t {and} bounde
w{i}t{h}
bridles.
Chaucer - Boethius
Axest not me q{uod} I.
whe?
ir ?
at be a
resonable best mortel. I wot wel {and} I confesse wel ? at I am it.
? Wistest ? ou neuer ? it ? at ? ou were ony o? er ? ing q{uod} she. No q{uod}
. I. now wot I q{uod} she o? er cause of ? i maladie {and} ? at ry? t grete
? ? ou hast left forto knowe ? i self what ? ou art. ? oru? whiche I haue
pleynelyche knowen ? e cause of ? i maladie. or ellis ? e entre of
recoueryng of ? in hele. ? Forwhy for ? ou art co{n}founded wi? for? etyng
of ? i self. for? i sorwest ? ou ? at ? ou art exiled of ? i p{ro}pre goodes.
? And for ? ou ne wost what is ? e ende of ? inges. for[? i] demest [? ou]
? at felono{us} {and} wikked men ben my? ty {and} weleful for ? ou hast
for? eten by whiche gouernement? ? e worlde is gouerned. ? For? i wenest
? ou ? at ? ise mutac{i}ou{n}s of fortune fleten wi? oute{n} gouerno{ur}.
? ise ben grete causes not oonly to maladie. but certes grete causes to
dee? ? But I ? anke ? e auctour {and} ? e makere of heele ? at nat{ur}e ha?
not al forleten ? e. {and} I haue g[r]ete norissinges of ? i hele. {and}
? at is ? e so? e sentence of gou{er}nau{n}ce of ? e worlde. ? at ? ou
byleuest ? at ? e gou{er}nynge of it nis nat subgit ne vnderput to ? e
folie of ? ise happes auenterouses. but to ? e resou{n} of god ? And ? er
fore doute ? e no? ing. For of ? is litel spark ? ine heet of lijf schal
shine. ? But for as muche as it is not tyme ? itte of fastere remedies
? And ? e nature of ? ou? tes disseiued is ? is ? at as ofte as ? ei casten
aweye so? e opyniou{n}s: ? ei clo? en hem in fals[e] opiniou{n}s. [of
which{e} false opyniou{n}s] ? e derknesse of p{er}turbac{i}ou{n} wexe?
vp. ? at comfounde? ? e verray insy? t. {and} ? at derkenes schal . I. say
somwhat to maken ? i{n}ne {and} wayk by ly? t {and} meenelyche remedies.
so ? at after ? at ? e derknes of desseyuynge desyrynges is don awey. ? ou
mow[e] knowe ? e schynyng of verray ly? t.
NUBIB{US} ATRIS CONDITA.
[Sidenote: [The seuende Metyr. ]]
++? E sterres cou{er}ed wi? blak[e] cloudes ne mowen geten a dou{n} no
ly? t. ? if ? e trouble wy{n}de ? at hy? t auster stormynge {and} walwy{n}g
? e see medle? ? e heete ? at is to seyne ? e boylyng vp from ? e botme ? ? e
wawes ? {a}t somtyme weren clere as glas {and} lyke to ? e fair[e]
bry? t[e] dayes wi? stant anon ? e sy? tes of men. by ? e fil? e {and} ordure
? at is resolued. {and} ? e fletyng streme ? at royle? dou{n} dyuersely fro
hey? e mou{n}taignes is arestid {and} resisted ofte tyme by ? e
encountrynge of a stoon ? {a}t is dep{ar}tid {and} fallen from some
roche. ? And for? i yif ? ou wilt loken {and} demen so? e wi? clere ly? t.
{and} holde ? e weye wi? a ry? t pa? e. ? Weyue ? ou ioie. drif fro ? e
drede. fleme ? ou hope. ne lat no sorwe ap{ro}che. ? at is to sein lat
noon of ? ise four passiou{n}s ouer come ? e. or blynde ? e. for cloudy
{and} dirke is ? ilk ? ou?
t {and} bounde w{i}t{h} bridles. where as ? ise
? inges regnen.
EXPLICIT LIBER PRIMUS.
