e now
i{n}pacient
a?
Chaucer - Boethius
at is to seyne fro aduersite to p{ro}sperite make?
?
at
? e manaces of fortune ne ben not forto dreden. ne ? e flatrynges of hir
to ben desired. ? ? us atte ? e last it byhoue? ? e to suffren wi? euene
wille in pacience al ? at is don inwi? ? e floor of fortune. ? at is to
seyne in ? is worlde. ? Sy? en ? ou hast oones put ? i nekke vnder ? e ? okke
of hir. for if ? ou wilt write a lawe of wendyng {and} of dwellyng to
fortune whiche ? at ? ou hast chosen frely to be ? i lady ? Art ? ou nat
wrongful in ? at {and} makest fortune wro? e {and} asp{er}e by ? in
inpacience. {and} ? it ? ou mayst not chaungen hir. ? Yif ? ou co{m}mittest
[{and}] bitakest ? i sayles to ? e wynde. ? ou shalt be shouen not ? ider
? at ? ou woldest(:) but whider ? at ? e wy{n}de shoue? ? e ? Yif ? ou castest
? i seedes in ? e feldes ? ou sholdest haue in mynde ? at ? e ? eres ben o? er
while plenteuous {and} o? {er} while bareyne. ? ? ou hast bytaken ? iself
to ? e gouernaunce of fortune. {and} for? i it byhoue? ? e to ben obeisaunt
to ? e manere of ? i lady. and enforcest ? ou ? e to aresten or wi? stonden
? e swyftnesse {and} ? e sweyes of hir to{ur}nyng whele. ? O ? ou fool of
alle mortel fooles if fortune bygan to dwelle stable. she cesed[e] ? an
to ben fortune.
HEC CUM SUPERBA.
[Sidenote: [The fyrst met{ur}. ]
++Whan fortune wi? a proude ry? t hande ha? turnid hir chau{n}gyng
stoundes she fare? lyke ? e maners of ? e boillyng eurippe. _Glose. _
Eurippe is an arme of ? e see ? {a}t ebbith {and} flowi? . {and} somtyme ? e
streme is on one syde {and} somtyme on ? at o? er. _Texte_ ? She cruel
fortune kaste? adoune kynges ? at somtyme weren ydred. {and} she
deceiuable enhau{n}seth vp ? e humble chere of hym ? at is discomfited.
{and} she ney? er here? ne recche? of wrecched[e] wepynges. {and} she is
so harde ? at she lau? e? {and} scorne? ? e wepyng of hem ? e whiche she ha?
maked wepe wi? hir free wille. ? ? us she pleye? {and} ? {us} she p{re}ue?
hir streng? e {and} shewe? a grete wondre to alle hir seruau{n}t? . ? Yif
? at a wy? t is seyn weleful {and} ou{er}? rowe in an houre.
VELLEM AUTE{M} PAUCA.
[Sidenote: [The secunde p{ro}se. ]]
++CErtis I wolde plete wi? ? ee a fewe ? inges vsynge ? e wordes of fortune
tak heede now ? i self. yif ? {a}t she axe? ry? t. ? O ? ou man wher fore
makest ? ou me gilty by ? ine euerydayes pleynynges. what wronges haue I
don ? e. what goodes haue I byreft ? e ? at weren ? ine. stryf or plete wi?
me by fore what iuge ? at ? ou wilt of ? e possessiou{n} of rycchesse or of
dignites ? And yif ? ou maist shewe me ? at euer any mortal man ha?
receyued any of ? ese ? inges to ben his in p{ro}pre. ? an wol I graunt[e]
frely ? at [alle] ? ilke ? inges were{n} ? ine whiche ? at ? ou axest. ? Whan
? at nature brou? t[e] ? e for? e out of ? i moder wombe. I receyued[e] ? e
naked {and} nedy of al ? ing. {and} I norysshed[e] ? e wi? my rychesse.
