{and} hys nekke is
p{re}ssid
wi?
Chaucer - Boethius
te geet[e].
? And forso? e ? is forsaide woman ber bookes in hir ry? t honde. {and} in
hir lefte honde sche ber a ceptre. ? And when sche sau? ? ese poetical
muses ap{ro}chen aboute my bedde. {and} endytyng wordes to my wepynges.
sche was a lytel ameued and glowed[e] wi? cruel eyen. ? Who q{uo}d sche
ha? suffred ap{ro}chen to ? is seek[e] man ? ise comune strumpetis of
siche a place ? at men clepen ? e theatr{e}. ? ? e wyche only ne asswagen
not his sorowes. wi? no remedies. but ? ei wolde fede {and} norysche hem
wi? swete venym. ? Forso? e ? ise ben ? o ? at wi? ? ornes {and} prykkynges
of talent? or affecciou{n}s wiche ? at ben no ? ing frutefiyng nor
p{ro}fitable destroyen ? e cornes plenteuouse of frutes of reson. ? For
? ei holden ? e hertes of men i{n} usage. but ? ei ne delyuere not folk fro
maladye. but if ? e muses hadde wi? drawen fro me wi? ? oure flateries. any
vnkonnyng {and} vnp{ro}fitable man as men ben wont to fynde comunely
amonges ? e peple. I wolde wene suffre ? e lasse greuously. ? For-why in
syche an vnp{ro}fitable man myne ententes weren no ? ing endamaged. ? But
? e wi? drawen me ? is man ? at ha? ben norysched in studies or scoles of
Eleaticis {and} of achademicis in grece. ? But go? now ra? er awey ? e
meremaydenes wyche ben swete til it be at ? e laste. {and} suffre? ? is
man to be cured {and} heled by myne muses. ? at is to say by notful
sciences. ? And ? us ? is compaygnie of muses I-blamed casten wro? ely ? e
chere adou{n}ward to ? e er? e {and} schewyng by redenesse hir schame ? ei
passeden sorowfuly ? e ? reschefolde. ? And I of whom ? e sy? t plonged i{n}
teres was derked so ? at I ne my? t[e] not knowe what ? at woman was of so
i{m}perial auctorite. ? I wex al a-besid {and} astoned. {and} caste my
sy? t adoune in to ? e er? e. {and} bygan stille forto abide what sche
wolde don afterwarde. ? ? o come sche nere {and} sette hir doun vpon ? e
vterrest[e] corner of my bedde. {and} sche byholdyng my chere ? at was
cast to ? e er? e heuy {and} greuous of wepyng. co{m}pleinede wi? ? ise
wordes ? {a}t I schal sey ? e p{er}t{ur}bac{i}ou{n} of my ? ou? t.
HEU Q{UAM} PRECIPITI MERSA PROFUNDO.
[Sidenote: [The 2de Met{ur}. ]]
++Allas how ? e ? ou? t of man dreint in ouer ? rowyng depnesse dulle? {and}
forleti? hys p{ro}pre clerenesse. myntynge to gone in to foreyne
derknesses as ofte as hys anoious bisines wexi? wi? -oute{n} mesure.
? {a}t is dryuen to {and} fro wi? worldly wyndes. ? ? is man ? at su{m}tyme
was fre to who{m} ? e heuene was open {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. ? ? 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 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? ? 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. ? 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.
SET MEDICINE INQUIT TEMPUS.
[Sidenote: [The ij^de p{ro}se. ]]
++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. ? Art not ? ou he q{uo}d sche ? at su{m}tyme I-norschid wi? my
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 hem away. ? ei schulden haue defendid ? e in
sykernesse ? at may not be ouer-comen. ? Knowest ? ou me not. 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. ? And
whan 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 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. {and} ? at he may so
done I wil wipe a litel hys eyen. ? 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.
TUNC ME DISCUSSA.
[Sidenote: [The 3^de Met{ur}. ]]
++? 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 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 vpo{n} er? e. ? Yif ? an ? e wynde ? at hy? t borias sent out of ? e
kaues of ? e contre of Trace beti? ? is ny? t. ? at is to seyn chasi? it
away {and} descouere? ? e closed day. ? ? an schine? pheb{us} yshaken wi?
sodeyne ly? t {and} smyte? wi? hys bemes i{n} m{er}uely{n}g eyen.
HAUT ALITER TRISTICIE.
[Sidenote: [The 3^de p{ro}se. ]]
++Ry? t so {and} none o? er wyse ? e cloudes of sorowe dissolued {and} don
awey. ? I took heuene. {and} 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. {and} I seide ? us. ? 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. ? 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 wi? -outen compaignie ? e wey of hym ? at
is i{n}nocent. ? 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 i{n} p{er}ils by folk of wicked[e]
maneres. ?