INCIPIT LIBER SECUNDUS.
POSTEA [PAU]LISPER CONTICUIT.
[Sidenote: [The fyrst p{ro}se. ]]
++After ? is she stynte a litel. and after ? at she hadde gadred by
atempre stillenesse myn attenciou{n} she seide ? us. ? As who so my? t[e]
seye ? us. After ? ise ? inges she stynt[e] a lytel. {and} whanne she
ap{er}ceiued[e] by atempre stillenesse ? at I was ententif to herkene
hire. she bygan to speke in ? is wyse. ? Yif I q{uod} she haue
vnderstonde{n} {and} knowe vtterly ? e causes {and} ? e habit of ? i
maladie. ? ou languissed {and} art deffeted for talent {and} desijr of ? i
ra? er fortune. ? She ? at ilke fortune only ? at is chaunged as ? ou
feinest to ? e ward. ha? p{er}uerted ? e clerenesse {and} ? e astat of ? i
corage. ? I vnderstonde ? e felefolde colo{ur} {and} deceites of ? ilke
merueillous monstre fortune. and how she vse? ful flatryng familarite
wi? hem ? at she enforce? to bygyle. so longe til ? at she co{n}founde wi?
vnsuffreable sorwe hem ? at she ha? left in despeir vnpurueyed. ? and if
? ou remembrest wel ? e kynde ? e maners {and} ? e desert of ? ilke fortune.
? ow shalt wel knowe as in hir ? ou neuer ne haddest ne hast ylost any
fair ? ing. But as I trowe I shal not gretly trauaile to don ? e remembren
of ? ise ? inges. ? For ? ou were wont to hurtlen [{and} despysen] hir wi?
manly wordes whan she was blaundissinge {and} presente {and}
p{ur}sewedest hir wi? sentences ? at were drawe{n} oute of myne entre.
? at is to seyne out of myn i{n}formac{i}ou{n} ? But no sudeyne
mutac{i}ou{n} ne bytide? nat wi? oute{n} a maner chau{n}gyng of curages.
and so is it byfallen ? at ? ou art dep{ar}ted a litel fro ? e pees of ? i
? ou? t. but now is tyme ? at ? ou drynke {and} atast[e] some softe {and}
delitable ? inges. so ? at whan ? ei ben entred wi? i{n}ne ? e. it mow make
weye to strenger drynkes of medycynes. ? Com nowe fur? e ? erfore ? e
suasiou{n} of swetnesse Rethoryen. whiche ? at go? oonly ? e ry? t wey whil
she forsake? not myne estatut? . ? And wi? Rethorice com for? e musice a
damoisel of oure house ? at synge? now ly? ter moedes or p{ro}lac{i}ou{n}s
now heuyer. what ayle? ? e man. what is it ? at ha? cast ? e in to murnyng
{and} in to wepyng. I trow[e] ? at ? ou hast sen some newe ? ing {and}
uncou? e. ? ? ou wenest ? at fortune be chaunged a? eins ? e ? But ? ou wenest
wrong. yif ? ou [? at] wene. Alwey ? o ben hire maners. she ha? ra? er
[kept] as to ? e ward hire p{ro}pre stablenes in ? e chaungyng of hyre
self. ? Ry? t swyche was she whan she flatered[e] ? e. {and} desseiued[e]
? e wi? vnleueful lykynges of false welefulnesse. ? ou hast now knowen
{and} ataynt ? e doutous or double visage of ? ilke blynde goddesse
fortune. ? She ? at ? it couere? hir {and} wymple? hir to o? er folk. ha?
shewed hir euerydel to ? e. ? ? if ? ou app{ro}uest hir {and} ? enkest ? at
she is good. vse hir maners {and} pleyne ? e nat. ? And if ? ou agrisest
hir fals[e] trecherie. dispise {and} cast aweye hir ? at pleye? so
harmefully. for she ? at is now cause of so myche sorwe to ? e. sholde be
to ? e cause of pees {and} [of] ioie. ? she ha? forsaken ? e forso? e. ? e
whiche ? at neuer man may be syker ? at she ne shal forsake hym. _Glose. _
?
resonable best mortel. I wot wel {and} I confesse wel ? at I am it.
