
[Sidenote: [The verthe p{ro}se. ]]
[Sidenote: Philosophy seeks to know the malady of Boethius. ]
++FElest ? ou q{uod} sche ? ise ? inges {and} entren ? ei ou? t
in ? i corage. ? Art ? ou like an asse to ? e harpe. 248
Whi wepest ? ou whi spillest ? ou teres. ? Yif ? ou
abidest after helpe of ? i leche. ? e byhoue? discouere ? i
wounde.
[Sidenote: Boethius complains of Fortune's unrelenting rage. ]
? ? o . I. ? at hadde gadered strenke? in my
corage answered[e] {and} seide. {and} nede? it ? itte q{uod} 252
. I. of rehersyng or of amonic{i}ou{n}. {and} schewe? it not
ynou? by hym self ?
e scharpnes of fortune ? at wexe?
woode a? eynes me.
[Sidenote: Is not she moved, he asks, with the aspect of his
prison? ]
? Ne moeue? it nat ? e to seen ? e
face or ? e man{er}e of ? is place (. i. p{r}isou{n}. ).
[Sidenote: His library, his habit, and his countenance are all
changed. ]
? Is ? is 256
? e librarie wyche ? at ? ou haddest chosen for a ry? t
certeyne sege to ? e i{n} myne house. ? ? ere as ? ou
desputest of[te] wi? me of ? e sciences of ? inges touching
diuinitee {and} touchyng mankynde. ? Was ? an 260
myn habit swiche as it is now. was ? an my face or
[Interlinear: quasi d{ice}ret non. ]
my chere swiche as now.
? Whan I sou? t[e] wi? ? e
secretys of nature. whan ? ou enfo{ur}medest my maners
{and} ? e resou{n} of al my lijf. to ? e ensaumple of ? e ordre 264
of heuene.
[Sidenote: Is this, he asks, the reward of his fidelity? ]
[Interlinear: ironice]
? Is nat ? is ? e gerdou{n} ? at I refere to ? e
to whom I haue be obeisaunt. ? Certis ? ou enfo{ur}medist
by ? e mou? e of plato ? is sentence.
[Sidenote: Plato (de Rep. v. ) says that those Commonwealths are
most happy that are governed by philosophers, or by those who
study to be so. ]
? at is to
seyne ? at co{m}mune ? inges or comunabletes weren 268
blysful yif ? ei ? at haden studied al fully to wisdom [[pg 14]]
gouerneden ? ilke ? inges.
[Sidenote: [* fol. 5 _b_. ]]
or ellys yif it so by-felle ? at
? e gouernours *of co{m}munalites studieden in grete wisdomes.
[Linenotes:
247 _Felest ? ou_--Felistow
_ou? t_--awht
248 _art ? ou_--artow
249 _wepest ? ou_--wepistow
_spillest ? ou_--spillestow
252 _answered[e]_--answerede
255 _woode_--wood
257 _wyche_--which
258 _myne house ? ere_--myn hows ther
259 _desputest of[te]_--desputedest ofte
260 _? an_--thanne
261 _it_ and _? an_--both omitted
261, 262 _swiche_--swich
262 _sou? t[e]_--sowhte
263 _secretys_--secret?
_my_--MS. me, C. my
264 _al_--alle
265 _gerdoun_--gerdouns
266 _enfourmedist_--conformedest
267 _mou? e_--mowht
268 _comunabletes_--comunalitees
270 _by-felle_--byfille
271 _in grete wisdomes_--to geten wysdom]
[Headnote:
PHILOSOPHERS TO BE POLITICIANS. ]
[Sidenote: The same Plato urged philosophers to take upon them the
management of public affairs, lest it should fall into the hands
of unprincipled citizens. ]
? ? ou saidest eke by ? e mou? e of ? e same 272
plato ? at it was a necessarie cause wyse men to taken
{and} desire ? e gou{er}nau{n}ce of comune ? i{n}ges. for ? at ? e
gou{er}nementes of comune citees y-left in ? e hondes of
felonous to{ur}mento{ur}s Citi? enis ne scholde not brynge 276
inne pestile{n}ce {and} destrucc{i}ou{n} to goode folk.