{and} was redy {and} ententif ? o{ru}? my fauo{ur} to sustene ? e. ? And
? at make? ?
e now i{n}pacient a? eins me. {and} I envirounde ? e wi? al ? e
habundaunce {and} shinyng of al goodes ? at ben in my ry? t. ? Now it
lyke? me to wi? drawe myne hande. ? ou hast had grace as he ? at ha? vsed
of foreyne goodes. ? ou hast no ry? t to pleyne ? e. as ? ou? ? ou haddest
vtterly lorn alle ? i ? inges. whi pleynest ? ou ? an. I haue don ? e no
wrong. Ricches hono{ur}es {and} swyche o? er ? inges ben of my ry? t. ? My
seruauntes knowen me for hir lady. ? ei comen wi? me {and} dep{ar}ten
whan I wende. I dar wel affermen hardyly. ? at yif ? o ? inges of whiche
? ou pleynest ? at ? ou hast forlorn hadde ben ? ine. ? ou ne haddest not
lorn he{m}. ? shal I ? an only be defended to vse my ry? t. ? Certis it is
leueful to ? e heuene to make clere dayes. {and} after ? at to keuere ? e
same dayes wi? derke ny? tes. ? ? e er? e ha? eke leue to apparaile ? e
visage of ? e er? e now w{i}t{h} floures {and} now wi? fruyt. {and} to
confounde he{m} so{m}tyme wi? raynes {and} wi? coldes. ? ? e see ha? eke
hys ry? t to be somtyme calme {and} blaundyshing wi? smo? e water. {and}
somtyme to be horrible wi? wawes {and} wi? tempestes. ? But ? e couetyse
of men ? at may not be staunched shal it bynde me to be stedfast. syn ? at
stedfastnesse is vnkou? to my maneres. ? Swyche is my streng? e. {and}
? is pley. I pley[e] co{n}tinuely. I tourne ? e whirly{n}g whele wi? ? e
tournyng cercle ? I am glade to chaunge ? e lowest to ? e heyeste. {and}
? e heyest to ? e loweste. wor? e vp yif ? ou wilt. so it be by ? is lawe.
? at ? ou ne holde not ? at I do ? e wronge ? ou? ? ou descende dou{n} whanne
resou{n} of my pleye axe? it. Wost ? ou not how Cresus kyng of lyndens of
whiche kyng Cir{us} was ful sore agast a litel byforne ? at ? is rewlyche
Cresus was cau? t of Cirus {and} lad to ? e fijr to be brent. but ? at a
reyne desce{n}ded[e] dou{n} from heuene ? at rescowed[e] hym ? And is it
out of ? i mynde how ? at Paulus consul of Rome whan he hadde take ? e kyng
of p{er}ciens weep pitou[s]ly for ? e captiuitee of ? e self[e] kyng. What
o? er ? inges bywaylen ? e criinges of Tragedies. but only ? e dedes of
fortune. ? at wi? an vnwar stroke ouert{ur}ne? ? e realmes of grete nobley
? _Glose. _ Tragedie is to seyne a dite of a p{ro}sp{er}ite for a tyme
? at endi? in wrechednesse. Lernedest nat ? ou in grek whan ? ou were ? onge
? at in ? e entre or in ? e seler of Iuppiter ? er ben couched two tunnes.
? at on is ful of good ? at o? er is ful of harme. ? What ry? t hast ? ou to
pleyne. yif ? ou hast taken more plenteuously of ? e goode syde ? at is to
seyne of my rycchesse {and} p{ro}sp{er}ites. {and} what eke. yif I be
nat departed fro ? e. What eke. yif my mutabilitee ? iue? ? e ry? tful cause
of hope to han ? it better ? i{n}ges. ? Na? eles desmaie ? e nat in ? i
? ou? t. and ? {o}u ? at art put in comune realme of alle: ne desijr[e] nat
to lyue by ? ine oonly p{ro}pre ry? t.
SI Q{UA}NTAS RAPIDIS.
[Sidenote: [the secu{n}de met{ur}. ]]
++? Ou? plentee ? at is goddesse of rycches hielde adou{n} wi?