? Wistest ? ou neuer ? it ? at ? ou were ony o? er ? ing q{uod} she. No q{uod}
. I. now wot I q{uod} she o? er cause of ? i maladie {and} ? at ry? t grete
? ? ou hast left forto knowe ? i self what ? ou art. ? oru? whiche I haue
pleynelyche knowen ? e cause of ? i maladie. or ellis ? e entre of
recoueryng of ? in hele. ? Forwhy for ? ou art co{n}founded wi? for? etyng
of ? i self. for? i sorwest ? ou ? at ? ou art exiled of ? i p{ro}pre goodes.
? And for ? ou ne wost what is ? e ende of ? inges. for[? i] demest [? ou]
? at felono{us} {and} wikked men ben my? ty {and} weleful for ? ou hast
for? eten by whiche gouernement? ? e worlde is gouerned. ? For? i wenest
? ou ? at ? ise mutac{i}ou{n}s of fortune fleten wi? oute{n} gouerno{ur}.
? ise ben grete causes not oonly to maladie. but certes grete causes to
dee? ? But I ? anke ? e auctour {and} ? e makere of heele ? at nat{ur}e ha?
not al forleten ? e. {and} I haue g[r]ete norissinges of ? i hele. {and}
? at is ? e so? e sentence of gou{er}nau{n}ce of ? e worlde. ? at ? ou
byleuest ? at ? e gou{er}nynge of it nis nat subgit ne vnderput to ? e
folie of ? ise happes auenterouses. but to ? e resou{n} of god ? And ? er
fore doute ? e no? ing. For of ? is litel spark ? ine heet of lijf schal
shine. ? But for as muche as it is not tyme ? itte of fastere remedies
? And ? e nature of ? ou? tes disseiued is ? is ? at as ofte as ? ei casten
aweye so? e opyniou{n}s: ? ei clo? en hem in fals[e] opiniou{n}s. [of
which{e} false opyniou{n}s] ? e derknesse of p{er}turbac{i}ou{n} wexe?
vp. ? at comfounde? ? e verray insy? t. {and} ? at derkenes schal . I. say
somwhat to maken ? i{n}ne {and} wayk by ly? t {and} meenelyche remedies.
so ? at after ? at ? e derknes of desseyuynge desyrynges is don awey. ? ou
mow[e] knowe ? e schynyng of verray ly? t.
NUBIB{US} ATRIS CONDITA.
[Sidenote: [The seuende Metyr. ]]
++? E sterres cou{er}ed wi? blak[e] cloudes ne mowen geten a dou{n} no
ly? t. ? if ? e trouble wy{n}de ? at hy? t auster stormynge {and} walwy{n}g
? e see medle? ? e heete ? at is to seyne ? e boylyng vp from ? e botme ? ? e
wawes ? {a}t somtyme weren clere as glas {and} lyke to ? e fair[e]
bry? t[e] dayes wi? stant anon ? e sy? tes of men. by ? e fil? e {and} ordure
? at is resolued. {and} ? e fletyng streme ? at royle? dou{n} dyuersely fro
hey? e mou{n}taignes is arestid {and} resisted ofte tyme by ? e
encountrynge of a stoon ? {a}t is dep{ar}tid {and} fallen from some
roche. ? And for? i yif ? ou wilt loken {and} demen so? e wi? clere ly? t.
{and} holde ? e weye wi? a ry? t pa? e. ? Weyue ? ou ioie. drif fro ? e
drede. fleme ? ou hope. ne lat no sorwe ap{ro}che. ? at is to sein lat
noon of ? ise four passiou{n}s ouer come ? e. or blynde ? e. for cloudy
{and} dirke is ? ilk ? ou?
t {and} bounde w{i}t{h} bridles. where as ? ise
? inges regnen.
EXPLICIT LIBER PRIMUS.
INCIPIT LIBER SECUNDUS.
