t by
ensample
as
?
?
Chaucer - Boethius
worldly wyndes.
[[pg 8]]
[Sidenote: Man in his freedom knew each region of the sky, the
motions of the planets, and was wont to investigate the causes of
storms, the nature and properties of the seasons, and the hidden
causes of nature. ]
? ? is
man ? at su{m}tyme was fre to who{m} ? e heuene was open 104
{and} knowen {and} was wont to gone in heuenelyche
pa? es. {and} sau? ? e ly? tnesse of ? e rede sunne. {and} sau?
? e sterres of ? e colde moone. {and} wyche sterre i{n}
heuene vse? wandryng risorses yflit by dyuerse speres. 108
? ? is man ouer comere hadde co{m}p{re}hendid al ? is by
noumbre. of accountyng in astronomye. ? And ouer
? is he was wont to seche ? e causes whennes ? e sounyng
wy{n}des moeuen {and} bisien ? e smo? e water of ? e 112
see. {and} what spirit turne? ? e stable heuene. {and}
whi ? e sterre ryse? oute of ? e reede eest. to falle
in ? e westren wawes. and what attempri? ? e lusty
houres of ? e fyrste somer sesou{n} ? at hi? te? {and} apparaile? 116
? e er? e wi? rosene floures. ? And who
make? ? at plenteuouse autu{m}pne in fulle ? eres fleti?
wi? heuy grapes. ? And eke ? is ma{n} was wont to
telle ? e dyuerses causes of nature ? at weren yhid. 120
[Sidenote: But now, alas, he is constrained to keep his face to
the ground. ]
? Allas now lie? he emptid of ly? t of hys ? ou? t. {and}
hys nekke is p{re}ssid wi? heuy cheynes {and} bere? his
chere enclined adoune for ? e greet[e] wey? t. and is
constreyned to loke on foule er? e. 124
[Linenotes:
101 _gone_--goon
102 _bisines_--bysynesse
_outen_--owte
103 _worldly_--wordely
104 _sumtyme_--whilom
105 _gone_--goon
106 _pa? es_--paathes
_sau? _--sawh
_ly? tnesse_--lythnesse
_sunne_--sonne
_sau? _--MS. sue, C. sawgh
107 _wyche_--which
108 _risorses_--recourses
111 _seche_--seken
_sounyng_--sownynge
114 _ryse? oute_--aryseth owt
_falle_--fallen
115 _westren_--westrene
116 _fyrste_--fyrst
119 _eke_--ek
120 _dyuerses_--diuerse
_yhid_--MS. yhidde
121 _lie? _--lith
_emptid_--emted
123 _adoune_--adown
_greet[e] wey? t_--grete weyhte
124 _loke----foule_--looken on the fool]
[Headnote:
PHILOSOPHY ENLIGHTENS BOETHIUS. ]
SET MEDICINE INQUIT TEMPUS.
[Sidenote: [The ij^de p{ro}se. ]]
[Sidenote: More need of medicine than of complaint. ]
++Bvt tyme is now q{uo}d sche of medicine more ? en of
compleynte. ? Forso? e ? en sche entendyng to
me warde wi? al ? e lokyng of hir eyen saide.
[Sidenote: Philosophy addresses Boethius. ]
? Art
not ? ou he q{uo}d sche ? at su{m}tyme I-norschid wi? my 128
mylke {and} fostre[d] wi? my meetes were ascaped {and}
comen to corage of a p{er}fit man. ? Certys I ? af ? e
syche armures ? at ? if ? ou ? i self ne haddest first caste [[pg 9]]
hem away. ? ei schulden haue defendid ? e in sykernesse 132
? at may not be ouer-comen. ? Knowest ? ou me not.
[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 ?
[Sidenote: Man in his freedom knew each region of the sky, the
motions of the planets, and was wont to investigate the causes of
storms, the nature and properties of the seasons, and the hidden
causes of nature. ]
? ? is
man ? at su{m}tyme was fre to who{m} ? e heuene was open 104
{and} knowen {and} was wont to gone in heuenelyche
pa? es. {and} sau? ? e ly? tnesse of ? e rede sunne. {and} sau?
? e sterres of ? e colde moone. {and} wyche sterre i{n}
heuene vse? wandryng risorses yflit by dyuerse speres. 108
? ? is man ouer comere hadde co{m}p{re}hendid al ? is by
noumbre. of accountyng in astronomye. ? And ouer
? is he was wont to seche ? e causes whennes ? e sounyng
wy{n}des moeuen {and} bisien ? e smo? e water of ? e 112
see. {and} what spirit turne? ? e stable heuene. {and}
whi ? e sterre ryse? oute of ? e reede eest. to falle
in ? e westren wawes. and what attempri? ? e lusty
houres of ? e fyrste somer sesou{n} ? at hi? te? {and} apparaile? 116
? e er? e wi? rosene floures. ? And who
make? ? at plenteuouse autu{m}pne in fulle ? eres fleti?
wi? heuy grapes. ? And eke ? is ma{n} was wont to
telle ? e dyuerses causes of nature ? at weren yhid. 120
[Sidenote: But now, alas, he is constrained to keep his face to
the ground. ]
? Allas now lie? he emptid of ly? t of hys ? ou? t. {and}
hys nekke is p{re}ssid wi? heuy cheynes {and} bere? his
chere enclined adoune for ? e greet[e] wey? t. and is
constreyned to loke on foule er? e. 124
[Linenotes:
101 _gone_--goon
102 _bisines_--bysynesse
_outen_--owte
103 _worldly_--wordely
104 _sumtyme_--whilom
105 _gone_--goon
106 _pa? es_--paathes
_sau? _--sawh
_ly? tnesse_--lythnesse
_sunne_--sonne
_sau? _--MS. sue, C. sawgh
107 _wyche_--which
108 _risorses_--recourses
111 _seche_--seken
_sounyng_--sownynge
114 _ryse? oute_--aryseth owt
_falle_--fallen
115 _westren_--westrene
116 _fyrste_--fyrst
119 _eke_--ek
120 _dyuerses_--diuerse
_yhid_--MS. yhidde
121 _lie? _--lith
_emptid_--emted
123 _adoune_--adown
_greet[e] wey? t_--grete weyhte
124 _loke----foule_--looken on the fool]
[Headnote:
PHILOSOPHY ENLIGHTENS BOETHIUS. ]
SET MEDICINE INQUIT TEMPUS.
[Sidenote: [The ij^de p{ro}se. ]]
[Sidenote: More need of medicine than of complaint. ]
++Bvt tyme is now q{uo}d sche of medicine more ? en of
compleynte. ? Forso? e ? en sche entendyng to
me warde wi? al ? e lokyng of hir eyen saide.
[Sidenote: Philosophy addresses Boethius. ]
? Art
not ? ou he q{uo}d sche ? at su{m}tyme I-norschid wi? my 128
mylke {and} fostre[d] wi? my meetes were ascaped {and}
comen to corage of a p{er}fit man. ? Certys I ? af ? e
syche armures ? at ? if ? ou ? i self ne haddest first caste [[pg 9]]
hem away. ? ei schulden haue defendid ? e in sykernesse 132
? at may not be ouer-comen. ? Knowest ? ou me not.
[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 ?