? e manaces of fortune ne ben not forto dreden. ne ? e flatrynges of hir
to ben desired. ? ? us atte ? e last it byhoue? ? e to suffren wi? euene
wille in pacience al ? at is don inwi? ? e floor of fortune. ? at is to
seyne in ? is worlde. ? Sy? en ? ou hast oones put ? i nekke vnder ? e ? okke
of hir. for if ? ou wilt write a lawe of wendyng {and} of dwellyng to
fortune whiche ? at ? ou hast chosen frely to be ? i lady ? Art ? ou nat
wrongful in ? at {and} makest fortune wro? e {and} asp{er}e by ? in
inpacience. {and} ? it ? ou mayst not chaungen hir. ? Yif ? ou co{m}mittest
[{and}] bitakest ? i sayles to ? e wynde. ? ou shalt be shouen not ? ider
? at ? ou woldest(:) but whider ? at ? e wy{n}de shoue? ? e ? Yif ? ou castest
? i seedes in ? e feldes ? ou sholdest haue in mynde ? at ? e ? eres ben o? er
while plenteuous {and} o? {er} while bareyne. ? ? ou hast bytaken ? iself
to ? e gouernaunce of fortune. {and} for? i it byhoue? ? e to ben obeisaunt
to ? e manere of ? i lady. and enforcest ? ou ? e to aresten or wi? stonden
? e swyftnesse {and} ? e sweyes of hir to{ur}nyng whele. ? O ? ou fool of
alle mortel fooles if fortune bygan to dwelle stable. she cesed[e] ? an
to ben fortune.
HEC CUM SUPERBA.
[Sidenote: [The fyrst met{ur}. ]
++Whan fortune wi? a proude ry? t hande ha? turnid hir chau{n}gyng
stoundes she fare? lyke ? e maners of ? e boillyng eurippe. _Glose. _
Eurippe is an arme of ? e see ? {a}t ebbith {and} flowi? . {and} somtyme ? e
streme is on one syde {and} somtyme on ? at o? er. _Texte_ ? She cruel
fortune kaste? adoune kynges ? at somtyme weren ydred. {and} she
deceiuable enhau{n}seth vp ? e humble chere of hym ? at is discomfited.
{and} she ney? er here? ne recche? of wrecched[e] wepynges. {and} she is
so harde ? at she lau? e? {and} scorne? ? e wepyng of hem ? e whiche she ha?
maked wepe wi? hir free wille. ? ? us she pleye? {and} ? {us} she p{re}ue?
hir streng? e {and} shewe? a grete wondre to alle hir seruau{n}t? . ? Yif
? at a wy? t is seyn weleful {and} ou{er}? rowe in an houre.
VELLEM AUTE{M} PAUCA.
[Sidenote: [The secunde p{ro}se. ]]
++CErtis I wolde plete wi? ? ee a fewe ? inges vsynge ? e wordes of fortune
tak heede now ? i self. yif ? {a}t she axe? ry? t. ? O ? ou man wher fore
makest ? ou me gilty by ? ine euerydayes pleynynges. what wronges haue I
don ? e. what goodes haue I byreft ? e ? at weren ? ine. stryf or plete wi?
me by fore what iuge ? at ? ou wilt of ? e possessiou{n} of rycchesse or of
dignites ? And yif ? ou maist shewe me ? at euer any mortal man ha?
receyued any of ? ese ? inges to ben his in p{ro}pre. ? an wol I graunt[e]
frely ? at [alle] ? ilke ? inges were{n} ? ine whiche ? at ? ou axest. ? Whan
? at nature brou? t[e] ? e for? e out of ? i moder wombe. I receyued[e] ? e
naked {and} nedy of al ? ing. {and} I norysshed[e] ? e wi? my rychesse.