POSTEA [PAU]LISPER CONTICUIT.
[Sidenote: [The fyrst p{ro}se. ]]
++After ? is she stynte a litel. and after ? at she hadde gadred by
atempre stillenesse myn attenciou{n} she seide ? us. ? As who so my? t[e]
seye ? us. After ? ise ? inges she stynt[e] a lytel. {and} whanne she
ap{er}ceiued[e] by atempre stillenesse ? at I was ententif to herkene
hire. she bygan to speke in ? is wyse. ? Yif I q{uod} she haue
vnderstonde{n} {and} knowe vtterly ? e causes {and} ? e habit of ? i
maladie. ? ou languissed {and} art deffeted for talent {and} desijr of ? i
ra? er fortune. ? She ? at ilke fortune only ? at is chaunged as ? ou
feinest to ? e ward. ha? p{er}uerted ? e clerenesse {and} ? e astat of ? i
corage. ? I vnderstonde ? e felefolde colo{ur} {and} deceites of ? ilke
merueillous monstre fortune. and how she vse? ful flatryng familarite
wi? hem ? at she enforce? to bygyle. so longe til ? at she co{n}founde wi?
vnsuffreable sorwe hem ? at she ha? left in despeir vnpurueyed. ? and if
? ou remembrest wel ? e kynde ? e maners {and} ? e desert of ? ilke fortune.
? ow shalt wel knowe as in hir ? ou neuer ne haddest ne hast ylost any
fair ? ing. But as I trowe I shal not gretly trauaile to don ? e remembren
of ? ise ? inges. ? For ? ou were wont to hurtlen [{and} despysen] hir wi?
manly wordes whan she was blaundissinge {and} presente {and}
p{ur}sewedest hir wi? sentences ? at were drawe{n} oute of myne entre.
? at is to seyne out of myn i{n}formac{i}ou{n} ? But no sudeyne
mutac{i}ou{n} ne bytide? nat wi? oute{n} a maner chau{n}gyng of curages.
and so is it byfallen ? at ? ou art dep{ar}ted a litel fro ? e pees of ? i
? ou? t. but now is tyme ? at ? ou drynke {and} atast[e] some softe {and}
delitable ? inges. so ? at whan ? ei ben entred wi? i{n}ne ? e. it mow make
weye to strenger drynkes of medycynes. ? Com nowe fur? e ? erfore ? e
suasiou{n} of swetnesse Rethoryen. whiche ? at go? oonly ? e ry? t wey whil
she forsake? not myne estatut? . ? And wi? Rethorice com for? e musice a
damoisel of oure house ? at synge? now ly? ter moedes or p{ro}lac{i}ou{n}s
now heuyer. what ayle? ? e man. what is it ? at ha? cast ? e in to murnyng
{and} in to wepyng. I trow[e] ? at ? ou hast sen some newe ? ing {and}
uncou? e. ? ? ou wenest ? at fortune be chaunged a? eins ? e ? But ? ou wenest
wrong. yif ? ou [? at] wene. Alwey ? o ben hire maners. she ha? ra? er
[kept] as to ? e ward hire p{ro}pre stablenes in ? e chaungyng of hyre
self. ? Ry? t swyche was she whan she flatered[e] ? e. {and} desseiued[e]
? e wi? vnleueful lykynges of false welefulnesse. ? ou hast now knowen
{and} ataynt ? e doutous or double visage of ? ilke blynde goddesse
fortune. ? She ? at ? it couere? hir {and} wymple? hir to o? er folk. ha?
shewed hir euerydel to ? e. ? ? if ? ou app{ro}uest hir {and} ? enkest ? at
she is good. vse hir maners {and} pleyne ? e nat. ? And if ? ou agrisest
hir fals[e] trecherie. dispise {and} cast aweye hir ? at pleye? so
harmefully. for she ? at is now cause of so myche sorwe to ? e. sholde be
to ? e cause of pees {and} [of] ioie. ? she ha? forsaken ? e forso? e. ? e
whiche ? at neuer man may be syker ? at she ne shal forsake hym. _Glose. _
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