[Sidenote: Boethius declares that he desired to put in practice
(in the management of public affairs) what he had learnt in his
retirement. ]
? And
? erfore I folowynge ? ilk auctoritee (. s. platonis). desiryng
to put[te] fur? e in execusiou{n} {and} in acte of comune
admi{ni}st{ra}c{i}ou{n} ? o ? inges ? at . I. hadde lerned of ? e 280
among my secre restyng whiles. ? ? ou {and} god ? {a}t
put[te] ? ee in ? e ? ou? tis of wise folk ben knowen wi?
me ? at no ? ing brou? t[e] me to maistrie or dignite: but
? e comune studie of al goodenes.
[Sidenote: He sought to do good to all, but became involved in
discord with the wicked. ]
? And ? er-of come? 284
it ? at by-twixen wikked folk {and} me han ben greuouse
discordes. ? at ne my? ten not be relesed by p{ra}yeres.
[Sidenote: Consciousness of integrity made him despise the anger
of the most powerful. ]
? For ? is libertee ha? fredom of conscience ? at ? e wra? ? e
of more my? ty folk ha? alwey ben despised of me for 288
saluac{i}ou{n} of ry? t.
[Sidenote: He opposed Conigastus, and put a stop to the doings of
Triguilla. ]
? How ofte haue . I. resisted {and}
wi? stonde ? ilk man ? at hy? t[e] conigaste ? at made
alwey assautes a? eins ? e p{ro}pre fortunes of poure feble
folke. ? How ofte haue . I. ? itte put of. or cast out 292
hy{m} trigwille p{ro}uost of ? e kynges hous bo? e of ? e
wronges ? at he hadde bygon[ne] to done {and} eke fully
p{er}formed. ? How ofte haue I couered {and} defended
by ? e auctorite of me put a? eins p{er}ils.
[Sidenote: He put his authority in peril for the defence of poor
folk. ]
? at is to seine put 296
myne auctorite in peril for ? e wreched pore folke. ? at
? e couetise of straungeres vnpunysched to{ur}mentid alwey [[pg 15]]
wi? myseses {and} greuaunces oute of noumbre.
[Linenotes:
272 _eke_--ek
275 _comune_--omitted
_y-left_--MS. ylefte, C. yleft
276 _Citi? enis_--citesenes
_brynge inne_--bryngen in
278 _? erfore_--therfor
_? ilk_--thilke
_desiryng_--desired
279 _put[te] fur? e_--putten forth
280 _? o_--thilke
282 _put[te]_--putte
283 _brou? t[e]_--ne browhte
284 _? e_--omitted
_al goodenes_--alle goodnesse
_come? _--comth
287, 288 _ha? _--MS.
? 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 ? e manace 232
of ? e co{m}moeuyng or chasyng vpwarde hete fro ? e
botme. ne schal not moeue ? at man. ne ? e vnstable
mountaigne ? at hy? t veseuus. ? at wirche? oute ? oru?
hys broken[e] chemineys smokyng fires. ? Ne ? e wey 236
of ? onder ly? t ? at is wont to smyte hey? e toures ne
schal not mouene ? at man.
[Sidenote: Fear not the tyrant's rage. ]
? Wherto ? en wrecches
drede ? e tyrauntes ? at ben wode {and} felownes wi? -outen
ony strenke? .
[Sidenote: He who neither fears nor hopes for anything disarms the
tyrant. ]
? Hope after no ? ing ne drede nat. {and} 240
so schalt ? ou desarmen ? e ire of ? ilke vnmy? ty tyraunt. [[pg 13]]
[Sidenote: He whose heart fails him, yields his arms, and forges
his own fetters. ]
? But who so ? at quakyng drede? or desire? ? ing ? at
nis not stable of his ry? t. ? at man ? at so do? ha? cast
awey hys schelde {and} is remoeued fro hys place. {and} 244
enlace? hym i{n} ? e cheyne wi? whiche he may be
drawen.