{and} was redy {and} ententif ? o{ru}? my fauo{ur} to sustene ? e. ? And
? at make? ?
e now i{n}pacient a? eins me. {and} I envirounde ? e wi? al ? e
habundaunce {and} shinyng of al goodes ? at ben in my ry? t. ? Now it
lyke? me to wi? drawe myne hande. ? ou hast had grace as he ? at ha? vsed
of foreyne goodes. ? ou hast no ry? t to pleyne ? e. as ? ou? ? ou haddest
vtterly lorn alle ? i ? inges. whi pleynest ? ou ? an. I haue don ? e no
wrong. Ricches hono{ur}es {and} swyche o? er ? inges ben of my ry? t. ? My
seruauntes knowen me for hir lady. ? ei comen wi? me {and} dep{ar}ten
whan I wende. I dar wel affermen hardyly. ? at yif ? o ? inges of whiche
? ou pleynest ? at ? ou hast forlorn hadde ben ? ine. ? ou ne haddest not
lorn he{m}. ? shal I ? an only be defended to vse my ry? t. ? Certis it is
leueful to ? e heuene to make clere dayes. {and} after ? at to keuere ? e
same dayes wi? derke ny? tes. ? ? e er? e ha? eke leue to apparaile ? e
visage of ? e er? e now w{i}t{h} floures {and} now wi? fruyt. {and} to
confounde he{m} so{m}tyme wi? raynes {and} wi? coldes. ? ? e see ha? eke
hys ry? t to be somtyme calme {and} blaundyshing wi? smo? e water. {and}
somtyme to be horrible wi? wawes {and} wi? tempestes. ? But ? e couetyse
of men ? at may not be staunched shal it bynde me to be stedfast. syn ? at
stedfastnesse is vnkou? to my maneres. ? Swyche is my streng? e. {and}
? is pley. I pley[e] co{n}tinuely. I tourne ? e whirly{n}g whele wi? ? e
tournyng cercle ? I am glade to chaunge ? e lowest to ? e heyeste. {and}
? e heyest to ? e loweste. wor? e vp yif ? ou wilt. so it be by ? is lawe.
? at ? ou ne holde not ? at I do ? e wronge ? ou? ? ou descende dou{n} whanne
resou{n} of my pleye axe? it. Wost ? ou not how Cresus kyng of lyndens of
whiche kyng Cir{us} was ful sore agast a litel byforne ? at ? is rewlyche
Cresus was cau? t of Cirus {and} lad to ? e fijr to be brent. but ? at a
reyne desce{n}ded[e] dou{n} from heuene ? at rescowed[e] hym ? And is it
out of ? i mynde how ? at Paulus consul of Rome whan he hadde take ? e kyng
of p{er}ciens weep pitou[s]ly for ? e captiuitee of ? e self[e] kyng. What
o? er ? inges bywaylen ? e criinges of Tragedies. but only ? e dedes of
fortune. ? at wi? an vnwar stroke ouert{ur}ne? ? e realmes of grete nobley
? _Glose. _ Tragedie is to seyne a dite of a p{ro}sp{er}ite for a tyme
? at endi? in wrechednesse. Lernedest nat ? ou in grek whan ? ou were ? onge
? at in ? e entre or in ? e seler of Iuppiter ? er ben couched two tunnes.
? at on is ful of good ? at o? er is ful of harme. ? What ry? t hast ? ou to
pleyne. yif ? ou hast taken more plenteuously of ? e goode syde ? at is to
seyne of my rycchesse {and} p{ro}sp{er}ites. {and} what eke. yif I be
nat departed fro ? e. What eke. yif my mutabilitee ? iue? ? e ry? tful cause
of hope to han ? it better ? i{n}ges. ? Na? eles desmaie ? e nat in ? i
? ou? t. and ? {o}u ? at art put in comune realme of alle: ne desijr[e] nat
to lyue by ? ine oonly p{ro}pre ry? t.
SI Q{UA}NTAS RAPIDIS.
[Sidenote: [the secu{n}de met{ur}. ]]
++? Ou? plentee ? at is goddesse of rycches hielde adou{n} wi?