? And forso? e ? is forsaide woman ber bookes in hir ry? t honde. {and} in
hir lefte honde sche ber a ceptre. ? And when sche sau? ? ese poetical
muses ap{ro}chen aboute my bedde. {and} endytyng wordes to my wepynges.
sche was a lytel ameued and glowed[e] wi? cruel eyen. ? Who q{uo}d sche
ha? suffred ap{ro}chen to ? is seek[e] man ? ise comune strumpetis of
siche a place ? at men clepen ? e theatr{e}. ? ? e wyche only ne asswagen
not his sorowes. wi? no remedies. but ? ei wolde fede {and} norysche hem
wi? swete venym. ? Forso? e ? ise ben ? o ? at wi? ? ornes {and} prykkynges
of talent? or affecciou{n}s wiche ? at ben no ? ing frutefiyng nor
p{ro}fitable destroyen ? e cornes plenteuouse of frutes of reson. ? For
? ei holden ? e hertes of men i{n} usage. but ? ei ne delyuere not folk fro
maladye. but if ? e muses hadde wi? drawen fro me wi? ? oure flateries. any
vnkonnyng {and} vnp{ro}fitable man as men ben wont to fynde comunely
amonges ? e peple. I wolde wene suffre ? e lasse greuously. ? For-why in
syche an vnp{ro}fitable man myne ententes weren no ? ing endamaged. ? But
? e wi? drawen me ? is man ? at ha? ben norysched in studies or scoles of
Eleaticis {and} of achademicis in grece. ? But go? now ra? er awey ? e
meremaydenes wyche ben swete til it be at ? e laste. {and} suffre? ? is
man to be cured {and} heled by myne muses. ? at is to say by notful
sciences. ? And ? us ? is compaygnie of muses I-blamed casten wro? ely ? e
chere adou{n}ward to ? e er? e {and} schewyng by redenesse hir schame ? ei
passeden sorowfuly ? e ? reschefolde. ? And I of whom ? e sy? t plonged i{n}
teres was derked so ? at I ne my? t[e] not knowe what ? at woman was of so
i{m}perial auctorite. ? I wex al a-besid {and} astoned. {and} caste my
sy? t adoune in to ? e er? e. {and} bygan stille forto abide what sche
wolde don afterwarde. ? ? o come sche nere {and} sette hir doun vpon ? e
vterrest[e] corner of my bedde. {and} sche byholdyng my chere ? at was
cast to ? e er? e heuy {and} greuous of wepyng. co{m}pleinede wi? ? ise
wordes ? {a}t I schal sey ? e p{er}t{ur}bac{i}ou{n} of my ? ou? t.
HEU Q{UAM} PRECIPITI MERSA PROFUNDO.
[Sidenote: [The 2de Met{ur}. ]]
++Allas how ? e ? ou? t of man dreint in ouer ? rowyng depnesse dulle? {and}
forleti? hys p{ro}pre clerenesse. myntynge to gone in to foreyne
derknesses as ofte as hys anoious bisines wexi? wi? -oute{n} mesure.
? {a}t is dryuen to {and} fro wi? worldly wyndes. ? ? is man ? at su{m}tyme
was fre to who{m} ? e heuene was open {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. ? ? 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 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? ? 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. ? 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.
SET MEDICINE INQUIT TEMPUS.
[Sidenote: [The ij^de p{ro}se. ]]
++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. ? Art not ? ou he q{uo}d sche ? at su{m}tyme I-norschid wi? my
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 hem away. ? ei schulden haue defendid ? e in
sykernesse ? at may not be ouer-comen. ? Knowest ? ou me not. 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. ? And
whan 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 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. {and} ? at he may so
done I wil wipe a litel hys eyen. ? 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.
TUNC ME DISCUSSA.
[Sidenote: [The 3^de Met{ur}. ]]
++? 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 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 vpo{n} er? e. ? Yif ? an ? e wynde ? at hy? t borias sent out of ? e
kaues of ? e contre of Trace beti? ? is ny? t. ? at is to seyn chasi? it
away {and} descouere? ? e closed day. ? ? an schine? pheb{us} yshaken wi?
sodeyne ly? t {and} smyte? wi? hys bemes i{n} m{er}uely{n}g eyen.
HAUT ALITER TRISTICIE.
[Sidenote: [The 3^de p{ro}se. ]]
++Ry? t so {and} none o? er wyse ? e cloudes of sorowe dissolued {and} don
awey. ? I took heuene. {and} 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. {and} I seide ? us. ? 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. ? 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 wi? -outen compaignie ? e wey of hym ? at
is i{n}nocent. ? 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 i{n} p{er}ils by folk of wicked[e]
maneres. ?