[Linenotes:
229 _clere_--cleer
230 _lyuyng_--leuynge
_ha? _--MS. ha? e
_vnderfote_--vndir-foot
_prowed[e]_--prowde
231 _may----chiere_--may his cheere holde
232 _manace_--manesses
233 _? e_--? e see
235 _hy? t_--hihte
_veseuus_--MS. vesenus
_wirche? _--writith
236 _broken[e]_--brokene
_smokyng_--smokynge
237 _smyte_--smyten
238 _Wherto ? en_--wharto thanne
239 _felownes----ony_--felonos withowte any
241 _schalt ? ou desarmen_--shaltow deseruien
243 _do? _--MS. do? e, C. doth
_ha? _--MS. ha? e, C. hath
_cast_--MS. caste, C. cast
244 _schelde_--sheld
_remoeued fro_--remwed from
245 _whiche_--the which
_be_--ben]
[Headnote:
BOETHIUS SPEAKS OF HIS TROUBLES. ]
SENTIS NE INQUIT.
[Sidenote: [The verthe p{ro}se. ]]
[Sidenote: Philosophy seeks to know the malady of Boethius. ]
++FElest ? ou q{uod} sche ? ise ? inges {and} entren ? ei ou? t
in ? i corage. ? Art ? ou like an asse to ? e harpe. 248
Whi wepest ? ou whi spillest ? ou teres. ? Yif ? ou
abidest after helpe of ? i leche. ? e byhoue? discouere ? i
wounde.
[Sidenote: Boethius complains of Fortune's unrelenting rage. ]
? ? o . I. ? at hadde gadered strenke? in my
corage answered[e] {and} seide. {and} nede? it ? itte q{uod} 252
. I. of rehersyng or of amonic{i}ou{n}. {and} schewe? it not
ynou? by hym self ?
e scharpnes of fortune ? at wexe?
woode a? eynes me.
[Sidenote: Is not she moved, he asks, with the aspect of his
prison? ]
? Ne moeue? it nat ? e to seen ? e
face or ? e man{er}e of ? is place (. i. p{r}isou{n}. ).
[Sidenote: His library, his habit, and his countenance are all
changed. ]
? Is ? is 256
? e librarie wyche ? at ? ou haddest chosen for a ry? t
certeyne sege to ? e i{n} myne house. ? ? ere as ? ou
desputest of[te] wi? me of ? e sciences of ? inges touching
diuinitee {and} touchyng mankynde. ? Was ? an 260
myn habit swiche as it is now. was ? an my face or
[Interlinear: quasi d{ice}ret non. ]
my chere swiche as now.
? Whan I sou? t[e] wi? ? e
secretys of nature. whan ? ou enfo{ur}medest my maners
{and} ? e resou{n} of al my lijf. to ? e ensaumple of ? e ordre 264
of heuene.
[Sidenote: Is this, he asks, the reward of his fidelity? ]
[Interlinear: ironice]
? Is nat ? is ? e gerdou{n} ? at I refere to ? e
to whom I haue be obeisaunt. ? Certis ? ou enfo{ur}medist
by ? e mou? e of plato ? is sentence.
[Sidenote: Plato (de Rep. v. ) says that those Commonwealths are
most happy that are governed by philosophers, or by those who
study to be so. ]
? at is to
seyne ? at co{m}mune ? inges or comunabletes weren 268
blysful yif ? ei ? at haden studied al fully to wisdom [[pg 14]]
gouerneden ? ilke ? inges.
[Sidenote: [* fol. 5 _b_. ]]
or ellys yif it so by-felle ? at
? e gouernours *of co{m}munalites studieden in grete wisdomes.
[Linenotes:
247 _Felest ? ou_--Felistow
_ou? t_--awht
248 _art ? ou_--artow
249 _wepest ? ou_--wepistow
_spillest ? ou_--spillestow
252 _answered[e]_--answerede
255 _woode_--wood
257 _wyche_--which
258 _myne house ? ere_--myn hows ther
259 _desputest of[te]_--desputedest ofte
260 _? an_--thanne
261 _it_ and _? an_--both omitted
261, 262 _swiche_--swich
262 _sou? t[e]_--sowhte
263 _secretys_--secret?
_my_--MS. me, C. my
264 _al_--alle
265 _gerdoun_--gerdouns
266 _enfourmedist_--conformedest
267 _mou? e_--mowht
268 _comunabletes_--comunalitees
270 _by-felle_--byfille
271 _in grete wisdomes_--to geten wysdom]
[Headnote:
PHILOSOPHERS TO BE POLITICIANS. ]
[Sidenote: The same Plato urged philosophers to take upon them the
management of public affairs, lest it should fall into the hands
of unprincipled citizens. ]
? ? ou saidest eke by ? e mou? e of ? e same 272
plato ? at it was a necessarie cause wyse men to taken
{and} desire ? e gou{er}nau{n}ce of comune ? i{n}ges. for ? at ? e
gou{er}nementes of comune citees y-left in ? e hondes of
felonous to{ur}mento{ur}s Citi? enis ne scholde not brynge 276
inne pestile{n}ce {and} destrucc{i}ou{n} to goode folk.
[Sidenote: Boethius declares that he desired to put in practice
(in the management of public affairs) what he had learnt in his
retirement. ]
? And
? erfore I folowynge ? ilk auctoritee (. s. platonis). desiryng
to put[te] fur? e in execusiou{n} {and} in acte of comune
admi{ni}st{ra}c{i}ou{n} ? o ? inges ? at . I. hadde lerned of ? e 280
among my secre restyng whiles. ? ? ou {and} god ? {a}t
put[te] ? ee in ? e ? ou? tis of wise folk ben knowen wi?
me ? at no ? ing brou? t[e] me to maistrie or dignite: but
? e comune studie of al goodenes.
[Sidenote: He sought to do good to all, but became involved in
discord with the wicked. ]
? And ? er-of come? 284
it ? at by-twixen wikked folk {and} me han ben greuouse
discordes. ? at ne my? ten not be relesed by p{ra}yeres.
[Sidenote: Consciousness of integrity made him despise the anger
of the most powerful. ]
? For ? is libertee ha? fredom of conscience ? at ? e wra? ? e
of more my? ty folk ha? alwey ben despised of me for 288
saluac{i}ou{n} of ry? t.
[Sidenote: He opposed Conigastus, and put a stop to the doings of
Triguilla. ]
? How ofte haue . I. resisted {and}
wi? stonde ? ilk man ? at hy? t[e] conigaste ? at made
alwey assautes a? eins ? e p{ro}pre fortunes of poure feble
folke. ? How ofte haue . I. ? itte put of. or cast out 292
hy{m} trigwille p{ro}uost of ? e kynges hous bo? e of ? e
wronges ? at he hadde bygon[ne] to done {and} eke fully
p{er}formed. ? How ofte haue I couered {and} defended
by ? e auctorite of me put a? eins p{er}ils.
[Sidenote: He put his authority in peril for the defence of poor
folk. ]
? at is to seine put 296
myne auctorite in peril for ? e wreched pore folke. ? at
? e couetise of straungeres vnpunysched to{ur}mentid alwey [[pg 15]]
wi? myseses {and} greuaunces oute of noumbre.
[Linenotes:
272 _eke_--ek
275 _comune_--omitted
_y-left_--MS. ylefte, C. yleft
276 _Citi? enis_--citesenes
_brynge inne_--bryngen in
278 _? erfore_--therfor
_? ilk_--thilke
_desiryng_--desired
279 _put[te] fur? e_--putten forth
280 _? o_--thilke
282 _put[te]_--putte
283 _brou? t[e]_--ne browhte
284 _? e_--omitted
_al goodenes_--alle goodnesse
_come? _--comth
287, 288 _ha? _--MS.
